Full DescriptionThe 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection |
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| Collection Information | |
| Title: | The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection |
| Alternate Title: |
Online Archive of California (OAC) Calisphere |
| URL: |
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb8779p2cx?&brand=calisphere 
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| Description: | On April 18, 1906, San Francisco was wrecked by a powerful earthquake and for the next few days was consumed by fires that destroyed a large portion of the city. The earthquake's epicenter was located near the city along the San Andreas Fault. Damage from the earthquake was widespread, occurring for hundreds of miles along the extensive fault line. As San Francisco was then the West Coast's most populous city and it's leading economic and cultural center, the repercussions of the earthquake and fire throughout the region were tremendous. Since then, documentation pertaining to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire has been collected and preserved these many years at various libraries and archives throughout the state. In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the disaster, some of these institutions have collaborated in an effort to make selected primary source materials accessible in a digital format. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection is the result of this effort. |
| Subjects: |
States and Regions Social Studies |
| DLF-specific Subjects: | American Culture |
| Time Period: | Modern (1701-present) |
| Objects Represented: |
Books and pamphlets Photographs / slides / negatives Ephemera Poems Official Correspondence Personal Accounts |
| Format: | image/jpeg |
| Language: | eng |
| Interaction with Collection: |
Search Browse |
| Size: | 8961 |
| Frequency of additions: | Irregularly |
| Alternative Access: |
http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/gateway.net/oai.aspx/gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/cdl_static_oai/hb8779p2cx.repository_static.xml?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=mods http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/gateway.net/oai.aspx/gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/cdl_static_oai/hb8779p2cx.repository_static.xml?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/gateway.net/oai.aspx/gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/cdl_static_oai/hb8779p2cx.repository_2_static.xml?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=mods http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/gateway.net/oai.aspx/gita.grainger.uiuc.edu/cdl_static_oai/hb8779p2cx.repository_2_static.xml?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc
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| Metadata schema used: |
Dublin Core (simple or qualified) MODS |
| This Record Last Updated By: | khage@umich.edu |
| This Record Last Updated On: | 4/23/2008 12:49:27 PM |
| Hosting Institution: | California Digital Library |
| Associated Collections | |
| There are no associated collections. | |
| Projects Associated with Digital Collection | |
| Title of Project: | Aquifer American Social History Online |
| Project URL: |
http://www.diglib.org/aquifer/
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| Administrative Notes About this Collection in the Aquifer American Social History Online Project | |
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