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[23 engraved portraits from F.H. Turpin's La France illustre]

The plates are from: Turpin, F.H. La France illustre : ou le Plutarque français, contenant les éloges historiques des généraux et grands capitaines, des ministres d'État, et des principaux magistrats de la nation française ; enrichis de leurs portraits. A...

 
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Abbott (Clint) historical sheet music collection

This collection comprises approximately 200 pieces of late 19th-century and early 20th-century American sheet music.

 
[A.C.W. artists' books]

Collection consists of six artists' books by A. C. W. Each of the books uses sewing as illustration. The illustrations are either sewn to cloth, laminated, or are digital prints of original art. Some of the books contain illustrations which...

 
Advertisement sketches of women's fashions and accessories (Collection of)

This collection comprises 16 hand-drawn and hand-colored sketches of magazine advertisements for women's clothing and other products, such as beach towels, hosiery, and cigarettes. The sketches were created with various media, including pencil, ink, colored pencil, and watercolor, and are...

 
Algeranoff (Harcourt) Photograph Album.

This photograph album was created by ballet dancer and choreographer Harcourt Algeranoff, who partnered Anna Pavlova during her world tours. The album contains 178 photographs from 1922 to 1928 depicting the Pavlova Company on tour in South Africa, Egypt, and...

 
Allen and Lewis costume sketches

This collection comprises nine costume sketches by the late 19th-century London costume firm Allen and Lewis. Sketches were created with watercolor and pencil, and are approximately 9.5 centimeters by 15.5 centimeters. Designs portray women in a variety of stage roles...

 
Amador, Yorba, López, and Cota families correspondence

This collection comprises hand-written correspondence among members of the Amador, Yorba, López, and Cota families in the region of Orange County, San Diego County, and Baja California from 1853 to 1879. Items include personal letters and business receipts. The collection...

 
Ariel (Joan) Files on Women's Political Activism

This collection documents Joan Ariel's interests in women's political activism, particularly in California. At University of California Irvine (UCI), Joan Ariel was a librarian for women's studies and history, academic coordinator of Women's Studies, and an affiliated faculty member. Her...

 
Armor (Samuel and Alice L.) Papers

The papers of Samuel and his wife Alice L. Armor of Orange, California include incoming letters and postcards, miscellaneous Orange County ephemera, photographs of family and friends, and essays by Samuel on topics such as flood control and politics. Also...

 
[Arnaldo Coen exhibition catalogs]

Collection consists of 2 catalogs for exhibits held in the Galería Juan Martín

 
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Badham (Robert E.) Papers

Records accummulated by Robert E. Badham during his 25 years of public service in California include materials from his terms in the California Assembly and in the U.S. House of Representatives. This collection documents only Badham's political career and...

 
Bergeson (Marian) papers

This collection comprises the administrative and legislative files of California state senator Marian Bergeson. Bergeson was the first Republican woman elected to both the California State Assembly and California State Senate. During her years in the California State Legislature, Bergeson...

 
Berley Studios fashion drawings

The collection comprises of approximately 700 mimeographed drawings bound in 7 volumes, used for illustrating women's apparel trade in New York City. The majority of the designs are marked with the name of the studio and the artist.

 
Bontine (Anne Elizabeth) Diaries and Other Materials

This collection comprises 22 diaries by Anne Elizabeth Bontine, the mother of 19th century Scottish politician and author Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham. The materials generally describe her reflections on social activities in Scotland and England providing a detailed account of...

 
[Booklyn Artists Alliance publications]

Consists of publications issued by Booklyn Artists Alliance about the organization

 
Bosworth (Annie H.) Diaries

The collection contains two handwritten volumes of Annie H. Bosworth's diaries from January-May 1878. A resident of San Francisco, California, Bosworth described her daily activities in her diaries, which included visits to Chinatown, Marin County, San Quentin prison, and several...

 
Boy Scouts of America 1953 Jamboree in Irvine, California (Collection on the)

This collection comprises material documenting the first Boy Scouts of America jamboree ever to be held in California, which took place in 1953 at the Irvine Ranch near Santa Ana. The collection includes a photograph album, likely the property of...

 
Branson (Henry C.) Salisbury Plain Typescript and Correspondence

This material comprises an unbound typescript of Branson's and correspondence between Branson and author Kenneth Millar (also known by his pseudonym Ross Macdonald), consisting of 24 holograph and typescript letters written between 1963 and 1966. These letters concern Millar's revisions...

 
Bremer (Georgina D.) photographs and California vacation album

This collection comprises photographs and a California vacation album that belonged to Georgina D. Bremer, a Maywood, Illinois schoolteacher. Photographs are of Bremer, her family and friends, and her home in Maywood. The vacation album documents a trip to Southern...

 
[Briefs and transcripts from early Orange County legal cases concerning the Santa Ana, Fairview and Pacific Railroad Company and the Fairview Development Company, submitted to the Supreme Court of the State of California by the Superior Court of Orange County]

Amos E. Jefferson and Francis B. Clarke, plaintiffs and appellants, vs. R.E. Hewitt and Allie A. Hewitt, defendants and respondents: transcription appeal / C.C. Hamilton, attorney for plaintiffs and appellants ; Ray Billingsley and Jas G. Scarborough, attorneys for defendants...

 
Brown (Richard Blake) Manuscript and Correspondence

This collection contains the manuscript of Richard Blake Brown's unpublished biography of Ludwig II of Bavaria titled The Bavarian Cousins. Also included is a small amount of related correspondence, in addition to drawings and other items.

 
Bruccoli (Matthew J.) Research Materials on Kenneth Millar

This collection contains research materials and notes for two books on Kenneth Millar by Matthew J. Bruccoli, (1983), and (1984). It also includes Millar's manuscripts for several books and correspondence between Bruccoli and Millar.

 
Buff (Mary and Conrad) Children's Book Materials

This collection contains materials relating to the publication of 13 children's books written and illustrated by Conrad and Mary Buff. It includes 14 manuscripts, 13 mock-ups, 4 sets of galley proof pages, 2 sets of galley proof sheets, and 50...

 
Bukowski (Charles) Manuscript

The collection comprises an unsigned, untitled, and undated handwritten manuscript of a prose piece composed by Charles Bukowski, noted American poet. The 8-page text consists of a monologue about life, the arts, friends, and many other matters, written in a...

 
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California : or The gold seekers of the Sacramento, approximately 1849

Collection consists of The mnemosynum, by John F. Ames (Utica, N.Y. : Orren Hutchinson, 1840), a guide on how to prepare and use a commonplace book, which, as originally published, includes 270 blank ruled pages at the end. Fifty-four of...

 
California Coastal Commission Liquefied Natural Gas Files (Collection of)

The California Coastal Commission Liquefied Natural Gas files contain reports, correspondence, court records, newspaper clippings and miscellaneous files relating to liquefied natural gas (LNG) sites proposed by several public utility companies in 1972. The California Coastal Commission was created through...

