Contributing Institution:
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Collection Number:
992.082
Description:
Vincent James Silk (1902-1992) started his career as a singer and drummer, then performed in vaudeville as a comedian and
band leader. Alongside his work as a performer, Silk was actively involved throughout his career with the American Guild of
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Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
Collection Number:
Coll2011.032*
Description:
Articles, correspondence, syllabi, and clippings documenting sociologist Barry M. Dank's professional involvement with the
issue of social and personal acceptance of gay identity. In 1971, Dank, a professor at California State University, Long Beach,
published an article in the journal
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Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC MSS 2004/216 c
Description:
The collection consists of manuals, dating from 1982 to 1985, related to the Homestake Mining Company's project at McLaughlin
Mines, located in Napa and Lake counties, California.
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Dominguez Hills::Archives and Special Collections
Collection Number:
SPC.2016.012
Description:
This collection contains one box of photographic images taken by Captain Owen M. Sylvester while at Tule Lake Segregation
Center during a military occupation as a member of the 772 Military Police Battalion in 1943. This collection is digitized
and
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Contributing Institution:
Chapman University::Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives, Center for American War Letters Archives
Collection Number:
2019.102.w.r
Description:
This collection contains correspondence to Paula and Edward Haumann from multiple US servicemembers serving during the Afghanistan
War and/or the Iraq War.
Contributing Institution:
University of Southern California::Cinematic Arts Library
Collection Number:
2495
Description:
This collection consists of 15 arrangements and 3 vinyl LP records of American musician Johnny Rivers.
Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Collection Number:
C057882
Description:
This is the hand written original version of the member's autobiographical reminiscence that was created as an institutional
record for the Society of California Pioneers. In the work Cleveland discusses his family history and lineage, his journey
to California, his
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Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center (formerly San Diego Historical Society)
Collection Number:
MS 303
Description:
This collection contains the personal papers, written works, and subject files of Helen Chamlee, a botanist at the San Diego
Natural History Museum in the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
UCLA::Library Special Collections, Medicine and Science
Collection Number:
Biomed.0346
Description:
Collection consists of a photocopy volume of annotated bibliographical references about the historical development of the
militarization of medical personnel, compiled by Claire M. Sorrell, General Reference and Research Branch of the United States
Army Medical Department, 1959-60. "Data reference
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Contributing Institution:
UC Berkeley::Bancroft Library
Collection Number:
BANC MSS 78/178 c
Description:
The Elizabeth Kendall Thompson Papers contain records related to the professional career of author/editor E.K. Thompson (1910-1998)
and the journal Architectural Record. These records include manuscript materials, photographs and clippings. They reflect
Thompson’s role as West Coast Editor for Architectural
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA::Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection Number:
LSC.2246
Description:
Lester Breslow was a former dean of the UCLA School of Public Health, professor emeritus of health services, and one of the
leading figures in public health. He was born March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, ND, and received a BS
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Contributing Institution:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Collection Number:
HDC0476 (SAFR 236)
Description:
Bertram Adams Discharge book (SAFR 236, HDC 476) is a single volume containing certificates of discharge for Adams from 1902.
It contains entries for 3 voyages from London to Natal, Brazil. Vessels mentioned are CITY OF ATHENS (steamship) and MATABELE
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Contributing Institution:
San Francisco Public Library::San Francisco History Center
Collection Number:
SFP 135
Description:
The artificial collection contains over 7,100 oversize photographic prints of San Francisco places, activities and cultural
resources collected by the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library compiled from selections from the San
Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Morgue, gifts
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Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Cruz::Special Collections and Archives
Collection Number:
MS.472
Description:
This collection consists of over 3,800 comic books predominantly published by Marvel Comics. The majority of the Marvel comics
were produced during the Silver and Bronze Ages of Comic Books, which is characterized by the popularization of the superhero
genre.
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Contributing Institution:
GLBT Historical Society
Collection Number:
1986-03
Description:
The collection consists of notebooks, artwork, artifacts/ephemera and legal pleadings relating to the Bulldog and its predecessor,
the Club Turkish Baths.
Contributing Institution:
Sherman Library and Gardens
Collection Number:
2017_13
Description:
The collection consists of correspondence, documents, and news clippings related to the life and professional activities of
George Tompkins Peabody.
Contributing Institution:
UCLA::Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection Number:
196
Description:
This collection consists of inter-departmental communication, monthly activity reports, monthly newsletters, pamphlets on
youth correctional facilities, literature on juvenile psychology and psychological disorders, and correspondence related to
Linda Schroeder's position within the California Youth Authority. Also includes correspondence, bulletins, flyers,
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Contributing Institution:
Huntington Library::Prints and Ephemera Collections
Collection Number:
ephFASH
Description:
This collection contains approximately 2,400 fashion plates from primarily French periodicals dating from 1807-1897 that depict
contemporary fashions for women, men, and children, with the majority focused on women's fashions.
Contributing Institution:
Sacramento Public Library - Sacramento Room
Collection Number:
MC 93
Description:
This collection contains a hand-written letter. Penned by attorney George Riley Moore, it contains details about Moore's experience
in the Sacramento area. The letter was written to his sister in Ohio.
Contributing Institution:
Palos Verdes Library District
Collection Number:
009
Description:
Collection includes real estate brochures and plot plans for housing developments throughout the Palos Verdes Peninsula, compiled
by long time Palos Verdes Estates resident and real estate broker Joseph Barnett. The collection documents a signficant period
in the development of
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