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California

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Jonathan M. Campbell photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1154
Abstract

Four albums containing black and white photographs of views in Colorado; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Reno, Nevada; Kansas; and Montana, including some portraits.

Dates: circa 1890-1910

Albion P. Chenery diary

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 1172
Abstract

Diary of Albion P. Chenery, with entries containing information on topics including his childhood, his voyage to California in 1849, steamboating, mining activities, fruit farming, manufacturing, and other activities, mostly near Butteville, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1863-1907

Coalinga, California photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 366
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs, primarily of Coalinga, California. Other locations include Yosemite Valley and Santa Cruz, California. Subjects include an oil fire at Clendenon Company, and personnel and trains of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Dates: circa 1900-1920

Raymond A. Delano papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2831
Abstract

Collection includes certificates of Raymond Archibald Delano and his father, Archibald J. Delano, 1919-1948; report of a deposit of diatomaceous earth at Solvang, California, circa 1928-1935; correspondence scrapbook, circa 1927-1936; and correspondence, an autograph book, greeting cards, and legal documents, circa 1919-1948.

Dates: circa 1919-1948

John Dierdoff photograph album

 Collection
Identifier: Album 360
Abstract

Album containing 36 black and white photographs, which depict several ships; rural scenes; a small number of views of Oregon City, the Snake River, and the Willamette Falls Locks; and the interior and grounds of John C. Ainsworth's retirement home in Oakland, California.

Dates: circa 1880-1899

Oral history interview with Elizabeth Flores

 Collection
Identifier: SR 12348
Abstract Oral history interview with Elizabeth Flores, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Britany Cano-Briceno on January 20, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Flores discusses her early life in rural Mexico and her experiences adjusting to life in the United States, including learning English. She shares her experiences as a Spanish speaker in California and during her education there; discusses studying to become a doctor; and speaks about her medical clinic, HousecallMD, which makes...
Dates: 2020 January 20

Fort Ross, California photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 265
Abstract

Twenty color photographs depicting Fort Ross in California, historical re-enactors, and re-enactments of loading and firing cannons at the fort.

Dates: 1984

James Fulton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1688
Abstract

Abstract of expenditures, U.S. Navy Yard at Vallejo, California.

Dates: 1879-1881

Benjamin A. Gifford photograph album of rivers, waterfalls, and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California

 Collection
Identifier: Album 609
Abstract

Album containing black and white photographs taken by Benjamin A. Gifford and primarily depicting rivers, waterfalls and mountains in Oregon, Washington, and California, particularly in the Columbia River Gorge.

Dates: 1892

Sister Margaret Jane Gillespie photographic collection

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 294
Abstract

Two black and white photographs, one depicting a house in Los Angeles, California, and one panoramic view showing Vista House in Oregon and the Columbia River.

Dates: 1907; circa 1939