Campi Phlegraei, Observations on the Volcanoes of the Two Sicilies
The two volumes of the Campi Phlegraei (1776) and the Supplement to the Campi Phlegraei (1779) provide a firsthand report from Sir William Hamilton which documents the late eighteenth century eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and are important to the science of volcanology due to the precise descriptions of the changes in the appearance of the volcano, the lava flows and other volcanic activity. Displayed here in their entirety, these books contain text in both English and French and 59 hand-colored plates with accompanying explanations.
Claremont Colleges Sustainability Archive
The archive contains materials related to the efforts at The Claremont Colleges to create a more sustainable campus, one that minimizes the colleges’ impacts on resources and the environment. Teams of faculty, staff, and students applied for funding as part of a three-year pilot-program to implement projects that assess the colleges’ environmental impacts, recommend and implement measures to limit adverse environmental impacts, and evaluate the success of those measures.
Peter F. Drucker, a social ecologist, writer, consultant, and retired professor, was highly influential in the practice of management. Drucker worked with some of the world's largest businesses, small and entrepreneurial companies, nonprofit organizations, consulted for government agencies in U.S., Canada, Japan, and published 41 books, numerous articles and papers.
Fashion Plate Collection, 19th Century
The collection is comprised of over 700 images of nineteenth-century fashion plates in the Macpherson Collection of the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps College. The full-color fashion plates were gathered from a variety of women's periodicals and other mass-circulating publications from 1789 to 1914. The images are primarily from France, Britain, America, and Spain, and depict scenes of nineteenth-century middle and upper-class life with an emphasis on the leisure practices of bourgeois women, men, and children.
First published in 1973, Interface is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of student research at Harvey Mudd College. In keeping with the college's broad educational objective, Interface recognizes outstanding student achievement in science, engineering, mathematics, the humanities and social sciences, and especially the intersections of these domains.
Images of murals from Northern Ireland, principally West Belfast, Republican and Loyalist, painted during the recent period of Troubles. The images are records which include historical representation, political standpoints, community concerns, forms of ideological address.
Pueblo and Plains Indian Watercolors
The artworks in this collection were produced by artists from the Pueblo and Plains American Indian cultures in the early twentieth century. The works demonstrate a number of very fine examples of the broad aesthetic of American Indian Modern painting: they are representational, depicting flat figures with clear outlines and unadorned backgrounds. While primarily produced for outside audiences, the works are distinctly 'Native' in terms of their function as historical records of Indian life in the early twentieth century.
The bi-monthly newsletter of the Drucker Institute stimulates ethical leadership and effective management by advancing the legacy of Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management. The Window is written by Drucker Institute staff and focuses on issues related to the institute’s recent work, news from the global network of Drucker Societies, and highlighted items from the Drucker Archives.
