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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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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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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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Harold Clayton Urey Papers: Selections

A selection of documents of the Nobel Prize winning chemist Harold Clayton Urey.
Date: 1928-1981

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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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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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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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H. Lee Hansen Collection

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

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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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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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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 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 News Photos

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

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Spanish Civil War Postage Stamps

Collection of different adhesive stamps issued by a variety of governmental and non-governmental organizations throughout Republican Spain.
Date: 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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Travelogue Collection

Collection of home movies and travel films shot mainly in the United States. Includes extensive footage of Europe and Asia as well.
Date: 1936-1980

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dr. Seuss Collection

Images by Theodor Seuss Geisel digitized from originals in the UC San Diego collections.
Date: 1940-1943

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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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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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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Marine Physical Laboratory Records

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Marine Physical Laboratory records document the activities of the research unit; including instruments, vessels, cruises and expeditions, personnel, and events.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1940-2011

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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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Dr. Seuss Political Cartoons

Political cartoons drawn for the New York newspaper PM by author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel.
Date: 1941-1943

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Selected Newsreels

Yearly highlights including, but limited to major national and international news, important events and major public figures.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 1941-1969

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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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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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Taiwanese American Archives' Photo Albums

The Taiwanese American Archives' Photo Albums include documents and images covering a broad range of topics including sports, news events, concerts, festivals and conferences spanning the 1940s to the present decade.
Date: 2014 to 2021

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Robert Erickson Sound Recording Collection

Robert Erickson was a co-founder of the UCSD Music Department. This collection includes his sound recordings of his own works, much of it recorded under his direction, also rare or unique recordings of particular interest to him, from ethnic music to works and lectures by his contemporaries and some student projects.
Access: Restricted to UC San Diego use only
Date: 1947 to 1984

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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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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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Archive for New Poetry: Selections

A selection of reformatted, scanned, and born-digital materials from the Archive for New Poetry at the UC San Diego Library's Special Collections & Archives.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: circa 1955 - Present

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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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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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Henry W. Menard Papers: Selections

Photographs from collection of marine geologist Henry W. Menard.
Date: approximately 1950-1984

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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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Paula Brown Glick Film

16mm color film labelled ‘New Guinea Mission’ from the Paula Brown Glick Papers, 1933-1996 (bulk 1958-1987) (MSS 731).
Date: circa 1950s

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Communications Office Records

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Communications Office Records contain public relations materials collected, created, and distributed by that office. The records document the history, research, and the other activities of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1950-2009

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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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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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Anti-Confucian Book Collection

The Anti-Confucius Book Collection consists of 747 titles donated by UCSD PhD alumnus Matthew Wills. They were largely political propagandas produced during 1960s-1970s, also known as the Cultural Revolution period in China.
Date: Between 1952 and 1982

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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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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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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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Joanne Kyger Papers: Selections

Digitized and born-digital selections from the papers of poet Joanne Kyger.
Access: Some items restricted
Date: 1955-2017

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