Collections in Calisphere

A collection of books published from 1627-1862 for the study of Japanese book history.

Institution: UCLA, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library

Digital surrogates of eighty-five lantern slides taken by Frona Eunice Wait depicting wine-related scenes in the Napa Valley area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The slides from which these scans were made were previously owned by sensory scientist Dr. Maynard Amerine. Currently, the slides are the property of the Napa Valley Wine Library Association. Note on metadata: The provenance of the metadata at the Napa Valley Wine Library is not entirely clear. Each slide has handwritten descriptions, and they were organized thematically with groups indicated by a dividing card. The descriptions on the slides were used as …

Institution: UC Davis, University Library, Special Collections

First published in 2001, the WALL literary journal is an award-winning publication featuring poetry, short stories, personal narratives, photographs, and artwork selected among submissions from students at Saddleback College. This nationally-recognized journal is produced annually by students enrolled in English 160, a 3-unit course where students assume staff positions involved with reviewing and selecting submissions, layout, design, copy editing, and publicity. Visit the WALL website for recent issues and content exploring the creative process involved in producing the WALL: https://www.wallaliteraryjournal.org/

Institution: Saddleback College Library

Paintings and drawings are of the City of Riverside between 1895 and 1897. The collection documents businesses, hotels, stables, blacksmith shops, and scenic views of Riverside and the surrounding area. The collection consists of 60 paintings, all of which were created by Wallace J. Miller.

Institution: Riverside Public Library

Edwin Wallace Neff, Sr. was born on January 28, 1895 in La Mirada, California. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied architecture and graduated in 1917. Following school, Neff worked at the American Shipbuilding Company in San Pedro, California during WWI. In 1919, Neff worked as a draftsman for George Washington Smith in Santa Barbara before opening his own firm in Los Angeles. Wallace Neff died on June 8, 1982.

Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

The Wally G. Shidler Historical Collection of Southern California Ephemera is a collection of pamphlets, folders, maps, books, and electric railway time tables from the Los Angeles City, County and adjacent areas. The physical collection is heavy in Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway materials as well as Theatre Programs from most of the major theatres in the Los Angeles area. The physical collection contains most of the Huntington Park and Walnut Park City Directory's beginning in 1914. The physical collection contains all of the Huntington Park Union High School 1911-1932 and Huntginton Park High School 1932-1959 "El Recuardo" year …

Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library

This collection comprises materials accumulated during Walsh's involvement with the Overseas Refugee Program for Southeast Asian refugees in the Philippines and Thailand, and also materials that he collected regarding the education and resettlement of Southeast Asians in the United States. The collection consists of video cassettes; conference schedules; curricula, resource catalogs, reference books, and workbooks for ESL education programs; newspaper clippings; reports and studies; and serial publications. Cultural orientation materials-- such as handbooks, guides, and manuals-- for refugees and their sponsors and service providers are also included. Items in this collection are predominately written in English, though a few items …

Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian Archive

Collection of approximately 750 digitized photographs and other items collected by Walter L. Gordon, Jr. and given to William C. Beverly, Jr., who donated the collection to UCLA. Collection includes photos given to Walter by his former boss, Charlotta Bass, publisher of the California Eagle, as well as other photos he collected. Photos largely depict African American social life and family life in 1940s Los Angeles and feature celebrities, athletes, politicians, lawyers, and other notable people of the era.

Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

Materials from Walter L. Huber related to water infrastructure in California and the western United States. Includes reports, correspondence, and photographs.

Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives

Huber’s files for his consulting engineering work for the San Francisco-based architectural firm, James Rupert Miller and Timothy L. Pflueger.

Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo