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CalisphereThe University of California’s free public gateway to a world of digitized primary sources

More than 170,000 photographs, documents, works of art and other primary source materials reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history.

Themed CollectionsExplore primary source materials organized into historical eras and aligned with California Content Standards.

Gold Rush Era(1848-1865)

The Great Depression(1929-1939)

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Closing of the Frontier(1870-1900)

Emerging Industrial Order(1900-1940s)

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Political cartoonsNewspaper clippingsAdvertising

Works of artDiaries Scrapbooks

World War ll (1939-1945)

Social Reform(1950-1970s)

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Featured Collection:

Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (JARDA)

PeoplePlacesDaily LifePersonal Experience

Photographs, artwork, oral histories, government and personal documents, diaries and scrapbooks, and contextual essays tell the complex human story of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

Images courtesy of: Top: Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Bottom L-R: Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA; Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA; The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; Special Collections and Archives, UC Irvine Libraries; The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara; Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents of the University of California-photographed by Alfred Kroeber, 15-3835

Images courtesy of: Top: The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley. Bottom L-R: The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA; University of Southern California, on behalf of the USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections; The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; Henry Sugimoto, Freedom Day Came, ca. 1942. Gift of Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum (92.97.73)

Featured Collection:

California CulturesDiscover California’s rich multicultural heritage: African AmericansAsian AmericansHispanic AmericansNative Americans

Photographs, maps, artwork, letters, news clippings, and other documents illuminate the lives, struggles, and contributions of these diverse groups to the changing face of the state.