 
[California farm labor movement and agricultural boycotts ephemera]

Consists chiefly of fliers calling for the support of California farm workers via voting, boycotts, and programs. Many of the flyers are issued by, or in support of United Farm Workers

 
California Newspaper Collection

This intentionally accumulated collection of scattered issues of newspapers printed in California consists of approximately 100 Orange County titles and approximately 160 titles from other urban, rural, and remote locations, primarily in Southern California. Significant but chronologically limited coverage can...

 
California Political Publication and Ephemera Collection

This collection comprises political publications and ephemera distributed in California from 1936 to 1989. Materials document the activities of California and Orange County legislators, politicians, and officials such as Robert E. Badham, John V. Briggs, Dennis E. Carpenter, Edmund G....

 
California Republican Assembly records

The collection comprises records from the California Republican Assembly (CRA), a grassroots political organization that promotes conservative values, policies, and candidates related to the Republican Party. Over the years CRA has supported several winning candidates in the national political arena...

 
California Vacation Albums

This collection is comprised of six early-20th-century albums of uncertain provenance containing photographic prints, postcards, and photomechanical reproductions that document the vacation experiences of the creator of each album. Locales depicted are chiefly in Southern California, but also include areas...

 
[California woman's diary of automobile trips]

Travel diary kept by a California woman, recording two cross-country trips made in an automobile with a trailer. The first trip, Sept. 10 - Oct. 31, 1936, begins in Hollywood, California. The second trip, June 6 - Sept. 7, 1950...

 
Callahan (Patricia) Files on Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Activism

This collection primarily documents AIDS, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activism in Orange County, California circa 1985-2005, including material on the Elections Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO), Laguna Outreach, and the No on 64 Campaign. The bulk of...

 
Carballal (Esther) Sewing Sample Book

This collection comprises a sewing sample book created by Esther Carballal, a student enrolled at the Centro Singer de Costura in Quilmes, Argentina, circa 1958. The cover of the sample book is stamped in gold, "Muestrario, Centro Singer de Costura"...

 
Carpenter (Dennis E.) Papers

This collection comprises the administrative and legislative files of the office of California State Senator Dennis E. Carpenter. Administrative files primarily consist of official press releases, printed material, newsletters issued by Carpenter's offices in Sacramento and Irvine, California, and ephemera...

 
Carver (George Washington) Letter to Dana H. Johnson

Collection comprises one manuscript letter, with envelope, from George Washington Carver, noted African American agricultural chemist, to Dana H. Johnson. The letter, which is friendly and informal, concerns the domestic life of Johnson. It is written on letterhead of Tuskegee...

 
[Charges delivered to the Clergy and Churchwardens of the Archdeaconry of Richmond]

The 1855 and 1857 pamphlets are published in London by F. and J. Rivington, and in Leeds by Thomas Harrison; the 1859 and 1860 pamphlets are published in London by F. and J. Rivington, and in Leeds by Thomas Harrison...

 
Chase (Alexander W.) Overland Journal

The illustrated holograph journal of Alexander W. Chase documenting his family's overland journey from Iowa to California by covered wagon from May to August 1861. The illustrations include both pencil sketches and watercolors. The journal is accompanied by 43 loose...

 
[Civilian Public Service camp publications]

Collection consists of Civilian Public Service camp publications, including newsletters, essays, and information sheets from camps located in San Dimas, California; Corbett, Oregon; Fort Steilacoom, Washington; Durham and Asheville, North Carolina; Mancos, Colorado; and Elgin, Illinois. The items were published...

 
Cleaver, Eldridge [Collection of poetry chapbooks /

Collection comprised of four books, all signed by Cleaver, from a six-volume series of Cleaver's poetry

 
Cochems (Edward W.) Photographs

This collection is comprised of approximately 1,200 photographs taken by Edward William Cochems, a prominent commercial photographer in Santa Ana, California, between ca. 1919-ca. 1949. The images are principally views of Southern California, primarily Orange County locations. Areas receiving the...

 
Cohen (Robert) papers

This collection comprises papers of Robert Cohen, a professor of drama and founding faculty member at the University of California, Irvine. Forty-six production books, which include scripts, reviews, photographs and stage directions, document Cohen's work as director for theater productions...

 
[Collection of songsters]

Collection consists of three songsters published by the Philadelphia firm Fisher & Brother in the 1850s. Each vol. has wood engraved wrapper, title-page, and frontispiece. None of the volumes include music, although in some cases tunes are indicated. Each volume...

 
Conference in the Study of Twentieth-Century Literature Records

This collection documents in only a partial manner the activities of the Conference, which was held annually for 7 years in East Lansing, Michigan, to promote scholarship and teaching of contemporary literature and was attended by several prominent founding UCI...

 
Connecticut Colony Land Deeds

This collection comprises three Connecticut Colony land deeds dated 18 September 1745, 16 February 1751, and 15 April 1771.

 
Contredanse Notation Manuscript Cards and Other Material (Collection of )

à Six seems to consist of four cards with notation and titled figures.

 
Costumes Hollandais du XVIIIe siècle

Thirty-one late-18th century uncaptioned watercolor paintings by an anonymous artist. The paintings depict male and female costumes of the Dutch merchant class. Most of the paintings show a single figure, often holding or displaying items of his or her trade....

 
Cozzens (James Gould) Children and Others Galley Proofs

This collection consists of galley proofs of James Gould Cozzens' book, (1964), with some corrections by the publisher.

 
Cunninghame Graham (Angus, Sir) Naval History Manuscripts Collection

This collection comprises naval documents, correspondence, and other related materials collected and assembled by British Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham. The materials provide insights not just into naval history but also day-to-day operations aboard British ships during the 18th, 19th...

 
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Dana Point Syndicate Records of S.H. Woodruff

The business records collected by real estate developer S.H. Woodruff in his capacity as head of the Dana Point Syndicate, a group of wealthy Los Angeles investors formed to finance the purchase, subdivision, and development of some 1,400 acres of...

 
Dance Cards and Invitations from California

This collection comprises 30 dance cards, tickets, and invitations to balls and prize masquerades held in San Francisco, Oroville, and Petaluma (primarily San Francisco). The materials are printed; some of the dance cards are partially filled in and some invitations...

 
Dance Cards and Tango Cutouts

This collection comprises 15 dance cards and 4 decorative tango dancer cutouts.

 
Dance Invitations from Massachusetts Collection

This collection comprises an inaugural ball admittance ticket and eleven invitations for dances, balls, and a cotillion party held in locations in Massachusetts, chiefly in the city of Worcester. All materials are printed. Several include holograph notations of dates or...

 
Dance Photograph Collection

The Dance Photograph Collection is comprised of publicity images, taken by commercial photographers and stamped with credit lines. Items date from 1906 to 1970. The images, all silver gelatin, document the repertoires of six major companies; choreographers' original works, primarily...

 
Dance Program and Ephemera Collection

This collection comprises printed materials, primarily dance programs, documenting significant international dancers, dance companies, festivals, performances, and events. The bulk of this collection comprises materials on 20th century American and European ballet performers and companies, such as the American...

 
Daniel G. Aldrich papers, 1948-1990 (bulk 1984-1990)

Includes correspondence and subject files, speeches, technical papers, books and realia

 
Davenport (Mildred) Dance Programs and Dance School Materials

This collection comprises dance programs, dance school materials, photographs, and ephemera documenting the early career of the Boston-based African-American dancer, dance instructor, and civic official Mildred Davenport. The bulk of this collection consists of dance programs and dance school materials....

