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Images and audiovisual material relating to Mexican American life in California. Content includes oral inteviews with former Santa Ana City Councilman, Al Serrato, 1979 to 1983. Other material includes topics of discussion about Mexican-American education, the Barrios, and racial discrimination in Claremont, California.

300 items

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Cultures: Indigenous Peoples

Audiovisual material relating to the history and modern life of California Native Americans. Content includes oral interviews with tribal members about family life, activism, labor, and cattle ranching in the Owens Valley from 1920s through the 1960s. Other material includes histories of the California missions, recording of native California music, and lectures on the signs and symbols of early California Native Americans.

76 items

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Dance--Cambodia

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Dipsea Race, Mill Valley, Calif.

Image and text material relating to California's Dipsea Race. The race prides itself as the oldest cross-country trail running event in the United States, beginning in 1905, as well as one of the oldest foot races of its kind. The race runs 7.4 miles from Mill Valley to Stinson Beach, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

43 items

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Domestic life--1950-1960

56 items

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Dredging

136 items

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Dust Bowl Migration

Audiovisual and image material relating to topics about the Dust Bowl migration from 1931 to 1939. Content includes recorded oral histories and interviews with California residents who have first-hand knowledge of the Dust Bowl-era migration. Other material includes slide show images of the California environemt and terrain typical to that of the given era.

13 items

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Economics

Image and text material relating to California's local and state economic activity. Content includes digitized mining ledgers, store ledgers, and account books. Other material includes poltical protest graphics about U.S. tax dollars and public education.

126 items

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Education

Image, text, and audiovisual material documenting over 100 years of California primary and secondary education. Content includes class photos from the turn of the century. Other material includes student drawings from Yuicaipa High School for a project titled, "The War Comes Home."

217 items

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Environment: Earthquakes

Audiovisual material relating to prominent California earthquakes. A majority of the themed collection focuses on oral interviews and video about the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

54 items

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Family Life

Image, text, and audiovisual material realting to family life in California from the 1880s to 1980s. Content includes home videos, images of outdoor events, and family portraits.

506 items

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Family portraits

A themed collection of images and family portraits throughout California. A majority of the collection contains images from series such as the Shades of Humboldt, Shades of Sutter County, Shades of South San Francisco, and Shades of Riverside.

70 items

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