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Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers

The Ephraim W. Morse Family Papers includes correspondence documenting 19th century life in New England and California. It includes letters from many promient San Diegians, including: Alonzo Horton, Joseph Judson Ames, Manuelito Cota, Rufus King Porter, Judge James Robinson, Jonathan T. Warner, and Thomas Whaley, as well as family members.
Date: 1838-1907

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Ernst Krenek Newsletter

The Ernst Krenek Newsletter contains original and reprinted articles concerning composer Ernest Krenek’s life, analysis of his works, his place in twentieth century music, as well as information concerning performances of his music, and book reviews.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 1990-1998

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Eugene Cecil LaFond Papers

Photographs from the Eugene Cecil LaFond Papers, documenting early Scripps Institution of Oceanography personnel, equipment and the campus in the 1930s.
Date: 1934-1940

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Ex-Mission of Santa Catarina Legal File

Correspondence, legal documents, expense statements, and sales agreements compiled to demonstrate rightful ownership of the lands deriving from the Ex-Mission of Santa Catarina, a large tract of land in northern Baja California originally the possession of the Catholic Church.
Date: 1856 - 1916

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Explorations: Video Editions

Supplementary video editions to Explorations, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography publication. The videos document the Institution's research and history.
Date: 1997-2006

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Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling: 2050 Science Framework

The "2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling" guides scientists on important research frontiers to pursue to increase understanding of the Earth system while addressing natural and human-caused issues facing society.
Date: 2020

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Fish Catch Statistics. California Department of Fish and Game

Amounts and values of marine resources caught/landed by California's commercial fisheries.
Date: 1916-1986

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Flat Panel Impact and Residual Strength Testing and Characterization by Ultrasonic and X-Ray Computed Tomography Non-Destructive Evaluation

Flat composite panel impacts and residual strength testing. Impact damage characterized by X-ray computed tomography and ultrasonic scanning and residual strength testing characterized by digital image correlation.
Date: 2017-07 to 2017-09

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Francis P. Shepard Papers: Selections

Digitized images selected from the papers of scientist Francis P. Shepard.
Date: circa 1940-1960

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Franja de Propaganda Electoral de Chile en 1988

This Collection is composed of thirteen hours of Chilean television programming known as the "Franja de Propaganda Electoral" produced and aired in 1988 in the 27 days preceding the plebiscite resulting in the transition from the military rule of Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte to democratic governance.
Date: 1988

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Gas composition and fluorescence data for: Continuous Measurements of Volatile Gases as Detection of Algae Crop Health

Approximately one month of gas composition data (from m/z 18-215) from three separate carboys averaged into 15-minute bins which was collected by chemical ionization mass spectrometry. Approximately one month of twice daily single point algae fluorescence grab samples as well as continuously collected algae fluorescence during each carboy infection period as described in the manuscript.
Date: 2019-11-08 to 2019-12-05

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Gatherings: Event, Agency, and Program

Gatherings is a mixed-media performative lecture that studies the nature of events and new forms of awareness, cognition, and material agency that emerge in the wake of technological change.
Date: 2011

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Genotype data from: NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred rats

This collection contains genotype data collected as part of the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred rats and more than 10 additional research projects that use N/NIH heterogeneous stock (HS) outbred rats.
Date: 2014 to present

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George A. Shumway Jr. Photographs

Photographs from the collection of George A. Shumway Jr, Ph.D, former Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) researcher.
Date: 1950-1959

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George Fearing Hollis Papers

Papers of George Fearing Hollis, Union Naval officer and United States Consul to Cape Town, South Africa from 1888-1893. The collection consists mainly of Civil War-era correspondence, manuscript memoirs, and documents regarding Hollis's tenure in Cape Town.
Date: 1852-1903

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Gloria Frym Papers: Selections

Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet and educator Gloria Frym.
Date: 1972-2000

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H. Lee Hansen Collection

Travel films by traveler and filmmaker, H. Lee Hansen.
Date: 1936-1980

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Hall Family Papers and Sugar Plantation Records

Family papers and sugar plantation records (1709-1835) of the Hall family of England and Jamaica. The collection contains primary source material on 18th and early 19th century Jamaican plantation economy and culture.
Date: 1709-1892

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Hannah Weiner Papers

The papers of Hannah Weiner, an experimental New York City poet. Materials include scanned notebooks, journal entries, original manuscripts, and sound recordings documenting her writing and creative process.
Date: 1971-1997