 
Desti (Mary) Collection on Isadora Duncan

The Mary Desti Collection focuses on the dancer Isadora Duncan. Materials include incoming correspondence from or relating to Duncan, photographs, ephemera, clippings, programs, artifacts and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. Mary Desti was Duncan's close friend and biographer.

 
Disneyland Employee and Promotional Materials Collection

This collection comprises employee training and policy guides, promotional material and brochures for the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks and rides, popular publications featuring the Disney corporation and its entertainment subsidiaries, and other related material. The collection also...

 
Dougherty (John) Papers

The John Dougherty Papers illustrate Dougherty's multi-faceted career and the world of Los Angeles dance and theater from 1956 to 1983. This collection reflects dance in Los Angeles from the local dance academy to the visiting international company. Do ugherty,...

 
Duncan (Isadora) Dance Programs and Ephemera

This collection comprises dance programs and some ephemera documenting Isadora Duncan and her international performances from 1900 to 1920. Materials in this collection are in Dutch, English, French, and German. Also included are programs for performances by her students, the...

 
Dunham, Katherine (photograph collection on)

This collection comprises approximately 875 photographs of Katherine Dunham, the renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, anthropologist, and humanitarian, and of the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. The collection contains photographic prints, proofs, contact sheets, and postcards depicting performances, rehearsals, portraits publicity efforts,...

 
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East Irvine Historic Resources Documentation Photographs

This collection of 230 photographs and 106 associated negatives documents buildings in East Irvine, California that were built at the turn of the twentieth century. The collection was compiled by Sanchez Talarico Association, Inc. in circa 1988 in order to...

Egan (Richard) Manuscript Maps of Orange County

Four manuscript survey maps and one plat map depicting areas of Orange County and attributed to the noted surveyor and judge Richard Egan. One map is dated 1878 and 1879 by Egan. The other maps are undated and unsigned but...

 
El Toro Airport (Collection on the Development of)

This collection comprises records related to the development of the El Toro Airport in Irvine, California.

 
European Women's Fashion Drawings, Collection of

This collection comprises a bound volume of 91 drawings of European women's fashion from the 1940s. The names of the dresses are handwritten on the drawings, in pencil. Languages include French, German, and English.

 
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Fashion Frocks, Inc. Style Cards and Other Material

This collection comprises 124 style cards, each approximately 23 x 30.5 cm. Each style card features a different fashion style from the 1952 Fashion Frocks spring collection and most include fabric swatches. The verso of each card contains information about...

 
[Folies-Bergère theater programs]

Item [2] is illustrated with rotogravures printed in dark purple

 
Forbes (Albert M.) Civil War Letters

This collection comprises seven letters sent from Albert M. Forbes, Lieutenant, Member Company of the 2nd Illinois Light Artillery, to his family in 1862 during the Civil War. The letters provide a first-hand, detailed account of skirmishes in Tennessee and...

 
Ford (Richard) The Ultimate Good Luck Galley Proofs

This material comprises unbound galley proofs (201 pages on 104 leaves) of Richard Ford's second novel. Each sheet but two contains holograph corrections in Ford's hand, some grammatical, some textual, and some quite extensive. Many of these changes were incorporated...

 
[Four issues of the Daily Pilot containing articles on UC Irvine]

Issue for June 18, 1964 (Regional ed.; date on p.1: June 20, 1964) is a special dedication issue, and is devoted entirely to UC Irvine and its opening. It includes interviews with Daniel G. Aldrich and Clark Kerr, and an...

 
Frank (Edward R.) Stereograph Collection

This collection contains 273 stereographs of various places and subjects collected by Edward R. Frank. Images of China and Japan represent the majority of stereographs in this collection. The bulk of United States stereographs are of Arizona, California, New York,...

 
French (C. E.) letter books

The collection comprises bound copies of outgoing letters written by C. E. French, an entrepreneur who contributed significantly to the growth of Santa Ana, California during the mid to late 19th century. The letters refer to French's personal and business...

 
French Theatrical Costume Etchings, Collection of

Collection comprises 166 French theatrical and operatic costume etchings, each approximately 6 x 9 inches. Each color plate is individually numbered and titled indicating the theatrical roles, names of famous artists, and theatrical performances in which costumes were used. Plates...

 
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Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County Records

This collection comprises the records of The Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County (The Center Orange County), a not-for-profit organization serving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community in Orange County, California. The collection documents the Center's...

 
[Gay Games programs]

The collection consists of programs for the games of 1982, 1986, and 1994. The programs include proclamations, articles, schedules, synopses of ceremonies, and information on the city of San Francisco

 
Gerard (Ralph Waldo) Papers

This collection contains the professional papers of Ralph Waldo Gerard.|bIt includes college papers, personal and professional correspondence, research materials, writings, draft reports of experiments, papers relating to travels, lecture materials, awards, memorabilia, newspapercclippings, photographs, audio recordings, slides, and related ephemera.

 
Gooch (Alice G.) Photographs

This collection contains 131 photographs taken and developed by Alice Gulick Gooch between 1899-1932. These photographs document various Southern California locations in the counties of Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego; however, the bulk of the...

 
Gorelik (Mordecai)play scripts.

This collection consists of typescripts of plays written or annotated by stage designer Mordecai Gorelik. Included are typescripts of , and , Southern Illinois University's production of Shakespeare's . The collection also includes photocopies of three news articles and one...

 
Gottschalk (Louis A.) papers

The collection comprises books and offprints authored by Louis A. Gottschalk, founding chair of UCI's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Professor Emeritus in the UCI College of Medicine.

 
Grindle (Shirley) papers

This collection comprises the papers of Shirley Grindle, an environmental and political activist, self-proclaimed "watch-dog" for Orange County campaign ethics, and former Orange County (California) Planning Commissioner (1973-1977). The papers include records of the Orange County Planning Commission from her...

 
Gulick Family Photographs

The collection consists of 383 photographs relating to the Gulick family of Orange County, California. A family album contains 214 photographs. Images are mostly of the Gulick family branches, extended relatives, and family friends. Other photographs depict family homes and...

 
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Hall (Vivian) Papers

Vivian Hall, a resident of Irvine, California from 1968 until her death in 2008, was an educator, feminist, political and community activist, and grass roots organizer. The collection principally documents Hall's political and feminist activities during the 1970s, notably...

 
Health Care Council of Orange County Records

The collection documents the activities of the Health Care Council (HCC) of Orange County, California, a coalition of health-related organizations that works to improve access to healthcare services for all Orange County residents. Because HCC staff members serve as advocates...

 
Heiney (Donald) Papers

This collection contains the professional papers of Donald Heiney documenting his work as a novelist and critic. It includes manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, proofs, newspaper clippings, photographs, and research files relating to his novels and critical works.

 
Henry (Oscar M.) Diaries

This collection of diaries serves as a window into the life of Oscar M. Henry, a California rancher, farmer and miner. Henry wrote the diaries on his farm in Amador County, California from 1885 to 1915. In daily entries, Henry...

