Collections at California Digital Library

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Digital Collection

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 ...

Albany Library: Historical Photograph Collection

The Albany Library Historical Photograph Collection includes images related to the history of Albany, from the late 1800s to 2001. Notable aspects of the collection includes images of homes and ...

Anaheim Public Library: Photograph Collection on Anaheim Local History

Anaheim Public Library's photograph collection includes images of historical interest of the City of Anaheim and other areas of Orange County from the 1860s to 2002. Images document public, ...

California Cultures

A collection of digitally reformatted primary resources selected from University of California libraries and bearing on the social live, culture, and commerce both of California's immigrants and its ...

Calisphere

Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political ...

Counting California

A new initiative committed to enhancing California citizens' access to the growing range of social science and economic data produced by government agencies. In a departure from more static formats, ...

eScholarship Editions

Access to the electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students, while select books are available to the public. Print versions of many of the electronic books can ...

eScholarship Repository

A service of the eScholarship initiative of the California Digital Library. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited by the individual University of California units ...

JARDA

JARDA is a digital "thematic collection" within the CDL's OAC documenting the experience of Japanese Americans in World War II internment camps. Curators, archivists, and librarians from ten ...

Online Archive of California (OAC)

Federates collections of digital materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and art held in the libraries, museums, and archives across California through a single, searchable database.

San Bernardino Public Library: Historical Treasures of San Bernardino

San Bernardino Public Library's photograph collection includes images of family life, work life, daily activities in the community that would be of historical interest to the people of San Bernardino ...

San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum: Chinese Theater Images in California

The San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum's collection of images related to Chinese Theater in California ranges from 1883-2004, although the majority of the photographs document performers ...

Santa Ana Public Library: Santa Ana History Room Photograph Collection

The Santa Ana History Room photograph collection includes images of historical interest of the city of Santa Ana and other areas of Orange County from the late 1800's to 2002. The images chronicle a ...

Society of California Pioneers: Collection of Autobiographies and Reminiscences of Early Pioneers

The Autobiographies and Reminiscences are made up of 153 documents varying in length from one page to over sixty pages, the average being around five pages in length. Most include details from the ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: De la Guerra Family Photographs

Mainly studio portraits of members of the de la Guerra family, descendants of Don José Antonio Julian de la Guerra y Noriega. Includes views of the family home in Santa Barbara, member of the family ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Disabled Students' Program Records, 1965-

The Disabled Students' Program Records, 1965-[ongoing], consist of materials created or collected by the leaders and administrators of the Disabled Students' Program at the University of California, ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Drawings of Indians and California Scenery

The drawings are mainly by Henry B. Brown with a few by J.R. Bartlett. The collection includes some copy photos "by Merriam" of Brown's drawings. Subject matter includes images of mining camps, mining ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: George and Phoebe Apperson Hearst Papers

Contains personal and business papers of George Hearst and his wife, Phoebe Apperson Hearst. A small portion of the collection relates to Mr. Hearst, a rancher, mining tycoon, and politican. His ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Hale Zukas Papers, 1971-1998

The Hale Zukas Papers, 1971-1998, consist of materials reflecting Zukas's leading role as a founder and activist for the disability rights and independent living movements. The collection includes his ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Herbert Willsmore Papers, 1968-1993

The Herbert Willsmore papers, 1968-1993, document his residency at Cowell Hospital, his involvement with the Rolling Quads, and his work with the California State Department of Rehabilitation. The ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: James Ralston Caldwell Papers

The James Ralston Caldwell papers include materials relating to the Loyalty Oath Controversy on the University of California and the University of Nevada campuses, a small amount of material relating ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Land Case Maps Collection

The Land Case maps collection comprises maps found in private land claim cases in the U.S. Northern and Southern District Courts. The maps were created to establish ownership of the land represented. ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, West Coast Region Photographs, ca. 1946-1970

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Region 1 photograph collection consists of photographs from records of the NAACP Region 1 Office, and includes material from NAACP ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Papers Relating to the Loyalty Oath Controversy, University of California, 1949-1956

Edward Chace Tolman, professor of psychology, University of California, Berkeley, was the foremost leader among the faculty in the protest against the loyalty oath. These papers were transferred from ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Photograph Collection of Family Members and Descendents of General M.G. Vallejo

The collection, received from a member of the Emparan family, includes portraits (some inscribed) of General Mariano G. Vallejo, his wife, their children, Salvador Vallejo, Napoleon Vallejo, Fannie ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: Records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Region I

The Records of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Region I document the daily work of the NAACP in the Western United States from 1942-1986 (bulk 1945-1977). Regular ...

