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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The Portrait
In slipcase. Six Sitter's thoughts in pocket inside back cover. "This is the seventh book from Imprenta Glorias in an edition of 30, finished at Los Angeles in 1997, and is number AP 1. "The design, embellishments, handset type and printing are mine [Gloria Stuart]. Text and self-portraits are by Don Bachardy. The binding is by Allwyn O'Mara"--Colophon. Signed by the artist and the author.
Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
7 Items
The Real Ambassadors - Audio Files
Dave and Iola Brubeck created The Real Ambassadors in the late 1950s. The jazz musical pointed out the absurdity of segregation and makes the case that artists such as Louis Armstrong are the best and "real" ambassadors to demonstrate a nation's ideals. It was recorded in 1961 and performed live only once. Despite their efforts, the play never made it to stage. Here is a collection of interviews that document the creation of The Real Ambassadors.
Institution: University of the Pacific
1 Item
The Real Ambassadors - Interviews
Dave and Iola Brubeck created The Real Ambassadors in the late 1950s. The jazz musical pointed out the absurdity of segregation and makes the case that artists such as Louis Armstrong are the best and "real" ambassadors to demonstrate a nation's ideals. It was recorded in 1961 and performed live only once. Despite their efforts, the play never made it to stage. Here is a collection of interviews that document the creation of The Real Ambassadors.
Institution: University of the Pacific
3 Items
The Records of an Unbroken Friendship but the Mortal Severance, 1907-1924
The Records of an Unbroken Friendship but the Mortal Severance album contains approximately 410 photographs apparently created as a memorial to Taizo Kato, a Japanese-American who died in 1924 at the age of 36. The album title implies that it was compiled by one or more of Kato's friends. The collection also contains circa 30 loose photographs and other items and one photographic panorama....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
80 Items
The Society of California Pioneers Collection of Autobiographies and Reminiscences of Early Pioneers
The Autobiographies and Reminiscences are made up of 153 documents varying in length from one page to over sixty pages, the average being around five pages in length. Most include details from the writer's early life, but the bulk of each document tends to be their overland journeys or voyages to the Pacific Coast and California in pre-Gold Rush times and then accounts of their lives after arrival. Many of the writer's - all are men - talk of their families, education, occupations before and after arriving out West, as well as experiences mining, businesses, farming and ranching. Other aspects …
Institution: Society of California Pioneers
152 Items
The Tables Turned: You Sabe Him? Kealney [i.e. Kearney] Must Go!, 1877 or 1878
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
1 Item
The Window
From its inaugural edition in January-Feburary 2008 through its final installment in March-April 2012, "The Window" was the bimonthly newsletter of the Drucker Institute, a social enterprise whose purpose is to strengthen society by igniting effective, responsible and joyful management. It does this by turning Peter Drucker’s ideas and ideals into tools that are both practical and inspiring. "The Window" featured a "Letter from Claremont" that highlighted a thought-provoking issue connected to the Institute's work; the "Drucker Society Spotlight," with news from a global network of volunteer affiliates called Drucker Societies; "From the Archives," which provided a glimpse at an …
Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
71 Items
Theater Guest Recordings Collection
Since the 1970s, the Pacific Film Archive has hosted numerous guest speakers in conjunction with its film and video exhibition program. The speakers include filmmakers from around the world, as well as others involved in filmmaking, film study and criticism, and film preservation. The guest recordings collection documents these speakers' appearances and consists of question and answer sessions, lectures, symposia, and other interactions between PFA guests and audiences.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
343 Items
Thelander (Hulda Evelyn) Papers
Hulda Evelyn Thelander was born and raised in Little Falls, MN January 11, 1896. She received a B.A. (1922), and an M.A. from the University of Minnesota (1923), and an M.D. cum laude (1925) from the same institution. She did her internship at Children's Hospital in San Francisco, where she was to become chief of the department of pediatrics in 1951. During WWII she was a Lt. Commander in the Navy, retiring as Commander and serving at chief consultant for women veterans, Western Area. Dr. Thelander was also a consultant to the California State Department of Public Health, a diplomate …
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
80 Items