 
Hodges (Robert R.) Papers

This collection comprises the papers of Robert R. Hodges, professor emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) and activist in the gay liberation movement in Southern California and nationally in the 1970s and 1980s. His...

 
Huntley family papers

This collection documents the families and business ventures of Tustin, California residents William M. Huntley and his wife Helen Gulick. Materials include family photographs, photographs of Southern California, family correspondence, business records from the Tustin Garage and the family's citrus...

 
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Indentures for the Purchase of Land and Slaves Belonging to Hampden Plantation, Parish of St. Andrew, Tobago

This collection comprises two indentures for the purchase of the land and slaves belonging to Hampden plantation and associated properties, in the Parish of St. Andrew, Rockley Bay division of the island of Tobago in the Southern Caribbean. Both indentures...

 
Indow (Tarow) papers

This collection comprises the papers of Tarow Indow, professor of Cognitive Sciences and founding member of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Indow was an internationally known expert on the human visual system and...

 
Irvine Valencia Growers packing house records.

This collection comprises records created and collected during a Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) project completed prior to the demolition of the Irvine Valencia Growers (IVG) packing house in Irvine, California, which belonged to the Irvine Company. The IVG packing...

 
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[Joseph Albers prints]

Collection consists of four [4] p. folders, each with a mounted hand printed screen miniature reproduction of a print by Albers. Three of the folders are prospectuses for portfolios by Albers; the fourth is published in commemoration of Albers' 88th...

 
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Kerl (Simon) Manuscripts

The collection includes 10 manuscript pages by Simon Kerl, who wrote several books on English grammar between approximately 1859 and 1871. Some of the pages are draft-manuscript for a revised edition of one of Kerl's school texts. Also included in...

 
Kerr (Darrell) Correspondence with American Poets and Publishers

This collection contains correspondence between publisher Darrell Kerr and American poets and small press publishers of the 1960s, as well as some related materials such as drawings and clippings. It includes 46 letters from Peter LaRouche, as well as correspondence...

 
Kinney (Troy) Etchings and Engravings

This collection consists of 22 color intaglio prints by Troy Kinney featuring dancers and dance performances, produced from 1915 to 1928. Among the dancers represented in these prints are Vaslav Nijinski, Adeline Genée, Anna Pavlova, Alexandre Volinin, and Doris Niles....

 
Kuchel Family Papers

This collection comprises Anaheim-related printed ephemera, photographs, and clippings gathered by the Kuchel family, owners and publishers of the , and documenting the family's publishing activities and other local commercial publishing. Other materials in this collection record the meetings of...

 
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La Argentina, Collection on

This collection consists of 45 photographs of La Argentina (Antonia Mercé), most taken during the 1930s by Monique Paravicini and D'Ora; a program from a performance in Paris by La Argentina; and two items of correspondence and a membership card...

 
Labagnino (Lars) Collection on Newport Beach Real Estate

This collection consists of real estate documents, housing development brochures, local maps, sales listings, periodicals, community association documentation and correspondence collected by Newport Beach real estate developer Lars Labagnino. The documents offer insights into the 1950s Orange County real estate...

 
Laban (Rudolf) Icosahedron

The collection comprises one 6 1/2" x 7" paper sculpture cutout created by choreographic notation expert Rudolf von Laban to form a human figure within a 20-sided geometric shape (an icosahedron).

 
Laguna Beach Historic Survey Board Records

This collection comprises pamphlets, information packets, clippings, newsletters, minutes, notes, and other materials documenting the Laguna Beach Historic Survey Board. Also included are criteria for establishing historical status, a glossary of architectural terms, data to complete housing surveys and information...

 
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Records

Laguna Greenbelt, Incorporated (LGI) is an active non-profit organization founded in 1968 to preserve the open space bordering the City of Laguna Beach, California and comprising Sycamore Hills and five canyons: Aliso, Wood, El Toro, Laguna and Morro. LGI has...

 
Land Deed Signed by Andrew Jackson

The collection consists of one deed for eighty acres of land in Indianapolis, Indiana, dated September 30, 1835. The document bears the signature of Andrew Jackson, who was then the seventh president of the United States.

 
Land Grant to William Bingham, Esq., for Property in Lycoming County from Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania

Collection comprises one land document to William Bingham, Esq., for property in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, dated 17 May 1796, and signed by Thomas Mifflin, Governor of Pennsylvania.

 
Lave (Charles A. ) Papers

The collection comprises the papers of economics professor Charles A. Lave, pioneer in the field of transportation economy and co-founder of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Materials document his research on mass transit,...

 
League of Women Voters of Orange County records

The League of Women Voters of Orange County (LWVOC), California is a nonpartisan organization committed to educating the public about elections, the voting process, and political and social issues. This collection comprises the records of the LWVOC beginning with...

 
Lee (Ellen K.) Collection of Helena Modeska and Orange County

This collection comprises materials collected by Ellen K. Lee, Orange County historian and Helena Modjeska expert, during the course of her research from 1965 until her death in 2006. The materials document Ellen Lee's research, Helena Modjeska's life in the...

 
Leidal (George) Collection on the City of Irvine

This collection comprises files of George Leidal, a reporter employed by the Daily Pilot newspaper in Newport Beach, California. Leidal reported on the planning, incorporation, and early development of the City of Irvine, a master-planned community designed by architect William...

 
Lert (Ruth C.) Dance Library and Archive

The Ruth Clark Lert Archive is a multimedia collection which documents dance history in the twentieth century, primarily in the United States. Formats in the collection include: audio recordings, video recordings, clippings, printed items, stamps, photographs, posters, catalogues, broadsides, teaching...

 
Lincoln (Abraham) Indian Agent Appointment Document for Alfred R. Elder

Collection comprises one printed document appointing Alfred R. Elder to be Agent for the Indians in Washington Territory, with signatures of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and John Palmer Usher, Secretary of the Interior.

 
Linen (James) Letters

This collection consists of two holograph letters that were tipped into a book purchased for Special Collections in 1974: Linen, James, The Golden Gate (San Francisco: Edward Bosqui and Co., 1869). Both letters are written by Linen and addressed to...

 
[Little chapters about San Juan Capistrano collection]

Collection consists of 11 booklets authored by St. John O'Sullivan. The booklets were "not intended as a comprehensive history ... but merely a handbook for those who wish to know something of [the mission's] story"--Foreword

 
Loring (Eugene) Papers

The Eugene Loring Papers are comprised mainly of production photographs, scrapbooks, programs, and ephemera from the various stages of Loring's career, which culminated in a position as the founding chairman of the University of California, Irvine Dance Department (1965-1978). The...

 
Lotos (Helen) files on Orange County women's organizations

This collection comprises pamphlets, information packets, clippings, newsletters, minutes, notes, and other materials documenting Helen Lotos' involvement in women's rights organizations during the 1970s and 1980s. Women's advocacy organizations represented in this collection include the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)...

 
Lummis (Charles F.) papers

Charles F. Lummis explored and documented the culture and history of the Southwest in his writings and photography from 1884 until his death in 1928. A resident of Los Angeles for most of his life, Lummis was city editor of...