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Harold Scheffler Collection

Photographs and sound recordings taken by anthropologist Harold Scheffler during field research with peoples of Choiseul, Rendova, Simbo and other islands of the Solomon Islands.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1958-1968

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Harry Crosby Photographs

Photographs of UC San Diego taken during the mid-1960s, including photographs of Baja California (1967-1962), and photographs of Sonora, Mexico (1958-1986).
Date: 1967-1992

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Heavy Metals in the Ocean Insect, Halobates

Data on 7 heavy metals are available from samples of Halobates collected from the Pacific Ocean: Cr (chromium), Cu (copper), Pb (lead), Mn (manganese), Ni (nickel), Ti (titanium) and Zn (zinc).
Date: 1961 to 1978

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Herman Baca Collection

A selection of documents illustrating the work and activities of Chicano activist Herman Baca and the Committee on Chicano Rights.
Date: 1964-2006

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Hillary Eggers Photographs and Videos

Photographs and videos documenting the tools, processes and people from the February 2018 Winter CalCOFI cruise.
Date: 2018

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Historical Catalog of Winter Weather Regimes Impacting California, 1949-2017

This dataset contains a historical catalog of daily atmospheric winter weather regimes observed over the North Pacific and western North America spanning 1949-2017. These weather regimes have been identified as important drivers of atmospheric river landfalls, Santa Ana winds, floods, and wildfires in California.
Date: November-February 1949 to 2017

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History of Oceanography and Marine Science

Selections from archival collections held by the UC San Diego Library that document the history and activities of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: circa 1850 to 2010

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History of the UC San Diego Visual Arts Department

Images documenting the history of Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego from 1969 to 1989.
Date: 1969-1993

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Holocaust Living History Workshop

Meetings and presentations organized by the Holocaust Living History Workshop, an education and outreach program supported by the UC San Diego Jewish Studies Program and the Library.
Date: 2012-

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Howard E. Gulick Photographs

Color photographs of Baja California and Nayarit, taken by author and cartographer Howard Gulick.
Date: 1938-1962

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Hubon Family Papers

The Hubon Family Papers contain the correspondence of San Diego early settler Frederick Hubon (1827-1882), and include letters from three generations of Hubons, in addition to transcriptions, genealogical notes, and a carte-de-visite portrait.
Date: circa 1801-1966

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Hydrographic Doppler Sonar System (HDSS): Acoustic ocean current profiling data from the R/V Revelle

The Hydrographic Doppler Sonar System on the R/V Revelle provides profiles of absolute ocean current and acoustic scattering strength in support of scientific operations with 50kHz & 140kHz sonars capable of sampling between 20m and 700–1100m and between 20m and 150–350m, respectively.
Date: 2006 to 2017

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IDEAS Performance Series

This collection contains video, still images, audio, and text, documenting past IDEAS performances and presentations from the ongoing series.
Date: 2013-

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Indigenous Writers and Their Critics: Escritores indígenas y sus críticos

This collection brings together programmatic, descriptive textual materials and video-recorded proceedings of unique presentations (including readings and recitations of original literature and literary analysis) at the “Indigenous Writers and Their Critics” Symposium held at the University of California – San Diego on Feb. 24 and 25, 2020. / Esta colección junta materiales programáticos, textuales, y grabaciones por video de las ponencias únicas (incluso lecturas y recitaciones de literatura original y análisis) presentados en el simposio internacional “Escritores indígenas y sus críticos” realizado en la Universidad de California – San Diego el 24 y 25 de febrero, 2020.
Date: February 24-25, 2020

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inSite Archive

A selection of records from the InSite Archive, documenting the arts organization's collaborative contemporary public art projects in the San Diego-Tijuana region, and Mexico City.
Date: 1992-2018

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inSite Archive: Casa Gallina

Digital records documenting the inSite art collective's sixth edition, known as inSite/Casa Gallina, a six-year project located in the neighborhood of Santa María la Ribera in Mexico City.
Date: 2013-2018

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inSite Archive: Selections

A selection of documents, images, video, and sound from the inSite Archive at UC San Diego’s Special Collections & Archives.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1992-2006

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Integrated Vapor Transport Forecast Models, Reanalysis, and Postprocessing Machine Learning Models for the North American West Coast [2008-2017]

Integrated Vapor Transport (IVT) for the GFS forecast model and the MERRA2 reanalysis for the North American West Coast and Eastern Pacific. Additionally, this dataset contains the convolutional neural networks used to post-process this forecast.
Date: 2018-01-11 to 2018-04-13

