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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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UCSD Audio Visual Theses and Dissertations

A subset of the dissertations produced by students at UC San Diego which contain audio and visual components.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: between 1971 and 2009

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Tijuana Photograph Postcard Collection

A small collection of postcards documenting tourism in Tijuana, Mexico. The majority depict tourists in automobiles near the U.S.-Mexico border, including many Panama California Exposition visitors from the San Diego area in 1915.
Date: between 1907 and 1960

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SIO Photographs Collection

A diverse assortment of photographic images acquired by the former SIO Archives and collated into one collection. Images include SIO staff and faculty, the campus, and scientific expeditions.
Date: between 1900 and 2006

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Ben Yellen Papers

The Ben Yellen Papers document grassroots social and political activism on the subjects of farm labor, commercial agriculture, and western water policy in Southern California.
Date: 1959-1991

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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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Visual Arts and Architecture

Images, films, audio, and documentation of Southern California and Border Region art, architecture, and urban development.
Date: 1961-2015

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Robert Mosher UC San Diego Architectural Image Collection

The Robert Mosher collection includes photographs of the interior and exterior of architectural structures as well as plans, drawings, elevations, models, studies, and materials samples of UC San Diego buildings and spaces. Development and master plans are also included. Most of the buildings and structures in this collection were designed by Robert Mosher but there are some images of UC San Diego structures that were designed by other architectural firms.
Date: 1961-1998

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Stephen MacKinnon Collection

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

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Alfred North Correspondence and Other Documents

Correspondence and a journal from the papers of Alfred North (1807-1869), an American Presbyterian minister who served on international and domestic missions.
Date: 1832-1869

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Cinewest Archive

Materials documenting the several Cinewest production initiatives including Border Brujo, Murals off the Walls, and Mexico History and Image and others.
Date: 1969-1992

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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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Robert S. Arthur Slides and Survival Charts

Slides and World War II-era cloth survival charts from the collection of physical oceanographer Robert S. Arthur.
Date: 1943-1973

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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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William A. Joseph Collection

Slides and documents contributed by William A. Joseph, member of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) Friendship Delegation that traveled to China in 1972.
Date: 1972

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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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Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars Friendship Delegations

Slides and documents contributed by members of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) friendship delegations that traveled to China in 1971 and 1972.
Slides and documents contributed by members of the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars (CCAS) friendship delegations that traveled to China in 1971 and 1972.
Date: 1971 - 1972

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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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SIO Centennial Oral Histories

A collection of sound recordings and transcripts of interviews with six Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists, conducted for the SIO Centennial Oral History Project.
Date: 1998-2002

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San Diego Technology Archive Oral Histories

The San Diego Technology Archive (SDTA), an initiative of the UC San Diego Library, documents the history, formation, and evolution of the companies that formed the San Diego region's high-tech cluster, beginning in 1965.
Date: 1996-

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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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Vermilion Family Correspondence

Correspondence of William F. Vermilion, a captain in the 36th Infantry Regiment of Iowa Volunteers during the American Civil War, and his wife, Mary Vermilion.
Date: 1862-1865

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Swope Family Correspondence

Letters written by Charles Byron Swope to his wife Gretchen while he was stationed at Fort McDowell on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay, and other family correspondence.
Date: 1917-1918

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Edward Sheldon Barr Papers

Photographs from collection of Edward Sheldon Barr, who accompanied the MidPac and Capricorn Expeditions.
Date: 1950-1952

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San Diego History

Selected materials documenting San Diego county, digitized from original postcards, photographs, correspondence, pamphlets and other materials held by UC San Diego Library.
Date: circa 1800-1950

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CONNECT

CONNECT is a premier innovation company accelerator in San Diego that creates and scales great companies in the technology and life sciences sectors.
Date: 1990-

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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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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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UC San Diego General Catalog

Selected volumes of the General Catalog or Course Catalog containing course descriptions, degree requirements and descriptions for colleges, departments, and schools offered by the University of California, San Diego.
Date: 1961 to 2011

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William Bond Papers

Papers of William Bond (d. 1776), a Revolutionary Army officer from Massachusetts. Includes correspondence, orders, resolutions of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, lists of officers and soldiers, and other documents related to Bond's regiment.
Date: 1768-1883, bulk 1775-1776

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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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Chapman Family Correspondence and Other Documents