 
Lyon (Ella) Autograph Album

This collection comprises an autograph album containing autographs, poems, friendship sentiments, quotations, and pencil drawings. The album was presented to Ella Lyon by her mother on her 16th birthday (1881, Jan. 17). The Lyons lived in Tustin, California. Materials in...

 
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Magalousis (Nicholas) papers

This collection documents archaeologist and historic preservationist Nicholas Magalousis' efforts to preserve Southern California historic sites, particularly the San Juan Capistrano Mission, the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission, and the Irvine Ranch. The collection includes reports, newsletters, publications, slides,...

 
Mallac (Guy de) Papers

The collection comprises the extant papers of Guy de Mallac, emeritus professor of Russian literature at the University of California, Irvine. His papers include subject files on Continental philosophy and Russian literature, and drafts and notes for his book

 
Marder (Arthur J.) Papers

This collection contains the professional papers of Arthur J. Marder. It contains primarily manuscripts and research materials used for four of his historical works on the British Navy in the 20th century, and correspondence with British naval officers, which includes...

 
Mason Opera House Playbills

This collection consists of a consecutive run of approximately 175 playbills from 1912 through 1918 for dramatic and musical performances held at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles. During these six years, a number of Broadway musicals were performed...

 
Massoth (Robert and Bertha) Collection of Disneyland Publications

This collection includes Disneyland-related newsletters, magazines, and other publications collected by Robert J. Massoth and by his wife, Bertha E. Massoth. Bertha worked as the executive secretary to the head of publicity and marketing at Disneyland, a theme park in...

 
McGehee (Clarence) Collection on Ruth St. Denis

The collection is comprised of correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera collected by Ruth St. Denis' publicist, Clarence McGehee. Most materials, including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, pertain to Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers. Other materials...

 
McKayle (Donald) Papers

Photographs, programs, production notes, music scores, audio and video recordings, costume designs, reviews, and other printed and graphic materials illustrate the eclectic career of world-renowned choreographer and University of California, Irvine Professor of Dance Donald McKayle. Early materials pertain to...

 
McPherson Postcard Collection

This collection comprises thousands of postcards collected by William McPherson. The geographic focus of the collection is Southern California, although postcards from other U.S. states and other countries are also included. These materials feature a wealth of images from California...

 
Meadows (Don) Papers

This collection comprises the personal materials, correspondence, writings, and extensive research files of historian and bibliophile Don Meadows. A small group of files documents the writings of Frances Meadows on Mary Refugio Carpenter Pleasants and other Orange County historical figures....

 
Medical Care Logs

The collection comprises three logs that list medical treatments administered and surgeries performed by a variety of physicians from approximately the 1920s to 1932. Two of the logs list medical treatments alphabetically by ailment, disease, or injury; entries include the...

 
Melden (Abraham) Papers

This collection contains the professional papers of Abraham I. Melden. It includes personal and professional correspondence; manuscripts, including his Ph.D. dissertation; notebooks; and lecture material.

 
 
Metropolitan Los Angeles Conference on Employment Problems of the Negro records

The collection comprises records from the Metropolitan Los Angeles Conference on Employment Problems of the Negro held in Los Angeles, California in 1940. The bulk of the material was produced by the conference's Findings Committee, including a conference event program,...

 
Mexican Cinema Costume Design Drawings

This collection comprises pencil and ink design drawings, many colored using watercolors or other media, of mostly contemporary costumes for men and women from the Mexican cinema 1925-ca. 1949. Designers include Andrés Audiffred, Ramon Peinador Checa, Mario Luis, F. Marín,...

 
Millar (Kenneth) Papers

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Kenneth Millar. It includes manuscripts for novels, poems, short doctoral dissertation; correspondence; family photographs; and other personal material.

 
Millar (Margaret) Papers

This collection comprises the papers of Margaret Millar, an acclaimed mystery writer. The collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts and galley proofs of several of Millar's novels, including the award-winning and award-nominated and . The collection also includes short stories,...

 
Miller (Henry) Letters to E.E. Schmidt and Other Material

Collection comprises seven handwritten letters from Miller, while living in Big Sur, California, to Schmidt, primarily concerning business matters; two postcards advertising a water color by Miller; a San Francisco Museum of Art catalog for an exhibition of work by...

 
[Miniature lithographic reproductions of artists' prints]

Collection consists of three [4] p. prospectuses, each with a tipped-in lithographic reproduction of an etching

 
[Minute Women of the United States of America, California State Division publications]

Collection consists of publications issued by the California division of the Minute Women of the United States of America, including issues of the California State Bulletin of Minute Women of the United States of America, Inc. and Keeping the Record...

 
Miscellaneous book plates

Collection consists of 75 bookplates, ca. 1895-1941, printed intaglio or relief (some in colors); most are mounted with photo corners on cards. Housed in green paper covered slip case with gilt leather spine labels

 
Miscellaneous Newspaper Collection

This collection contains newspapers published in locations outside of the state of California. The collection is stronger in its coverage of the United States than it is of foreign countries. Various newspapers in this collection contain coverage of the post-Revolutionary...

 
Modjeska (Helena) Collection

The artificial collection comprises primary and secondary source materials on Helena Modjeska, a nineteenth-century Polish stage actress who had a successful career in the United States. Most items pertain to her stage career, while others provide insight into Modjeska's life...

 
Morgan (Barbara) Photographs of Martha Graham and Company

This collection comprises three images of Graham and five of her company in performance, all printed from the original negatives in Willard and Barbara Morgan Archives.

 
Moulton Niguel Water District, Board of Directors minutes

This collection comprises the monthly meeting minutes of the Moulton Niguel Water District Board of Directors in Southern Orange County, California from 1974-1980. The collection also includes one resolution adopting water conservation rules and regulations.

 
[Myriam Moscona artists' books]

Collection consists of 11 artists' books by Myriam Moscono. The books take a number of forms and include paper cut-outs, food objects (tortillas), spray paint, and relief stamping. Texts are handwritten, embroidered, and computer printed. The books were produced in...

 
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Nation Mourns! Broadside, The

This broadside, measuring 63.5 x 46.5 cm., advertises a funeral ceremony in honor of assassinated president Abraham Lincoln, to be held in Elgin, Illinois, on April 19, 1865. It details the route of the procession, the order of local official...

 
New York Workers School Materials

This collection contains printed material relating to instructional courses offered by the Communist Party U.S.A. (C.P.U.S.A.) New York Workers School. This material includes outlines for courses on Marxism; supporting readings by Eugen Varga, Vladimir I. Sorin, and the Labor Research...

 
Newport Beach, California (Collection on the Development of)

This collection comprises municipal documents and other materials related to the planning and development of the City of Newport Beach, California.

 
Nozze Slave Dance Notation and Costume Design Drawings

This collection comprises two groups of material documenting work on a ballet in one act, (), which appears to have been staged by Cesare Coppini at La Scala, an opera house in Milan, on January 22, 1895. The first group...

 
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Odets (Clifford) Theatrical Materials

This collection consists of draft scripts of , , and ; reviews of theatrical performances; correspondence; and family photographs accumulated by renowned playwright Clifford Odets. The bulk of this collection comprises reviews of Odets' theatrical performances found in newspaper clippings...

