Collections in Calisphere
All of the items in Calisphere are organized into collections. Collections bring context to images, documents, videos, and audio recordings. Some collections represent a particular topic or format, some have items created by the same person, and some showcase an institution’s special project or initiative. Use the tabs below to explore the hundreds of collections in Calisphere.
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S. Charles Lee Papers, 1919-1962
This collection includes drawings, renderings, blueprints, photographs, and surveys relating to the professional career of architect S. Charles Lee (1899-1990). Most of the collection reflects his work as a developer and the most prolific architect of art deco movie palaces in Los Angeles, and the bulk of the materials date from the late 1920s to the late 1940s.
Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
623 Items
Sabino Osuna photographs
Glass plate negatives, photographs, and lantern slides of the Mexican Revolution taken by photographer Sabino Osuna. Includes images of Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Alvaro Obregón, Emiliano Zapata, and Pancho Villa, as well as street warfare during La Decena Trágica.
Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Special Collections and University Archives
427 Items
Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841
William Lewis Sachtleben was an American long-distance cyclist who rode across Asia from Istanbul to Peking in 1891 to 1892 with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr., his classmate from Washington University. Their journey had actually begun the day after they graduated from college, when they travelled to New York and on to Liverpool. In all they travelled 15,044 miles by bicycle, “the longest continuous land journey ever made around the world” as reported in their book Across Asia on a bicycle (1895). This collection consists of photographs taken in 1891 covering their winter stay in Athens and part of the journey …
Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
462 Items
Sacramento Ephemera Collection
Tickets, programs, leaflets, advertisements, cards, letters, invoices and other forms of ephemeral material provide a visual window into the history of Sacramento businesses, chambers of commerce, sports teams, schools, government agencies, theaters and clubs.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
1,232 Items
Sacramento Objects Collection
The Sacramento Room Object Collection contains cultural objects that reflect the lives of the people, businesses, organizations, and institutions that make up the Sacramento area.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
18 Items
Sacramento Public Library YouTube video collection
Book talks, local history, and more from Sacramento Public Library.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
117 Items
Sacramento Room Maps
This collection of maps, dating from the mid-nineteenth century forward, is representative of the maps available in the Sacramento Room.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
42 Items
Sacramento Room Periodicals
Amusements, events and topics of the late 19th and early 20th century are captured between the pages of select weekly and monthly magazines published with the express purpose of profitably promoting the professions, programs and projects that utilized the Sacramento Valley's vast resources.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
341 Items
Sacramento Room Photographs
Over a century of images selected from the Special Collections of the Sacramento Public Library provide a panoramic presentation of the life and times of the Capital city.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
3,254 Items
Sacramento Room Postcards
Colorful pocket-sized mementos of Sacramento’s past capture the growth of the region and chronicle its unique resources and often dramatic change.
Institution: Sacramento Public Library
1,433 Items
