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Hand-written notes taken verbatum by Vischer from Alfred Robinson's description of the Bay of San Francisco (1846). Note paper folded in half and hand-sewn with string. Notes include descriptions of the San Francisco Bay, the Mission Dolores, Santa Clara, and San Jose.

The Japanese Relocation collection consists of photographs of the internment camps established during World War II. The photographs were taken at Tule Lake, California from 1942 to 1943 and are representative of the conditions of the camps and the life styles of the Japanese Americans who lived in them. There are photographs of living quarters, classrooms, parades, office workers, and farm laborers., Collection is arranged topically.; J. Douglas Cook; Tule Lake, Newell, California; Tule Lake; Waukon, Washington; 1: Portrait of Cook, Administrator of Tule Lake; Photographs depicting the conditions of the camp and the lifestyles of the Japanese-Americans who lived in them. Pictures are arranged chronologically by date. The photographer was Frances Stewart.; 2: View of barracks; 3: Evacuee clerks at work in Administrative office.; 4: Turnips grown by evacuees; 5: Workers in packing shed; 6-10: Evacuee parade celebrating Labor Day; 11: Evacuee band; 12-14: View of Farm at Tule Lake; 15-18: Evacuees harvesting spinach; 19-22: Workers in packing shed; 23-24: Scene at Harvest Festival; 25-26: Harvest Festival Parade; 27-28: Cabaret International Evacuee show; 29-30: Evacuees receiving absentee ballots; 31: Workers at city desk of Tulean Dispatch; 32-34: Nursery school children; 35-37: Exterior of barracks demonstrating how evacuees try to decorate them; 38: Fifth grade pupils and teacher; 39: Camp High School; 40: Sixth grade students in classroom; 41-42: Grade school students at recess.; 43-49: Classroom scenes; 50-53: Hog farm; 54: View of camp; 55-61: Evacuees working on farm digging potatoes; 62: Evacuee cashier; 63: Evacuee filing clerk; 64-351: Photographs of camp and people at Tule Lake Relocation Center. There is no specific identification on the pictures, but they offer an overall view of what life was like in the camp. Photographer was J. Douglas Cook.; 352: Group portrait of evacuees at Reloation Camp in Washington.; 353-355: Camp life of Japanese at Tule Lake; 359: Japanese working in camps at Tule Lake; 364-365: Japanese children going to school at Tule Lake; 356-358: Camp life of Japanese at Tule Lake; 360-363: Japanese working in camps at Tule Lake; 366-368: Japanese children going to school at Tule Lake.

The second of three books depicting California through art. Here, Vischer's photographed drawings feature native Californian trees. Roughly three-quarters of the images here may also be found in Visher's Pictorial of California. The book consists of albumen photographs mounted on paper and pasted onto individual pages.

On recto: landscape includes a figure on a horse in the foreground, animals dispersed along the meadow. Verso: rough sketch of woods. Writing above sketch mentions a peak (indecipherable name).

Watercolor of a sailing ship. On verso, sketch of a ship in pencil with watercolor seepage from reverse side.

Male on a horse with young boy outside of a mausoleum, set within a landscape scene. "Heimburgers Grabmahl" is German for "Heimberger's Gravestone."

On recto, image depicting a mid-1800s town, including multiple building types (brick, wood, and tent structures). On verso, a figurative drawing of a young female.

Ship in turbulent waters surrounded by landmasses.

Three-story structure in a woodland setting.

Natural landscape drawing in pencil with color added.

A frontier settlement and landscape. Image includes horses, covered wagons, camels, and people.

Ocean scene with vessel washed ashore in the foreground, a second boat sails in the distance.

Men on horseback riding through a body of water; one figure holding a gun.

Depiction of frontier life in California landscape.

Recto: sketch of a sinking ship surrounded by land formations. Verso: rough sketch of hills.

Original manuscript document in Vischer's handwriting. Document unfolds into a facsimile of autographs of missionaries from the Order of San Francisco. Includes Congressional stamp on left-hand corner of title page.

Open expanse of land with hills, a bridge, and a figure on horseback.

Handwritten cover page, index of images, and introduction for collection.

Handwritten copy of portions of George Vancouver's, Voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world (written 1798).

Landscape drawing with mountains, trees, two figures in the foreground and animals in the distance. "Hubert's Erste Jagdfreuden" is German for "Hubert's First Hunt."

Recto and verso contain a list of towns and regions of California, titles and descriptions of photos, and their identifying numbers.

Includes a small dwelling in the foreground, people in action, a figure on a horse, and wagons. Portions include writing designating color scheme.