 
Ogita (Tomoo) photograph albums

The collection comprises photograph albums created by Tomoo Ogita, a Japanese American who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the 1920s and 1930s. He was associated with Granada Relocation Center in the 1940s and served as special...

 
Olin (Spencer C.) papers

This collection comprises the extant professional papers of Spencer C. Olin, founding faculty member, administrator, and professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). His papers contain research files related to his book , teaching materials for...

 
Orange County and California Maps (Collection of)

This collection of over 100 maps documents the State of California, but especially its southern counties. Although the maps are predominantly reproductions they also include a number of originals, with some dating back to the 1820s. Early plats and diseños...

 
Orange County, California Centennial Year (Collection on)

This collection comprises publications created for the Orange County, California Centennial Year celebration in 1988-1989, including programs, brochures, magazines, and newsletters.

Orange County Californio Families Portrait Photograph Album

This collection comprises an album of 66 studio photographs, carte de visites, and tintypes of early and prominent Californio family members. The families are predominantly from the Orange County area and include the prolific and prominent Yorbas, Peraltas, and Sepulvedas,...

 
Orange County Environmental Issues, Land Use, and Planning Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, court documents, minutes, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting three major environmental and political issues in Orange County, California, in the 1960s: agricultural preserves, beach erosion, and redistricting. Primary creators and collectors of the documents...

 
Orange County Holocaust Oral History Project interviews, 1992-1994

This collection consists of 68 videorecorded interviews on VHS and Beta tapes conducted from 1992 to 1994 with residents of Orange County, California, who experienced the Holocaust.

 
Orange County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Timeline Research Files

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, publications, and ephemera about Orange County, California's gay and lesbian communities. The materials were collected by multiple individuals as part of the Orange County Historical Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Timeline Project.

 
Orange County Newspaper and Magazine Clippings Collection

This artificial collection comprises photocopied newspaper and magazine clippings from Orange County newspapers and magazines from the early 1900s through the 1990s. Clippings are organized in three groupings: biographical information about notable people; information about city news and significant regional...

Orange County Rancho Title Abstracts, Collection of

This collection comprises 3 bound, handwritten title abstracts, prepared by the Abstract and Title Insurance Company of Los Angeles, containing transcriptions of documents, dating back as early as 1868. The transcriptions are from original documents such as deeds, leases, tax...

 
Orange County School Yearbook Collection

This collection comprises yearbooks from various Orange County high schools and a few colleges. The earliest item is the 1904 Santa Ana High School yearbook . Yearbooks from this collection document student life in Orange County schools primarily during the...

 
Osen (Lynn M.) Papers

This collection comprises the papers of Lynn Moses Osen, who helped develop the Women's Studies program at the University of California, Irvine and actively spoke on behalf of women's education. The papers document Osen's teaching career at the University of...

 
OSPAAAL Poster Collection

This collection comprises over 100 posters published from the 1960s through the 1990s issued by the Organization in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, or Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, África y América...

 
Our Pool from Start to Finish: Photograph Album

This collection comprises a photograph album with 57 tipped-in black and white photographs documenting the building of the Zupp family pool in Van Nuys, California. The photographs (each approximately 9 x 9 cm) and accompanying handwritten captions document the process...

 
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Pacific National Fire Insurance Company Records

The collection consists of maps, photographs, and descriptive text on various buildings in Orange County, California, primarily public institutions. The Pacific National Fire Insurance Company in Santa Ana, California produced these records between 1942 and 1951 for insurance purposes. The...

 
Padve (Martha) papers on the Crystal Cove Historic District

This collection comprises the personal papers of Martha Padve, a former resident of Crystal Cove, California and member of the Crystal Cove Residents' Association Executive Committee. The collection includes correspondence, reports and proposals, leases, financial records, newsletters, memoranda, clippings, photographs,...

 
Paris student revolt collection

This collection comprises materials documenting the protests and general strike that took place in France in 1968 when Parisian students and workers protested against American involvement in Vietnam, as well as for a better educational system and working class rights....

 
Parisian fashion etchings collection

Album of 98 etched and partially hand-colored plates with whitework embroidery patterns on each page representing women's fashion. Each etching bears the imprint "Costume Parisien" along with a description of the costume depicted. No information exists as to when plates...

 
Patterson (Jerry M.) Papers

This collection comprises news clippings, photographs, printed publicity materials and reports, datebooks, correspondence, and other papers related to the political career of Jerry M. Patterson, who served as councilman and mayor of Santa Ana from 1969 to 1974, then as...

 
Pavlova (Anna) Collection

The collection comprises dance programs, photographs, postcards, clippings, and tributes assembled by the University of California, Irvine, Special Collections and Archives to document the career of Anna Pavlova, a ballerina who was renowned for her inspiring performances and for generating...

 
Pecanins (Yani) artists' books

The collection comprises eighteen artists' books created by Mexican artist Yani Pecanins. Most of the books are unique (i.e., the artist only made one copy) and incorporate found objects, such as washing boards, spools of thread, newspaper, needles, combs, plates,...

 
Peterson (Thomas J.) Collection on the Elections Committee of the County of Orange

The collection primarily comprises publications of the Elections Committee of the County of Orange (ECCO) collected by board member, Thomas J. Peterson. Founded in 1982, ECCO is a nonpartisan, political action committee that monitors legislative issues affecting the Southern California...

 
Phelps (Edna W.) Collection

The Edna W. Phelps Collection contains photographs, correspondence, diaries, and family documents representing the history of at least four generations of the Phelps, Gulick, Davidson, Humiston, Gooch, Huntley, Schultz, Willson, and Turner families from 1847-1978. The bulk of the collection...

 
Photograph Album of the Chinese Eastern Railway

The collection comprises a photograph album of over 100 black-and-white photographic prints related to the Chinese Eastern Railway line of the Trans-Siberian Railway in the 1920s. The photographs depict railway lines, bridges, train stations, cargo loading, the manufacture of locomotive...

 
Photograph albums of West Street Beach gay volleyball

This collection comprises three albums of photographs taken and assembled by Jerry Minnucci and given to Robert Major documenting a group of gay volleyball players between 1973 and 1975 in Laguna Beach, California. The photographs are chiefly of men playing...

 
Photograph Collection on Ruth St. Denis.

The collection comprises over 100 photographic prints of Ruth St. Denis, who influenced the development of American modern dance. The photographs feature St. Denis posing alone in costume, with fellow dancers, traveling, and at leisure with her husband and partner,...

 
[Plates from Le bon ton, Journal des modes]

Le bon ton was a women's fashion periodical published in Paris, 1834-1881. This volume consists of 128 color plates with engraved text published between 1834-1848

 
Pleasant (Mary Ellen) Financial Correspondence and Notes

This collection consists of materials documenting the financial affairs of Mary Ellen ("Mammy") Pleasant, an African American woman and entrepreneur known as the Mother of Civil Rights. Items include a small autograph note; a signed promissory note; three handwritten letters...

Pleasants Family Papers

This collection comprises the personal papers of J.E. Pleasants and his first and second wives, Mary Refugio Carpenter Pleasants and Adelina Pleasants, and includes diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, negatives, and photographic prints. J.E. Pleasants' long association with the Santa Ana Mountains...