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J. Edward Hoffmeister Films

Sixteen films documenting the cultural life in Fiji and Tonga by geologist J.E. Hoffmeister.
Date: 1920-1939

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J. Robert Beyster Collection: Selections

Selections from the collection of Dr. J. Robert Beyster (1924-2014), a scientist and entrepreneur who was the founder, former chairman and CEO of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), an employee-owned San Diego research and development firm founded in 1969.
Date: 1940-2016

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Jackson Mac Low: Selections

A selection of content from the Jackson Mac Low papers, focused on reformatted sound recordings and a presentation of the digital files captured off the poet's collection of floppy disks and zip drives.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: circa 1955-2005

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James Howard Collection

Photographs and documents from the collection of James Howard, a mining foreman with the Amparo Mining Company who lived in Guadalajara, Mexico and worked in the Bolaños region starting in 1889.
Date: circa 1882-1939

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James Stewart Papers

A selection of images from the James Stewart Papers, including portraits, group photos and photographs from diving and research expeditions.
Date: 1951-1994

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Jane Goodale Recordings

Jane C. Goodale was an American anthropologist and photographer who conducted ethnographic research on Kaulong-speaking people of New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. The sound recordings document the details of the social life, customs, and song performances of the Kaulong recorded by Goodale in Umbi and Angelek.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1963 to 1974

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Jerome Rothenberg Papers: Digital files and sound recordings

Digital files from the collection of Jerome Rothenberg.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: between 1965 and 2005

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Joanne Kyger Papers: Digital selections

Digitized and born-digital selections from the papers of poet Joanne Kyger.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1955-2017

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Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D. Holocaust Survivor Interview Collection

Interviews collected in the 1970s discussing coping behaviors and stress experienced by Holocaust survivors.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1969-1973

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John Huber Photograph Collection

The John Huber photograph collection is a small selection of images digitized from Huber’s original color slides, dating from 1964-1971. The images focus on significant UC San Diego events and feature prominent members of the campus community.
Date: 1964-1971

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John LeRoy Photographs

Photographs created by American anthropologist John D. LeRoy, in the context of field research with the Kewa people of the Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1971-1972

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José Villegas Collection on Mining

Documents and photographs relating to silver mining operations in Mexico, principally Real del Monte and Pachuca during the periods of British (1824-1849) and Mexican (1849-1906) capitalization and management.
Date: circa 1825-1983

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Kastrouli Mycenaean Excavations, Greece 2016

Files relevant to the 2016 archaeological excavations of the site Kastrouli, Greece including artifact, photography, geospatial, and other data.
Date: 2016-07-20 to 2016-08-03

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Keith Rayner Eye Movements in Reading Data Collection

This collection consists of data and materials from a subset of published eye movement studies of reading conducted in Keith Rayner’s Eyetracking Lab at UCSD from 2008-2015
Date: 2008 to 2015

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Kelco Aerial Photograph Collection

A selection of Kelco's scanned black and white, color, and infrared aerial photographs and slides. The images document kelp beds and coastline primarily from Central and Southern California, and the Channel Islands.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: circa 1931-1992

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Kenward Elmslie Papers: Selections

Audiovisual recordings from the collection of poet and performer Kenward Elmslie.
Date: 1963-2010

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Khirbat en-Nahas Project (Jordan)

A collection of archaeological artifacts and data for the excavation of the Khirbat en-Nahas site, and exploration of Iron Age state formation in southern Jordan.
Date: 2002 to 2009

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Latin American Political Campaign Ephemera Collection

Political campaign materials from elections in various Latin American countries.
Date: 1980-2009

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Open Data Initiative

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Data Science Institute shares some of LLNL’s challenging and unique data sets with the larger data science community through its Open Data Initiative.
Date: July 2015 to present

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Leo Szilard and Aaron Novick Research Files

The Leo Szilard and Aaron Novick Research Files document experiments on bacterial populations performed jointly by Szilard and Novick at the Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics, University of Chicago.
Date: 1948-1964

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Leo Szilard Letters to Gertrud Weiss

The Leo Szilard Letters to Gertrud Weiss contains documents written between 1937 and 1959 from Szilard to Weiss.
Date: 1937-1959

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Leo Szilard Papers

A selection of documents, photos, and audio-visual materials of the nuclear physicist and inventor Leo Szilard.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1898-1998

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Leslie Scalapino Papers: Digital selections

Digital selections from the papers of Leslie Scalapino, San Francisco Bay Area poet, scholar, experimental prose writer and founding editor of O Books. Content includes poetry, essays, interview transcripts, photographs, and sound and videorecordings reformatted or captured from digital media.
Access: Restricted View
Date: circa 1965-2014