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library: San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Newspaper Photograph Archive

The Bancroft Library's holdings of The San Francisco News-Call Bulletin newspaper photograph archive consist almost entirely of original photographic negatives of San Francisco Bay Area news events ...

UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives: St. Francis Wood Virtual Collection

The St. Francis Wood Virtual collection contains digital images of drawings, photographs, correspondence and other historical documents relating to the architecture and landscape architecture of the ...

UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives: William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons Collection, 1922-1974

The majority of the collection documents Wurster and WBE projects. Office Records such as photographs, presentation boards, clippings and scrapbooks were most likely created and collected to promote ...

UC Berkeley, Ethnic Studies Library: Chung Sai Yat Po Newspaper Collection

On April 22, 1854, the Golden Hills' News, a Chinese weekly, published its first issue in San Francisco. Although it lasted only four months, this paper inaugurated the Chinese language press in the U ...

UC Berkeley, University Archives: Records of the Committee on Academic Freedom During the Loyalty Oath Controversy

These records represent primarily the files of the chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom during the loyalty oath controversy, Wendell Stanley. Included are correspondence, position papers, ...

UC Berkeley, Water Resources Center Archives: Joseph Barlow Lippincott Papers, 1882-1942

This is an annotated listing of reports, papers and photographs in the J.B. Lippincott collection, Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley. The collection is arranged here ...

UC Davis, Special Collections: K.W. (Kyung Won) Lee Papers, 1972-1998

In the Chol Soo Lee case, the correspondence between K.W. Lee and Chol Soo Lee, the newspaper coverage of the case (particularly the Sacramento Union stories by K. W. Lee), and the court documents ...

UC Image Service Collections

The CDL’s Image Services project provides access to more than 240,000 digital images from licensed and freely-available collections, including Museums and the Online Archive of California, Art Museum ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Anne Frank Photographs

The collection is comprised of photographs of businesses and cultural festivals within Southeast Asian American communities. The photographs were taken by Anne Frank, librarian of the Southeast Asian ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Brigitte Marshall Collection on Southeast Asian Refugees

Among the highlights of the printed materials are a field report on how the Hmong fared after resettlement in the Fresno area; several issues of the Phanat Nikhom Press, including articles written by ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Collection on Refugee Forums

This collection consists of the administrative files of the Refugee Forum of Orange County (RFOC), and the California State Refugee Forum (CSRF), and other documents relating to these organizations. ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Fort Chaffee Photographs

This collection is comprised of black and white photographs and negatives taken of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees living at Fort Chaffee, a military base in Arkansas. The photographs document the ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Gayle Morrison Files on Southeast Asian Refugees

This collection contains materials acquired by Gayle Morrison during the time she served with the Lao Family Community, Inc., and the Governor's Task Force regarding issues of Southeast Asian refugees ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Linda Vo Collection on the Southeast Asian American Experience Archive Project

The collection is comprised of student projects from the Southeast Asian American Experience class (course number 151H) taught by Linda Vo. The class was first offered in 2003 within the Asian ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Ly Kien Truc Photographs of the Hi-Tek Demonstrations

This collection consists of 98 color photographic prints taken by Ly Kien Truc, publisher of Van Hoa, a bi-weekly Vietnamese magazine. The photographs are of the 1999 demonstrations over the posting ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Mitchell I. Bonner Photographs and Ephemera

This collection comprises approximately 3,000 photographs and slides taken by Mitchell Bonner between 1975 and 2001, as well as printed ephemera collected by him. The images document Iu Mien, Lao, ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Mitsuye Yamada Papers

The Mitsuye Yamada Papers are comprised of correspondence, clippings, memoranda, printed resource materials, videotapes and audiotapes that reflect her career as a poet and political activist. Of ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Orange County Californio Families Portrait Photograph Album

This collection comprises an album of 66 studio photographs, carte de visites, and tintypes of early and prominent Californio family members. The families are predominantly from the Orange County area ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Orange County Manuscript Maps

