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Capricorn Expedition Photographs

The Capricorn Expedition (1952-1953) was part of a series of oceanic expeditions in the Pacific conducted by the US Navy and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Date: 1952-1953

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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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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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SIO Archive Film Collection

This collection contains films documenting Scripps Institution of Oceanography research, expeditions, and campus history. The collection also includes training and introductory science films created by the U.S. Navy.
Date: 1940-1983

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Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana

The Turner Collection comprises more than 300 items that help document the lives and contributions of American Blacks, largely through original photographic images.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1850-1979

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Wantok Niuspepa

Wantok Niuspepa is the only Tok Pisin language newspaper in Papua New Guinea.
Date: 1972 to 2016

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Baja California Government Documents Collection

Municipal and government documents relating to official policies, civil matters, contracts, litigation, war, and state infrastructure development in Baja California, including Santo Tomas, Rosarito, Mexicali, Tecate, Tijuana, and other towns and cities.
Date: 1831-1982 (bulk 1900-1925)

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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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Carl L. Hubbs Papers

Images from the collection of Scripps Institution of Oceanography icthyologist Carl L. Hubbs.
Date: 1889-1976

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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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Elisha Oscar Crosby Papers

Autobiographical essays, documents, and correspondence regarding Elisha Oscar Crosby, an early (1849-1895) California settler, lawyer, politician, diplomat, and civil servant.
Date: 1849-1895

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Richard Dering Letters

Letters from Richard Dering, which provide a detailed account of his activities and travels in Sonora, Baja California, the islands of the Gulf of California, and up the Pacific Coast to San Francisco. The letters are primarily written from Isla Elide, Georges Island, Guaymas, Magdalena Bay, and San Francisco.
Date: 1858-1879

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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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Ephraim Morse Papers

Documents from the Ephraim W. Morse Papers, San Diego pioneer, businessman, and civic leader. Materials include financial records for Morse's Old Town and New Town stores; correspondence; cased daguerreotypes and an ambrotype; and scrapbooks.
Date: 1839-1884

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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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Posters of the Chinese Independent Film Festivals

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

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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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Triton Tools and Tidbits

Triton Tools & Tidbits is a podcast that is focused on discussing topics to engage and enrich student life and education. Produced by the UC San Diego Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.
Date: 2020-2021

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Zambian Storytellers

Images, video and audio recordings, and images from professor of African and Comparative Literature Robert Cancel's research in Zambia and other regions of Africa.
Date: Between 1976 and 1997

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California Historic Landmark Project Collection

Historical essays, research notes, and a small number of photographs created between 1936 and 1940 on California landmarks, monuments and state parks.
Date: 1936-1940

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SIO Photographic Laboratory Collection: Selections

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographic Laboratory was established in 1949 to provide photographic services to the SIO community. Subjects included aerial views of La Jolla and the Scripps campus, artifacts, campus buildings and events, faculty and staff at work, marine specimens, research ships, and scientific instruments.
Date: 1905-2003

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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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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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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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Topolobampo Collection

Business records and promotional materials by Albert Kimsey Owen, related to the colony and railroad enterprise established on Topolobampo Bay, Sinaloa, Mexico between 1871 and 1910.
Date: 1872 to 1910

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Chinese News

The Chinese News is a weekly newspaper in San Diego containing local and international news articles written in Chinese in addition to advertising in English and Chinese.
Date: 1983-1996

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Stephen Leavitt Recordings

Field recordings created by American anthropologist Stephen Leavitt include interviews and events related to the ethnography of the Bumbita Arapesh people of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1984-1989

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Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart Recordings

Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart are a husband and wife research team who carry out long-term fieldwork in Papua New Guinea. The two tapes, recorded in 1967 in Pangia, Papua New Guinea, document Namasu sing-sing, a celebration for an opening of a store, stories of tambaran cults told by local informants, and woman and man stories.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1967

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Anthony Forge Films and Recordings

Films and sound recordings taken by British anthropologist, Anthony Forge (1929-1991), during his research with the Abelam and neighboring peoples of the Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea. The films depict Abelam life, particularly ritual and artistic aspects, such as the building of ‘haus tambaran’ (spirit cult houses).
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1958-1995

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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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Walter Munk Papers: Selections

A selection of still images, slides, and reformatted sound and moving image recordings from the papers of oceanographer Walter Munk.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: between 1920 and 2003

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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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Will Forman Navy submersible film collection

Forty-five films digitally reformatted films from the collection of Will Forman on U.S. Navy submersibles, particularly the development of Deep Jeep at the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS) at China Lake, California.
Date: between 1960 and 1971

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California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI): Cruise Images

Photographs documenting the tools, processes and people aboard CalCOFI research cruises.
Date: 2018 to 2019

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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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Alice Notley Artworks

A selection of artworks by American visual artist and poet Alice Notley. Images include collages, fans, masks and sketches.
Date: 1974-2004

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American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection

Selected materials from the American Institute of Wine & Food Culinary Collection.
Date: 1610-1985

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William Rodman and Margaret Critchlow Photographs

Photographs taken by Canadian Anthropologists Margaret Critchlow and William Rodman during research trips conducted in Vanuatu.
Date: 1970 to 1995

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Tell Us How UC It: Exhibit 2017

Tell Us How UC It: A Living Archive debuted with a physical exhibit and a panel on student activism on February 1, 2017. The exhibit included history, student perspectives, and real-time feedback, all of which are now part of the collection.
Date: February 2017 to May 2017

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Tell Us How UC It: History of Student Activism Timeline

The Tell Us How UC It: History of Student Activism Timeline presents events and incidents from UC San Diego’s history that affected the campus climate for students in such a way that they were compelled to act or react.
Date: 1960-2016

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Tell Us How UC It: Course Curriculum and Events

The Tell Us How UC It project has consisted of a number of course collaborations from workshops to one-shot classes.
Date: 2017

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Tell Us How UC It: A Living Archive

The UC San Diego Library created a “living archive” as an alternative way to highlight awareness, provide a space for dialogue, preserve and document the events related to student activism at UC San Diego.
Date: 1960-2017

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Theodore Schwartz Recordings

A collection of sound and video recordings from Theodore Schwartz, Melanesian anthropologist, UC San Diego Professor and specialist on the Manus people of Papua New Guinea. Includes interviews, ceremonies, lectures, songs and linguistic studies relating to his expeditions to the Admiralty Islands.
Access: Restricted View
Date: 1953 - 1998

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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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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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University Art Gallery Closure Events, 2016

Images and events related to the threatened closure of the University Art Gallery in 2016.
Date: 2016

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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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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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Stuart Collection Records: Selections

Video and audio recordings of the UC San Diego Stuart Collection site-specific public sculptures and interviews with the artists.
Date: 1982 - 2006

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