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The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College produced a 10-part documentary series The Pacific Century, in 1993. For part 5, "Reinventing Japan," which focuses on post-World War II Japan, key figures of the American occupation government were interviewed about their contributions and views.

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This collection presents images of several of the most important sacred and secular historic sites with significant art and architecture on the island of Sri Lanka, an independent island nation which is located at the southern tip of India and has a recorded history from the 5th century BCE. Many of these sites have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The sacred sites, with a few exceptions, will be limited to Buddhist sites built since the introduction in the 3rd century BCE of Buddhism to Sri Lanka by, as widely believed, the arrival in Mihintale (Anuradhapura region) of the …

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The pieces included here represent part of the antiquities collection of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, most of which were donated to the Institute in its first decade of operations. As a center specializing in ancient world, the Institute was especially attractive for such bequest. In 1973 it embarked on a 1.1 million dollar capital campaign to house its growing collection in a multi-use facility featuring a museum and adjacent to its home on Dartmouth. A brick and mortar edifice was never realized, but advances in technology have made it possible to virtually realize the vision of a museum …

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Curated and donated by Frederick McCormick (1870–1951), the Frederick McCormick Collection at the Claremont Colleges Library comprises a total of 128 titles and 808 volumes of Korean rare books and manuscripts from the 16th century to the 19th century. This valuable collection not only provides great contents on the various aspects of early Korean society and cultural life, but also extremely fine and rare samples of early Korean book arts and typography. The collection also possesses considerable scholarly value as it includes a number of complete sets of rare books that are not easily found even in Korea. 23 titles …

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The objects in the Aztec Regalia Collection were entirely handcrafted by Javier Galvez, a lecturer in the Chicano/a Latino/a Studies Department at Pomona College. In addition to lecturing at Pomona College, Mr. Galvez has led the Aztec dance group, Danzantes del Sol.

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Housed in the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College, the Bessie Bartlett Frankel collection features a lifetime of work involving international travel, civic engagement and philanthropic support for the arts in general, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, and the Historical Society of Southern California. Among the original digital images are: a uniquely edited copy of the Friday Morning Club Annual Report containing rare newspaper clippings, images, biographical material and concert programs associated with artists visiting Los Angeles; historic postcards from Frankel’s travels throughout Europe and North America documenting life prior to WWI and WWII; unique, scenic photographs from …

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The Boynton Collection offers a view of early Claremont through the eyes of an amateur photographer. This collection of glass plate negatives captures aspects of life in Claremont and at Pomona College around the turn of the twentieth century. As well as documenting local buildings and landscape, they present a candid glimpse of Pomona College student life, including athletic events, theatrical productions, college outings, and residence halls. The collection, which is housed in Special Collections, is believed to have come to Pomona College included with the papers of Charles Luther Boynton, a Pomona College alumnus and missionary to China. Boynton …

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The Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is a center for basic research on the origins and meaning of the cultural heritage of Western civilization. It is operated by the Claremont Graduate School, collaborating with the School of Theology, and in association with the five undergraduate colleges in the Claremont cluster. The Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity is published periodically under the auspices of the Society for Antiquity and Christianity for the general information of persons interested in the research programs of the Institute.

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California Revealed is a State Library initiative to help California’s public libraries, in partnership with other local heritage groups, digitize, preserve, and provide online access to archival materials - books, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual recordings, and more - that tell the incredible stories of the Golden State. We also provide free access and preservation services for existing digital collections for partner organizations with in-house digitization programs. California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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Water has long played an integral part of California's history and as such a myriad of materials have found their way into the circulating and special collections of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges. It will be the purpose of this collection to make many of these materials available through the internet. Currently the collection consists primarily of bulletins of the California Department of Water Resources and its predecessor agencies. These bulletins present findings from hundreds of investigations conducted throughout the years from one end of the State to the other. Topics represented in this collection include: water quality, flood …

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