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Live Well, Be Well

Live Well, Be Well podcast episodes present candid information about all things wellness! Their goal is to inspire listeners, to help them feel connected, and to discover new ways to live their best life.
Date: 2020-2021

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Living Salk Institute Project Video Collection

David Chapin and Zeynep Turan (architects in the Ph.D. program in Environmental Psychology, Graduate Center, City University of New York) 2004 video research project entitled, "The Living Salk Institute."
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 2004-2005

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Lou Rowan Papers: Digital selections

Email and correspondence from the papers of writer Lou Rowan.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1996-2018

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Lyn Hejinian Papers: Selections

Selected reformatted materials from the Lyn Hejinian Papers.
Date: 1974-2010

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Marine background and plume aerosol measurements off the coast of California in July-August 2011 during E-PEACE (Eastern Pacific Emitted Aerosol Cloud Experiment)

Measurements of background, generated smoke and cargo ship plume aerosol particles and their chemical and physical properties. Measurements include shipboard measurements near the ocean surface.
Date: 2011-07-12 to 2011-08-18

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Marquis McDonald Photographs

Photographs by Marquis McDonald during a 1949-1950 overland trip down the Baja California Peninsula.
Date: 1949-1950

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Measurements of Generated and Ambient Marine Aerosol Particles in August 2012 on board the R/V Ronald H. Brown during the Western Atlantic Climate Study (WACS)

Measurements of generated marine aerosol particle physical and chemical properties.
Date: 2012-08-19 to 2012-08-27

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Measurements of Generated and Ambient Marine Aerosol Particles in May and June 2010 on board the R/V Atlantis during the California Nexus (CalNex) Experiment

Measurements of generated marine aerosol particle physical and chemical properties.
Date: 2010-05-14 to 2010-06-08

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Meet the Scientist Lecture Recordings

Sound recordings and a small selection of typed presentations from a science lecture series sponsored by the Theatre and Arts Foundation of San Diego County.
Date: 1958-1963

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Meteorological and Aerosol Measurements near the Salton Sea, California

This collection contains meteorological and aerosol measurements collected at a field site located near the western shoreline of the Salton Sea, California. These data are designed to study the dynamics and physical properties of dust storms and other aerosol events in the region.
Date: 2019-12 to present

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Mexican Broadsides

This collection comprises broadsides (single and double-sided, one-sheet documents) produced in Mexico between the early 1600s and 1899.
Date: Early 1600s to 1899

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Middlebrook Photographs of San Diego & Arizona Railway Locomotives

Images of locomotives, trains, and sections of track from the San Diego & Arizona and San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway companies.
Date: 1910-1948

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Mikhail V. Propp Negatives

Photographic negatives taken by Russian marine biologist Mikhail V. Propp, documenting a Soviet Antarctic expedition (1965-1966) at Mirny Observatory, Antarctica.
Date: 1965-1966

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Millerd Family Documents

Documents of the Millerd family, 1740-1900, including records that document birth and death dates for family members, debts, military service, and a set of manuscript sermons attributed to Squire Millerd.
Date: 1740-1900

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Milo Woodbridge Williams Photographs

Photographs from the collection of Milo Woodbridge Williams, a professional photographer who attended the Scripps Institution of Oceanography as a graduate student between 1947 and 1948.
Date: between 1936 and 1980

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MITgcm 3-daily global sea surface temperature, ocean currents, nitrate and phytoplankton biomass (1992 - 2016)

3-daily averaged sea surface temperature, ocean currents (u, v), nitrate and phytoplankton biomass for the 35 types in the top 10m of the model. Model output has been interpolated from the natural grid onto 1/5th degree resolution.
Date: May 2016

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Music Collection

Collection of Music-related materials from UC San Diego students and faculty, as well as prominent figures of the contemporary music scene in Southern California.
Date: 1950 -

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Native bees in San Diego's coastal sage scrub reserves and fragments, surveyed in 2015 and 2016

A dataset of bees and plants in coastal sage scrub reserves and habitat fragments in coastal San Diego County, collected by PhD student Keng-Lou James Hung in 2015 and 2016.
Date: 2015 to 2016

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New Rosario Silver Mining Company Records

Records of the New Rosario Silver Mining Company, including business correspondence, articles of agreement, receipts, and reports meant to entice potential stockholders. Includes articles of agreement for other ventures, including the Morro da Gloria Gold Mining Company.
Date: between 1858 and 1870