A small collection of family papers of American painter John Gadsby Chapman, consisting mostly of letters to Chapman from colleagues and associates, and correspondence with his son, Conrad Wise Chapman, who served in the Confederate army in the Civil War.
Date: 1791-1898, bulk 1861-1865

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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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Alaska Commercial Company Records

A small collection of business correspondence and records from the Alaska Commercial Company, a San Francisco trading firm concerned with the Alaskan fur trade in the late 19th century.
Date: 1895-1897

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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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Baja California and the West Postcard Collection

Postcards depicting California, Baja California, and the Southwest, mostly from the early 1900s. Images of Tijuana, Ensenada, Balboa Park, and the California missions are well-represented in this collection.
Date: 1900-1989

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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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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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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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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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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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UCSD Independent Study Project (ISP)

Independent School of Medicine Project from the UCSD School of Medicine.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 2011-

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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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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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Slab City

Interviews with residents, various community activities (swap meets, holiday parties etc.) of the Sonoran Desert community of Slab City (Imperial County, California).
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1986-1997

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Roger Revelle Papers

A selection of photographs and slides from the Roger Revelle Papers, including portraits and images documenting scientific expeditions and Scripps Institution of Oceanography colleagues.
Date: 1936-1976

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Bear Facts

Bear Facts was the newsletter published by the Oceanids, a service and social organization promoting friendship and services to the UC San Diego community.
Date: 1962-2007

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Edwin Hutchins and Dona Hutchins Collection

Materials created by American anthropologist, Edwin Hutchins, and his wife, Dona Hutchins, during research in the Trobriand Islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea in 1975-1976.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1973-1976

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Stuart Collection Photographs

Photographs and design drawings of the site-specific public sculptures in the UC San Diego Stuart Collection.
Date: 1981 - 2015

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Spanish Civil War Memory Project

Audiovisual testimonies of witnesses and victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist repression
Date: between 2008 and 2010

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Charles Atwood Kofoid Papers

Photographs taken and collected by the University of California, Berkeley zoologist Charles Atwood Kofoid and his wife, Carrie Winter Kofoid. Subjects include the Kofoids; their families, friends and colleagues; travel; the 1904-1905 Albatross Expedition; and many freshwater and marine biological research stations.
Date: circa 1860-1936

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Ed Fletcher Papers

The papers of Ed Fletcher a noted San Diego land developer, civic leader, and member of the California State Senate.
Date: 1870-1955, bulk 1920-1950

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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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Scientific Voyages & Expedition Reports

This collection contains 90 oceanographic voyages and scientific expedition reports from various countries and institution from around the world dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. They were collected by the former Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 1881-1971

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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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Edna Watson Bailey Photographs

Photographs collected by Edna Watson Bailey, a graduate student at the Marine Biological Association of San Diego. Subjects include Bailey and members of her family, work colleagues, La Jolla, early Scripps laboratory facilities, and the July 25, 1906 wreck of the research vessel Loma.
Date: 1905-1940

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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 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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Sam Hinton Papers

Images from the University of California Division of War Research, Sam Hinton’s caricatures and sketches of SIO faculty, and original drawings of ocean plants and animals.
Date: 1937-2006

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Roger Reynolds Ping Collection

Ping is a 1968 multimedia work by Roger Reynolds on a text by Samuel Beckett. This collection is an illustrative portion of the components and related documentation, including compositional sketches and diagrams, films, interviews with Reynolds, and photographs from both the 1968 and 2011 performances at UCSD.

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Pacific Basin Nautical Charts

Charts of the Pacific Ocean
Date: circa 1910-1960

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San Diego History Center Photographs

Over 3,000 images from the San Diego History Center that document the rise and decline of the California fishing industry. These historical photographs from the 1870s to the 1980s represent the work of many important San Diego photographers.
Date: 1880-1980

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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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California Explores the Ocean

A collection of diverse resources about the ocean and ocean exploration.
Date: circa 1860 to 2008

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Letters, Clippings, Ships' Logs

Images of historical documents about Scripps expeditions.
Date: 1873-1987

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San Diego History Center Oral Histories

The San Diego Historical Society owns dozens of oral histories that document the rise and decline of the California fishing industry. Over 50 oral history transcripts on topics of popular interest such as tuna fishing, lobster harvesting, agar processing, and whaling, have been made available here.
Date: 1957-1999

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UC San Diego Department of Music Concert Archive

UCSD Department of Music recordings from 1967-2006 of degree-required concerts, faculty concerts, most class concerts, and other selected events.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only

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Center for Music Experiment Recordings Archives