Egan's signature can be found on the survey map of lands bordering Rancho Niguel. The other maps are drawn in the same, consistent hand. All maps are drawn on thin canvas. The lines are created ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Orange County Rancho Title Abstracts

This collection comprises 3 bound, handwritten title abstracts, prepared by the Abstract and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles, containing transcriptions of documents, dating back as early as ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Paul Tran Files on Southeast Asian Refugees

This collection contains correspondence, audiovisual materials, publications of organizations, artifacts, artwork, and other documents related to Southeast Asian refugees. Materials from the refugee ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Pleasants Family Papers

This collection comprises the personal papers of J.E. Pleasants and his first and second wives, Mary Refugio Carpenter Pleasants and Adelina Pleasants, and includes diaries, correspondence, ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Robert Walsh Files on Southeast Asian Refugee Resettlement and Education

This collection comprises materials accumulated during Walsh's involvement with the Overseas Refugee Program for Southeast Asian refugees in the Philippines and Thailand, and also materials that he ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Southeast Asian Archive Vertical File Collection

These materials have been collected by the Southeast Asian Archive since its creation in 1987. They come from a variety of sources: roughly half of the materials have been donated by individuals and ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Southeast Asian Genetics Program Records

This collection comprises records produced by the Southeast Asian Genetics Program (SEAGEP), including correspondence and manuscripts, grant applications, research data regarding birth defects and ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Records

This collection consists of the organizational files of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), a national organization created to further the development of nonprofit organizations led by ...

UC Irvine, Special Collections and Archives: Van Le Files on Southeast Asian Refugees

This collection is comprised of publications and other printed ephemera on Southeast Asian refugees in California and the United States that were accumulated during the course of his work by Van Le, a ...

UC Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Baja California (Paipai) Indian Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections 1955-1959

The Paipai Indians continue in present day to live in Baja California, Mexico in an area south-east of Ensenada. Materials in the Paipai collection were field collected from 1955 to 1959 and consist ...

UC Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Southern Coastal California (Chumash & Gabrielo) Indian Archaeological Collections

Collected by The University of California, Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Archaeology Collections Facility.

UC Los Angeles, Fowler Museum of Cultural History: California Indian Baskets ca. 1800s-1900s

The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History's collection includes baskets made by California American Indians in the 19th and early 20th century. The baskets represent works from the Panamint Shoshone ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Augustus F. Hawkins Papers

Collection consists of materials documenting Augustus F. Hawkins's lengthy service as a U.S. Congressman representing South Central Los Angeles from 1963-90 and as Chairman of the House Education and ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Edward Ross Roybal Papers

Edward Ross Roybal (1916- ) was a public health educator for the California Tuberculosis Association (1942-44), the director of health education for the Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: California Ephemera Collection

Collection consists of broadsides, clippings, brochures, and other ephemeral materials relating to California. Subjects include: abortion, Alcatraz Island, building and loan associations, California ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee Records

The Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee (formerly the Citizen's Committee for the Defense of Mexican American Youth) formed in 1942 in reaction to the indictment of 22 young men for murder. 12 defendants ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: S. Guy Endore Papers

S. Guy Endore (1901-70) was a prolific author of books as well as television and movie scripts. His script, G.I. Joe, was nominated for an Oscar in 1945. He was reputedly blacklisted by the Hollywood ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Southern California Cadastral and Tract Maps Collection

The tract and cadastral maps in this collection are of real estate developments located in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Ventura counties. The maps are listed by location using the Thomas ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Map Collection on Los Angeles, California, the United States and the World

Collection consists of maps of Los Angeles, other parts of the United States, and various places in the world. Includes maps of California, California Geological Survey maps, tract maps of the San ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Brian Urquhart Collection on Ralph J. Bunche

Collection consists of papers of, about, and collected by Ralph J. Bunche and later used by his colleague and biographer, Brian Urquhart. Includes manuscripts, his notebooks, project files, audiotape ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Pamphlet Maps Collection on California

Collection consists of hundreds of pamphlet maps of various places around the world.

