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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Zakheim (Bernard) Collection
Digitized material from the collection of artist Bernard Zakheim, predominantly related to the creation and restoration of Zakheim’s Toland Hall and Cole Hall murals at the University of California, San Francisco. Call number: MSS 2014-15
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
16 Items
Zambian Storytellers
Video and audio recordings from professor of African and Comparative Literature Robert Cancel's research in Zambia and other regions of Africa. Footage documents oral histories and folk tales of a culture rich in oral traditions. Cancel's research is world renowned and the unique documentation that this research provides is highly valuable to multiple disciplines.
Institution: UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
857 Items
Ziegler (John L.) Papers
Dr. Ziegler joined the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) faculty and staff in 1981. At UCSF he served as a professor of medicine and director of the UCSF AIDS Clinical Research Center. In this position he used his knowledge of fast growing tumors in research into Kaposi 's sarcoma and other AIDS related tumors. He also worked at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) Center for AIDS Research and Education. Dr. Ziegler served as co-chair of the Sixth Annual International AIDS Conference, which was held in San Francisco in 1990. The collection includes correspondence, grant and project proposals, notes, …
Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
7 Items
Zukas (Hale) Papers
Consists of materials reflecting Zukas's leading role as a founder and activist for the disability rights and independent living movements. The collection includes his papers from the Center for Independent Living, the Disabled Students Program at U.C. Berkeley and other organizations in which he was active, as well as records documenting his advocacy work, and a very small amount of personalia
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
7 Items
