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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Women's March on Washington Orange County collection
This collection contains digital oral histories in .wav and .mp3 formats recorded at the Women's March on Washington, Orange County on January 21, 2017. Also included are consent forms, question prompts, and related ephemera. The oral histories were recorded as part of the affiliated Women's March on Washington Archives Project and copies will be deposited with an as-yet-unknown repository at the national level. Accruals are expected.
Institution: UC Irvine, Libraries, Orange County Regional History Collection
34 Items
Women's Recreational Association Scrapbooks
The Santa Clara University's Archives & Special Collections holds an extensive collection of scrapbooks created by SCU community members. These offer a view into the history and culture of the University in an entertaining and informal manner.
Institution: Santa Clara University
3 Items
Women's Studies, Feminist Zine Archive
Writings and artwork depicting feminism and women's issues.
Institution: Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
67 Items
Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights
Held in the Macpherson Collection by and about Women at the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College, the Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights Collection traces the development of the American women’s suffrage movement with a significant focus on California's history. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, the collection primarily emphasizes the years from 1901-1924, preceding and immediately following the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Contents include leaflets, flyers, newspaper articles, suffrage programs, magazine clippings, and memorabilia from the United States, with correspondence and ephemera related to suffrage pioneers such as Susan B. Anthony, Alice Park, and Carrie Chapman Catt. Additional …
Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
236 Items
Women's Zine Collection
The Women’s Zine Collection contains zines that were featured in a 2007 exhibit at the Wignall Museum at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga titled 'Girly Show: Pin-Ups, Zines & the So-Called Third Wave,' and includes exhibit programs. The zines reflect the exhibit theme and include topics such as feminism, sexuality, gender, erotica, burlesque, food, religion, and personal experience.
Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
5 Items
Wood (James Earl) Photograph Collection Relating to Filipinos in California, ca. 1929-1934
This collection of 57 photographs and 5 post cards was taken or acquired by James Earl Wood ca. 1929-1934 as part of his research for his master's thesis. The library does not hold a copy of the thesis. The collection includes photographs of buildings in Susanville, California; Filipino laborers; Filipinos and buildings, probably in Sacramento, California; workers' camps, and some unidentified portraits and group photos. Also included are postcards of lumber operations of the Red River Lumber Company in Susanville and Westwood, California, and one postcard of a group baptism, dated May 1924, and taken at Zamboangita, The Philippines....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
65 Items
Woodbury University History Collection
This collection includes digital representations of photographs, brochures, letters, and other memorabilia related to the history of Woodbury University and the campus site.
Institution: Woodbury University Library
277 Items
Woodward Family Collection
Oscar James Woodward was born in Clinton, Illinois to Jesse and Isabel Woodward in 1849. After his father died during his last year of high school O.J. began working for and later formed a partnership in a shoe sales business with Jacob Vogel. Woodward met and married Vogel's cousin Anna Rudolf in 1875. Anna gave birth to sons Roy and Ralph in 1878 and 1881, respectively. The Woodwards moved to Arizona in 1883 and purchased a cattle ranch which they sold shortly afterward for a considerable profit. During this time a third child, Abbie, was born. The Woodwards moved to …
Institution: California State University, Fresno
59 Items
Woodward Local History
The Roy J. Woodward Memorial Library of Californiana in the Special Collections Research Center houses several thousand photographs and postcards featuring the sights and scenes of Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley. These images are now presented here as digital images for the use and pleasure of all.
Institution: California State University, Fresno
592 Items
Woolsey (John Homer) Papers
Selections from the papers of Dr. John Homer Woolsey (born 1889). Material predominantly relates to his service during World War I, including photographs documenting the medical and nursing activities of Base Hospital #30 in France. Call number: MSS 70-5
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
25 Items