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New Writing Series: Recordings

Recordings of readings from the UC San Diego New Writings Series.
Date: 1972 - Present

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Norma Cole Papers: Selections

Digital and digitized selections from the papers of Norma Cole, San Francisco based poet, painter, translator and educator.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: circa 1985-2014

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Norman Spencer Photographs

Norman A. Spencer, Ph.D., professor at SUNY, Nassau, documents artists, writers, directors, actors and other notable personalities in the underground and independent Chinese film and art scenes. His photographs were taken between the years 1999-2019.
Date: 1999-2019

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North Korean Propaganda Posters

Reproductions of North Korean propaganda posters.
Date: 1985-2002

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Observations and Model Simulations from the Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment (ISDE)

In-situ observations and model simulations from the Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment (ISDE)
Date: August 2017 to December 2017

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Observations of Solar Analog Field Stars from the Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph at Lick Observatory

This observing program used the Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph on the three meter Shane telescope at Lick Observatory to obtain high resolution spectroscopic observations of 211 solar analog field stars.
Date: 2013 to 2014

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Oceania

Photographs, films and dissertations, documenting aspects of the cultures and peoples of the Pacific Islands, with a strong emphasis on Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Date: 1919-1989

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Oceanographic data taken over a fringing coral reef near Makua Beach, Oahu, Hawai'i (2013)

Raw and averaged velocity, temperature, salinity, and pressure data from a coral reef in southwestern Oahu, Hawai'i.
Date: 2013-09-06 to 2013-09-30

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Organic and Elemental Composition of Submicron Aerosol Particles during AWARE at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic analysis of organic functional groups and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) of elements in submicron particles at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Date: 2015-11-29 to 2016-12-19

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Pablo Macedo Collection of Mexican Notarial, Mining and Colonial Documents

Mexican colonial documents written in Spanish, relating to land tenure, legal matters and mining interests in the Itzmiquilpa region of Mexico.
Date: 1600-1908

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Pacific Basin Nautical Charts

Charts of the Pacific Ocean
Date: circa 1910-1960

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Papua New Guinea Highlands Dissertations

Dissertations and theses, written between 1946 and 2001, documenting social life, customs, history and other topics pertaining to the Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea.
Date: 1946-2001

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Papua New Guinea Patrol Reports

Reports from government patrols are a major source of primary information on Papua New Guinea’s colonial-era history. Patrol officers and other officials wrote detailed documents reporting on all aspects of the work carried out by the patrols. The reports give first-hand accounts on many topics, from first contact with remote Highland villages, to census counts, tax collection, health care, justice, labor recruiting, plantations, missionaries, anthropological descriptions, tribal warfare, languages, and more. The reports in this collection date primarily from the post-World War II era of Papua New Guinea, up through 1975, when PNG gained independence from Australia; a few pre-War reports are also included.
Date: 1912-1976

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Paul Blackburn Audio Collection

A collection of sound recordings featuring poetry readings, conversations, lectures, and taped correspondence recorded by Paul Blackburn to create an oral history of the New York poetry scene between 1960 and 1971.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1960-1971

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Paul Pickowicz Collection

Slides and documents contributed by Paul Pickowicz, member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) Friendship Delegation that traveled to China in 1971.
Date: 1971 - 1972

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Pauline Oliveros Papers

Papers of Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016), American experimental musician, composer and key figure in the development of contemporary electronic music.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1937-1983

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Peter Yates Sound Recording Collection

Peter Yates was an important radio personality and concert presenter in the Los Angeles avant-garde music scene from 1939 through the mid-1960s. The collection consists of concerts, interviews with composers, lectures by Yates, and radio broadcasts.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 1939 - mid 1960's

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Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials

Photographs, journals, and an album documenting Peveril Meigs's field research in northern Baja California, Mexico, between 1925 and 1936.
Date: between 1925 and 1936

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Plant-pollinator interaction networks in coastal sage scrub reserves and fragments in San Diego

Data here describe the interactions between plants and putative pollinators in large natural reserves (area > 500 ha; n = 6) and small habitat fragments (area < 60 ha; n = 6) of coastal sage scrub habitat.
Date: 2015 to 2016

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Posters of the Chinese Independent Film Festivals

Posters from Chinese independent film festivals from 2004 to 2016.
Date: 2004-2016

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Pueblos Yucatecos

Audio Interviews, Transcriptions, and Photographs related to life in 5 rural communities in the state of Yucatan Mexico between the early 20th and early 21st centuries
Date: September 2017-

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