Audio recordings from the Center for Music Experiment Archive. Includes conferences, computer music, and performances.
Access: Some items restricted

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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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Roy Rappaport Collection

Photographs taken by anthropologist Roy A. Rappaport during fieldwork with the Tsembaga Maring people of Madang Province in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The images document aspects of Maring culture.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1960-1963

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Edwin Cook and Susan Pflanz Cook Collection

Photographs and sound recordings taken by anthropologists Edwin Cook and Susan Pflanz during fieldwork in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, with the Narak-speaking people of Western Highlands Province.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1961-1972

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North Korean Propaganda Posters

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

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UCSD Student Newspapers

Scans of students newspapers, other than the UCSD Guardian. Includes Black Voices, California Review, New Indicator, Revellations, Third World, and Ujima, among others.
Date: 1960-

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UCSD Guardian

Primary student newspaper of UCSD campus. Includes earlier versions of the Guardian, such as the Triton Times and special issues titled Hiatus.
Date: 1967-

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Chinese Cultural Revolution Posters

Propaganda posters created during the Cultural Revolution by various Chinese agencies.
Date: 1966-1989

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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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Dr. Seuss Advertising Artwork

Advertising artwork created by Theodor Seuss Geisel, author and illustrator known internationally as Dr. Seuss.
Date: 1920s-1950s

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Spanish Civil War Communist Ephemera

Ephemera printed by the Communist Party of Spain, Partido Comunista de España (PCE), or groups affiliated with the PCE in Madrid during the years of the Spanish Civil War.
Date: circa 1936-1939

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Spanish Civil War Posters

Propaganda posters produced during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) by a variety of Spanish political parties and labor organizations.
Date: 1936-1940

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University Communications & Public Relations Materials: News Releases

News releases of UC San Diego adminstrators and faculty, campus events, major campus buildings, and aerial views of campus.
Date: 1956-2023

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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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Latin American Political Campaign Ephemera Collection

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

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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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Baja California

Images of Baja California digitized from original photographs held by UC San Diego Library. Includes landscapes, missions, the built environment, and ranch life.
Date: 1938-1997

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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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Roger M. Keesing Collection

Photographs and sound recordings taken by anthropologist Roger M. Keesing during field research with the Kwaio people of Malaita, Solomon Islands.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1963-1989

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Sylvester M. Lambert Photographs

Photographs of Pacific Islanders taken by American physician Sylvester Maxwell Lambert. Many images taken in Papua New Guinea, Solomn Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tuvalu.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1919-1939

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Robert Glasheen Photographs

Photographs of University of California, San Diego faculty, staff, campus life, buildings, and events.
Date: 1964-1986

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Camp Matthews Buildings Photos

Photographs and plans of Camp Matthews buildings after Camp Matthews closed operations.
Date: 1964-1967

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University Communications & Public Relations Materials: Photographs

Photographs of UC San Diego administrators and faculty, campus events, major campus buildings, and aerial views of campus.
Date: 1956-2001

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UCSD Health Sciences Communications Public Relations Materials

The Health Sciences Communications Public Relations Materials records include news releases, features, and photographs produced by the office.
Date: 1961-2015

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Ann Skinner-Jones and Joan Larcom Photographs

Anthropologist Joan Larcom traveled with Photographer Ann Skinner-Jones in 1981 to create a photographic essay of the people and culture of Vanuatu during the first anniversary of the country's independence.
Date: Between 1973 and 1985

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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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UC San Diego History

Photographs, student newspapers, oral histories, campus news releases, news clippings, and publications that document the development and history of the campus.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1956-

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Thurgood Marshall College. Office of the Provost Records

Photographs documenting UC San Diego's Thurgood Marshall College participation in campus and San Diego community events, provost office staff, and college programs.
Date: 1965-2000

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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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The Missions of Alta California

Albumen photographs of California missions taken by William Henry Jackson.
Date: 1885-1890

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Spanish Civil War Children's Drawings

A collection of over 600 drawings made during the Spanish Civil War by Spanish school children, both in Spain and in refugee centers in France, rendered in pencil, crayon, ink, and watercolor.
Date: circa 1938

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Spanish Civil War Collection

Collection of propaganda posters, newspaper photographs, postcards, drawings made by Spanish children in colonias, and more.
Date: 1936-1940

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Spanish Civil War News Photos

Photographs, taken for various news agencies, documenting events during the Spanish Civil War.
Date: 1936-1940

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