 
Pocket Diary of a Young Woman Traveling from New York to California

Written by an unidentified young woman from Elbridge, New York, the pocket diary describes her journey by train with her mother from New York to Los Angeles, California between January 1 and April 27, 1886. While in Los Angeles for...

 
[Political calendars collection]

Collection comprises 5 calendars for the years 2003-2004 covering a range of political topics and social movements

 
Postcards of Chinatown, San Francisco, California

The collection comprises 159 postcards, primarily of Chinatown in San Francisco, California, from approximately 1901 to 1987. Subjects include individuals, families, restaurants, tea gardens, markets, bazaars, joss houses, shops, parades, and street scenes. The collection also includes a few postcards...

 
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Railroads in California

L. M. Clement was one of the leading civil engineers responsible for surveying and building the eastbound route of the Central Pacific Railroad, thereby contributing to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869. The collection comprises a handwritten copy...

 
Raine (Kathleen) Papers

The papers of Kathleen Raine, English poet and Blake and Yeats scholar, include journals, correspondence, photographs, draft versions of poems, essays, reviews, critical work, and her published autobiographical trilogy. The majority of Raine's writings in the collection focus on her...

 
Ray (Robert J.) Papers

This collection contains published and unpublished manuscripts of works by author Robert J. Ray.

 
Reines (Frederick) Papers

This collection documents Frederick Reines' career in nuclear physics and astrophysics as both a scientist and an academic. Material ranges from the early period of his career as a graduate student, through his early professional endeavors in the Theoretical Division...

 
Rice Family Papers

This collection comprises materials from the James S. and Cora Rice family of Tustin, California, and other relatives, including Harvey M. Rice, father of James and an Ohio author and legislator; Nettie Rice, sister of James and the first wife...

 
Rivera Quintero, Marcia [Collection of publications on women's issues in Puerto Rico]

Collection contains two texts, each in English and Spanish

 
Robinson (Richard H.) Papers

This collection contains the literary manuscripts and other papers of writer Richard H. Robinson. Included are manuscripts of his short stories and plays; newspaper and magazines articles; and cartoons dating from the 1960s to 1984. Also included is his correspondence...

 
Rodríguez Moñino (Antonio) Papers

This collection contains lecture materials and writings of author Antonio Rodríguez Moñino. Materials include drafts of a 1968 lecture to the Real Academia Española and reprints and pamphlets of Rodríguez Moñino's works from 1941 to 1964.

 
Roosevelt (Theodore) Portrait Photograph and Letter to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars

This collection comprises one typed letter, signed, from Theodore Roosevelt to Lieutenant Kathryn C. Ditmars and a 4" x 6" mounted portrait photograph of Roosevelt. On verso of photograph, in manuscript: "Theodore Roosevelt. September 1918" and in a different hand,...

 
Royal Danish Ballet Photograph Album on the Premiere of Giselle

The collection comprises a photograph album created by the Royal Danish Ballet and presented to visiting Russian choreographer Alexandre Volinine. The album commemorates the company's premiere of on November 10-11, 1946, staged in Copenhagen by Volinine. , featuring the company's...

 
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Salicru (Alberto), Collection on

This collection contains photographs, reviews, publicity announcements, programs, magazines and a poster documenting the career of Flamenco and regional classical dancer Alberto Salicru and several of his partners.

 
Salinger (Irene Saltern) collection of European fashion plates

This collection comprises the European fashion plates collected by Irene Saltern Salinger, a Hollywood fashion designer in the late 1930s to early 1940s. The fashion plates showcase popular clothing for upper-class men, women, and children from the mid- to late-nineteenth...

 
Sandford (Sarah) Commonplace Book of poetry

Sarah Sandford of Lodi, New York recorded her favorite poems by Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and others in this handwritten notebook. She also recorded a recipe for ginger snaps and a Biblical passage.

 
Santa Margarita Water District records

Established in 1964, the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD), serves Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, Coto de Caza, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, Talega, and Rancho Mission Viejo in Orange County, California. The collection documents SMWD's research and services. It contains...

 
Sastre (Alfonso) Papers

Early manuscripts of the Spanish playwright. Among the ca. 40 manuscripts of his dramatic works are included "Prólogo patético", "Escuadra hacia la muerte", "El Cuervo", "La taberna fantástica", and "Tragedia fantástica de la gitana Celestina". The collection also includes manuscripts...

 
Schmitz (John G.) Campaign Materials

This collection comprises news clippings, correspondence, memoranda, press releases and other papers related to the 1972 campaign of John G. Schmitz as the nominee of the American Party for President of the United States. Also included are news stories and...

 
Schneiderman (Howard A.) Papers

This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of entomologist and academic Howard A. Schneiderman. Materials detail Schneiderman's career at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), and his work at Cornell and Case Western University. The collection also contains files...

 
Schoop (Trudi), Collection on

The collection documents the life and career of comic dancer Trudi Schoop and contains photographs, programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera. The majority of materials represent the activities of the Trudi Schoop Comic Ballet from 1931 to 1939. The...

 
Scrapbook on Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society School

This collection comprises a scrapbook of correspondence, photographs, clippings, brochures, and programs relating to Cecil Sharp's English Folk Dance Society school at Aldeburgh, England. The scrapbook was kept by Mrs. Dudley Hervey.

 
Selden (Elizabeth) Dance Collection

This collection includes materials collected by modern dance choreographer, theorist, and critic Elizabeth Selden.

 
Serrano Irrigation District records

This collection documents the history of the Serrano Irrigation District of Orange County California, now known as the Serrano Water District. It includes records from the various water associations and companies that served the Villa Park region and led to...

 
Sherry (Ruth Forbes) Correspondence

This collection contains personal and professional correspondence of poet Ruth Forbes Sherry, including letters from publishers, colleagues, and her family.

 
Shirley (Christine F.) files on Crystal Cove Historic District

This collection comprises the personal papers of Christine Shirley, a former resident of Crystal Cove, California and member of the Crystal Cove Residents' Association Executive Committee. The collection includes records from the Crystal Cove Residents' Association. Materials reflect Shirley's involvement...

 
Simon Wiesenthal Center - The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust, 1933-1945 Posters

This collection comprises 40 posters containing images and textual information concerning the persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany during the period 1933-1945. The posters are based on a Simon Wiesenthal Center traveling exhibition, which debuted in Vienna,...

 
Smith (Esther) scrapbooks of a bus tour of the American West

This collection comprises three scrapbooks and a manuscript journal of Esther Smith, a 23-year-old high school teacher, documenting her three-month bus tour of the American West in 1935. The scrapbooks contain 62 pamphlets, 76 photographs (many with descriptive captions), and...

 
[SOS movement ephemera]

Collection consists of 8 items, primarily fliers, pertaining to SOS campaigns. All but one of the items pertain to the USS Coral Sea, stationed at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. Also included is a petition to stop the...

 
Southern California Yachting Association Records

This collection contains the administrative files of the Southern California Yachting Association (SCYA) from 1921 to the mid-1960s, including articles of incorporation and by-laws, manuals for member clubs, meeting minutes, yacht club membership rosters and yearbooks, correspondence, circulars and flyers,...