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Ralph J. Bunche Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, articles, publications, and photographs related to the life and career of Ralph J. Bunche. Includes materials related to his teaching and ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Underground, Alternative and Extremist Literature Collection

Collection consists of newspapers and other materials representing American and some British and French underground, alternative and extremist literature. Includes materials from both sides of the ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives Collection

The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. He copied the tabloid format of the New York daily news, although he ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Estelle Ishigo Papers

The Estelle Ishigo Papers are a part of the Japanese American Research Project (JARP) Collection (Collection 2010). JARP is considered one of the finest collections of primary sources in the United ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Grace M. Thomas Collection on Ralph J. Bunche

Collection consists of newspaper clippings relating to the career and death of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche and a black and white photographic print of the members of his junior high school class, including ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Manzanar War Relocation Center Records

The Manzanar War Relocation Center was located in the Owens Valley in Central California. The United States Army initially established the camp as the Owens Valley Reception Center under the ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Los Angeles Urban League Records

The Los Angeles branch of the National Urban League stems from a 1921 organization founded by Katherine Barr and others who attended Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. The league ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive

Collection consists of photonegatives documenting events and people in Southern California and photographic prints documenting events and people in Southern California, the U. S., and the world. The ...

UC Los Angeles, Special Collections, Young Research Library: Alice Greenfield McGrath Papers

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, publications, and printed material related to the activities and interests of Alice Greenfield McGrath, including Mexican American causes in Los ...

UC Los Angeles, University Archives: Biographical Files (Reference Collection)

Biographical information and photographs of faculty and staff affiliated with: the Los Angeles State Normal School (LASNS), 1881-1919; the University of California, Southern Branch, 1919-1926; the ...

UC San Diego, Mandeville Special Collections Library: Ben Yellen Papers, 1945-1994

The Ben Yellen Papers document grassroots social and political activism in the arenas of western farm labor and water policy. Yellen's correspondence dates from 1948 to 1994 and encompasses a variety ...

UC San Diego, Mandeville Special Collections Library: Estado que Manifiesta el que Tenian las Misiones de la Antigua California

Holograph statistical report of the human and livestock population, acreage, and agricultural output at 14 Baja California missions at the end of June 1775 while under Dominican curatorship. Signed by ...

UC San Francisco, Tobacco Control Archives: Asian/Pacific Islanders Tobacco Education Network Records

The organizational records in this collection document the work of APITEN's central office staff in San Francisco, and outreach to communities throughout California, as well as Mini-Grant programs, ...

UC San Francisco, Tobacco Control Archives: Tobacco Free Project, San Francisco Dept. of Public Health Records

This collection documents the activities of the Tobacco Free Project of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFTFP). The bulk of the materials in this collection is made up of contracts, ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Self-Help Graphics Archives

The Self-Help Graphics & Art, Inc. Collection (SHGA) consists of eight series distributed among fifty-seven archival boxes that occupy twenty-seven linear feet of space. These boxes hold information ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Centro Cultural de la Raza Archives - Catalog of Slides

The Centro Cultural de la Raza archives represents activities at and involving CCLR and its members between 1971 and 1999. The collection consists of 8 series contained in 156 archival boxes occupying ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Royal Chicano Air Force Archives

The Royal Chicano Air Force Archives consists of eight series distributed among 43 archival boxes that occupy approximately 20 linear feet of space. In addition, there are 550 prints housed in 22 ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Lucero, Linda Collection of La Raza Graphics/La Raza Silkscreen Center

Linda Lucero Collection on La Raza Silkscreen Center/La Raza Graphics [1971-1985]. As early as 1970, La Raza Silkscreen/La Raza Graphics Center was producing silkscreen prints by Chicano and Latino ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Ochoa, Victor Papers

Ochoa [Victor] Collection. Art files, exhibition files, ephemera, posters and prints and other printed matter, photographs and slides, correspondence files, and recordings of the Chicano painter/ ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Prigoff, James Collection

The James Prigoff slide collection is an important visual resource that helps document the Chicano visual arts movement in California, and in particular, the San Diego and Tijuana area. The collection ...

UC Santa Barbara, California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives: Galeria de la Raza Archives - Catalog of Slides

The Galería de la Raza Collection (GDLR) consists of seven series distributed among 68 archival boxes that occupy about 37.5 linear feet of space. Also, there are 304 silkscreen prints, housed in flat ...

UC Santa Cruz, Special Collections and Archives: Helen Hosmer Papers

This small collection includes a letter from Helen Hosmer to Carey McWilliams, [1969?] describing the demise of the newsletter and an incomplete run of the Rural Observer, along with miscellaneous ...