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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Walter Munk Papers: Selections
This collection includes a selection of still images, slides, and reformatted sound and moving image recordings from the papers of oceanographer Walter Munk. Walter H. Munk (1917-2018) was a distinguished physical oceanographer and professor of geophysics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The collection documents some highlights from Munk's scientific career, and some of the subject areas where he was an influential theorist, including wave forecasting and acoustic tomography. There are a small number of portraits from Munk's youth, recordings of lectures and films documenting his research, images of Munk teaching in the …
Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
122 Items
Walter S. White (1917-2002)
Walter S. White was born in 1917. Between 1933 and 1936 he attended San Bernardino High School. White worked for six months in 1937 for Harwell H. Harris followed by an eight month term in Rudolf Schindler’s Los Angeles office during 1937-1938. After working with Schindler White worked for Allen Rouff for six months between 1938 and 1939. Between 1939 and 1942, White worked for Win E. Wilson for two years and six months, helping to plan and design prefabricated war housing with a skin-stressed plywood panel system. In his papers White recounts that over 8,000 of these units were …
Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum
33 Items
Walter S. White (1917-2002): Miles C. Bates house
The Miles C. Bates house by Walter White in Palm Desert, California is also known as the "wave" house for its uniquely shaped roof. The house blends the curving roof lines, reminiscent of the nearby mountains, with glass walls and indoor/outdoor living. The house was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum
11 Items
Walter T. Steilberg Collection
Institution: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
1 Item
Wantok Niuspepa
Wantok Niuspepa is the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in Papua New Guinea. Started in 1970, it is published weekly by the Christian-based Word Publishing Company and distributed throughout the country on Thursdays. Wantok contains news and information on health, education, politics, and community projects. Also notable are the letters, cartoons, and advertising found within the newspaper. Wantok is recognized for contributing to the orthography and normalization of Tok Pisin throughout Papua New Guinea. Issues were digitized from microforms held at the University of California and made freely available with the permission of Word Publishing Company Limited.
Institution: UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
1,536 Items
War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement
The War Relocation Authority (WRA) records represent the official documentation of the United States agency created to assume jurisdiction over the Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington by the Western Defense Command, the Fourth Army, and the Wartime Civilian Control Administration (WCCA) during January/February of 1942. During its existence from March 1942 to 1946, the WRA controlled the administration of the relocation centers, administered an extensive resettlement program, and oversaw the details of the registration and segregation programs. Included in their records are administrative files, official publications, reports and surveys, legal papers, correspondence, and photographs and …
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
6,867 Items
Ward (Florence Nightingale) Papers
This is the collection description: The collection contains correspondence and two homeopathic medical kits. Call number: MSS 2011-08
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
1 Item
Water Archive Oral Histories
The development of the San Joaquin Valley into the largest agricultural area in the U.S. and major population center in California is inextricably tied to the story of water in the Valley--where it is, how much there is and how it will be distributed. The Valley's water story is a fascinating and complex topic that is still evolving. This is why it's often best understood from the perspective of those who work the land and design water systems, make water policies and settled disputes, brokered water deals and managed the various water districts as well as those who fought for …
Institution: California State University, Fresno
53 Items
Water Resources Collections & Archives sound and moving image recordings
Documentary sound and moving image recordings related to water resources in California and Hawaii. Recordings have been digitized from analog media formats including Super 8, 16mm film, and open reel (reel-to-reel) audio tape.
Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
9 Items
Watercolors of birds on the Pacific slope
Various birds from California and Mexico, identified by scientific and common name.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
153 Items