 
Sparag (Edyth) Studios Fashion Drawings

A bound volume of 276 mimeographed fashion drawings created by Edyth Sparag Studios between the late 1930s and early 1950s. Many of the drawings are hand-colored, and some pages contain original pencil sketches in the margins. The designs, which include...

 
Stanley (Judith) Subject Files on Proposition 13

This collection comprises newsletters, clippings, campaign ephemera, memoranda, reports, and other materials gathered by Judith Stanley, a University of California, Irvine, librarian, to document California's Proposition 13, a citizen's initiative to reduce property taxes that was approved as a State...

 
Steinhaus (Edward A.) Papers

This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of entomologist and academic Edward A. Steinhaus. The bulk of this collection comprises materials documenting Steinhaus' career at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and Irvine (UCI), including the establishment of the...

 
Stephens (Grover C.) Papers.

Collection comprises the extant professional papers of University of California, Irvine biologist and founding faculty member Grover C. Stephens. His research focused on small marine invertebrates. A nearly complete set of his publications is included, as well as some of...

 
Still (Claire) Scrapbooks

The Claire Still Scrapbooks are comprised of newspaper clippings and ephemera collected in scrapbooks between 1933 to 1959 by Claire Still, a medical social worker and medical librarian. She resided in Nebraska, Kentucky, Washington DC, Virginia, Wisconsin and California during...

 
Stockdale (C. E.) Theatrical Cabinet Photograph Collection

This collection comprises 97 cabinet photographs, mostly albumen, primarily of portraits of actors and actresses who performed in Chicago in the late 1890's through the early 1900's. Some of the more prominent individuals represented in the collection are: Maude Adams,...

 
Student Notes from Lectures by Martin Heidegger

This collection comprises four bound mimeographed typescripts of student lecture notes from Martin Heidegger's two special lectures at the University of Marburg in 1925 and 1926, titled "Logik: die Frage nach der Wahrheit" and "Geschichte des Zeitbegriffs."

 
Student portfolio of french women's and children's fashions

This collection comprises the work portfolio of a French fashion school student in 1932-1933. The portfolio includes 82 sheets of women's and children's fashion drawings and studies on proportion and draping. The designs are in mixed media, including pencil, ink,...

 
Sutton Hoo Press [Collection of broadsides printed by the Sutton Hoo Press]

Sutton Hoo Press has been situated in different locations over the years: from 1992-1997, in Columbia, Missouri; from 1997-2001, in La Crosse, Wisconsin; and 2001-present, in Winona, Minnesota

 
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Tamblyn (Christine) Papers

This collection comprises notes, correspondence, interviews, photographs, slides, audio and video recordings, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, books, catalogues, printed ephemera, and artifacts collected and created during the life and career of artist, critic, and educator Christine Tamblyn. The bulk of this...

 
Tapia (Anita) Interview of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg

The collection comprises a research paper by Anita E. Tapia documenting the life and family recollections of Lorenita Forster Weisenberg, a direct descendant of two prominent early Californio families, the Forsters and Del Valles. The two families owned numerous estates...

 
Thai Democracy Movement (Publications on the)

This collection comprises publications related to the Thai democracy movement published in the United States after the October 1976 Thai military coup.

 
Thoreau (Henry David) Letter and Engraving

This collection consists of a holograph letter from Henry David Thoreau to the publishing firm Wiley & Putnam and an engraved portrait of Thoreau. The letter is dated January 14, 1847 and is addressed to Evert A. Duyckinck. Thoreau asks...

 
Times Change Press political posters

This collection comprises seven posters published by Times Change Press (New York City) on a wide variety of national political issues. Topics include political activism, voting, demonstrating against the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. The posters were...

 
Tubbs Family Photographs

This collection consists of 67 photographs (albumen and silver gelatin prints) documenting Orange County cities, Santa Catalina Island, coastal and surrounding areas, and Tubbs family events and homes. The collection includes photographs of President Benjamin Harrison's whistle-stop tour through Santa...

 
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United Farm Workers Information Fair collection

This collection comprises fliers, reports, newsletters, photographs, bumper stickers, and ephemera compiled for use at the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) Information Fair held in San Fernando, California in 1969. The collection is particularly strong in documenting the United...

 
Upper Newport Bay, Collection on

Collection contains chiefly governmental and non-governmental agency reports concerning the controversial 1965 Upper Newport Bay proposed land exchange between the County of Orange and the Irvine Company. Materials include plans and proposals for preservation of the bay; information on its...

 
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Vietnam War Protest Ephemera.

The collection contains fliers, leaflets, booklets, pamphlets, form letters, articles, newsletters, newspapers, clippings, and a petition from the Vietnam War protest movement, largely in California. Contains anti-war organizing literature issued by organizations including Air War Vote (California), American Committee in...

 
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Wagner (Blanche Collet) Papers

Blanche Collet Wagner was a writer and artist who spent much of her life in San Marino, California. This collection consists of an undated bound manuscript, , translated to English, and a bound photographic journal titled (1941).

 
Waldmüller (Hans) Collection on Thomas Mann

This collection contains periodical issues and articles, offprints, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating to German author Thomas Mann. Materials were collected by Hans Waldmüller, author of scholarly works on Thomas Mann.

 
Warner (Willis H.) Papers

This collection documents the activities of Willis H. Warner, who was a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors for 24 years, including the activities of the Board of Supervisors and numerous Orange County governmental units from the 1930s...

 
Wendt (William) Letters to Guy and Lucia Edwards

This collection consists of 39 holograph letters written by Laguna Beach landscape painter William Wendt to Guy and Lucia Edwards of Pasadena. While many of these letters are personal, some relay information about Wendt's art coursework and exhibitions. The collection...

 
Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear Training Center Manuals

This collection contains manuals published by the Nuclear Training Center of Westinghouse Electric Corporation on the thermodynamics of nuclear power plants. These manuals were part of a training program provided by Westinghouse for the education of Southern California Edison employees...

 
White (Gerald T.) Papers

This collection contains research files relating to Gerald T. White's work on the history of oil in California, including his book (1962). The collection also includes manuscripts and correspondence relating to his research.

 
WPA Collection on Orange County, California

The collection is comprised of reports from the historical and anthropological projects completed by the Works Progress Administration in Orange County, California from 1935 to 1939. The projects' reports reveal factual information on local history and anthropological research on Native...

 
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Yamada (Mitsuye) papers

The collection comprises the papers of Mitsuye Yamada, a Japanese American poet and political activist who, as a teenager, was interned at Minadoka Relocation Center in Idaho during World War II. Her papers document her career as a writer, teacher,...

 
[Yani Pecanins exhibition catalogs]

Collection consists of 3 illustrated exhibition catalogs (2 include color illustrations) documenting the work of Mexican book artist Yani Pecanins. Each is published jointly with Galeria Pecanins

 
Yorba Orange Growers Association Packing House (Historic American Buildings Survey Report on the).

This Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) report documents the Yorba Orange Growers Association Packing House in Anaheim, California with machinery in place, an important element for understanding the historical operation of such packing houses.