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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 Faith Terasawa papers (1942-1955) contain documents resulting from the internment of her family at the Central Utah Relocation Center ("Topaz") from 1942-1945. These include personal records, especially those surrounding the death of her father, Rev. B. H. Terasawa; camp administrative documents; educational documents; and camp publications.

Banda, a rural Mexican brass band genre, became popular among immigrant populations of Los Angeles during the 1990s.

Book contains drawings photographed by Edward Vischer documenting the Washoe mining region. Images include depictions of landscapes, buildings and rural life. The book also includes exterior and interior views of the Could & Curry Silver Mining Company (tunnels, engine room, battery room, amalgamation, distribution, etc.). The book ends with photos of the region, presumably from atop Mount Davidson.

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.

Duplicate plate belonging to Vischer's Trees and Forest Scenes.

Photographed from the Miner's Own Book, published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco, 1859.

Photograph of an original drawing by Vischer. Includes autograph of Friar Rubio.

Photograghed from the Miner's Own Book, published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco, 1859.

An Excel file updated yearly to show California's world ranking in terms of gross product. Coverage begins with 1994; 2005 latest year covered as of Aug. 6, 2007.

This report describes a validation study of the POST Work Sample Test Battery, a physical abilities test that California's entry-level peace officer cadets must successfully complete during their Basic Training. The study addresses a number of important issues regarding physical abilities testing, with the primary focus being upon empirical relationships between physical test scores and measures of subsequent job performance. Additional issues addressed include the fairness of the Work Sample Test Battery with respect to gender, the validity of alternative physical fitness tests and scoring methods as predictors of job success, and the utility of alternative passing scores.

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

Photographic print of an original drawing.

Photographic print of a drawing depicting a mill located in the mountains.

Albumen print of a pencil drawing mounted on card stock. Inscription above title states, "original for Prof. Silliman's Collection."

Studio portrait of Edward Vischer's wife in mid-1800s attire.

Photographic print for viewing with a stereoscope. Mounted on card stock.

Views of mission ruins in old San Diego. Above: "Ruins of the Presidio of San Diego at the entrance of Mission Valley, 1874". Below: "Distant view of the mission ruins in San Diego, from the river bend [in] Mission Valley (1874/.75)."

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

The overland mail stage with telegraph lines, stagecoach and riders, and a wagon train in the background.

Photographic print of a drawing.

Photographic print of a pencil drawing.

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.

House set in a bucolic landscape with a horse and rider in the foreground. Photograph of a drawing.