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American Occupation of Japan, Voices of the Key Participants
The Pacific Basin Institute produced a 10-part documentary series The Pacific Century, in 1993. This collection contains digitized video from Part 5, "Reinventing Japan," which focuses on post-World War II Japan. Key figures of the American occupation government were interviewed about their contributions and views.
Boynton Collection of Early Claremont
Morrill G. Boynton, Pomona College 1904, was an amateur photographer. His collection of glass plate negatives, housed in Honnold/Mudd Special Collections, candidly and personally capture aspects of life in Southern California, especially Los Angeles, Claremont, and Pomona College. Most of these images in the Boynton Collection were shot between about 1900 and 1905.
Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Examples of late 17th century to early 20th century Japanese woodblock prints from the Scripps College Collection of Japanese Prints by the artists Chikanobu (1838-1912) and Yoshitoshi (1839-1892).
City of Claremont History Collection
The City of Claremont History Collection documents the development of Claremont from its boom years at the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Composed of photographs over a one hundred year span, the collection provides a glimpse of Claremont’s past through photographs of its buildings, neighborhoods, local landscape, and daily life. This project is a work in progress, so please check back for updates.
Claremont Colleges Photo Archive
Historical photographs from the five undergraduate colleges and two graduate universities of The Claremont Colleges are housed in the Libraries' Special Collections. As part of an ongoing digitization project, photographs depicting aspects of college life, buildings, and landscapes are digitized to provide online access to The Colleges' archival photographs for teaching and research.
Claremont Discourse Lectures
The Claremont Discourse Lecture Series was established in spring 1998. Its main function is as a forum for faculty at The Claremont Colleges to present current research, publications, and creative projects.
CODEE Learning Assets Library
The Consortium for Ordinary Differential Equations Experiments (CODEE) seeks to disseminate, promote and evaluate information on the use of computer experiments and software related to ordinary differential equations (ODEs).
Dr. Walter Lindley Scrapbooks
The Lindley Scrapbooks were assembled by Dr. Walter Lindley (1852-1922), early resident of Los Angeles and prominent physician. Covering the period from 1861 to 1921, the scrapbooks are a testament to the impact Lindley had on the development of the city of Los Angeles. Included are letters from noteworthy members of Los Angeles society, clippings from regional newspapers, photographs, pamphlets, leaflets, and booklets.
Drucker Archives
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.
Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material
A German born artist who immigrated first to Mexico and then to California, Edward Vischer (1809-1878), sketched and photographed California missions, trees, mountains, rural scenes, and mining operations in the second half of the 19th century. Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections houses one of the largest collections of Vischer drawings, lithographs, albumen prints, and bound volumes.
Francisco Goya Prints
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was one of history's most masterful printmakers and social satirists. Pomona College Museum of Art is proud to own first editions sets of all four of his etching series, a total of 211 prints.
Gradual from Maundy Thursday to the Vigil of Pentecost
This illuminated Renaissance manuscript, officially named "Denison Library, Perkins 4. Gradual. s. XVI," is a choir book that contains Latin text and plainsong music sung by cantors and choir at the Roman Catholic Church mass. The book was created in northern France, probably Rouen, in the early 16th century.
Growing a Digital Library
In 2003, the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges began growing a digital library by creating strategic plans, operating plans, background research, requests for proposals, user surveys, task forces and work groups. The collection continues to develop as the documents that are created in the process of running and expanding the Claremont Colleges Digital Library (CCDL) are revised, digitized and added to the collection.
Guides to Manuscript Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections at the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges provide access to detailed descriptions of various personal papers and manuscript collections held in Honnold/Mudd Library Special Collections and Ella Strong Denison Library. Special collections at the Libraries hold several hundred separate collections of literary and historical manuscripts, college records, and personal papers. They include a wide variety of materials, such as letters, diaries, photographs, literary manuscripts, and ephemera.
Handbook of the Indians of California
Originally published in 1925, this monograph is a representative work of Alfred L. Kroeber’s (1876-1960) contributions to American Indian ethnology. Kroeber’s handbook provides a comprehensive look at the Indians of California and offers a foundation for the ethnographical study of California’s Native American cultures.
Honnold Library Record
The Honnold Library Record was published by the Honnold Library Society between 1958 and 1975. The Record gives a glimpse at the collections and history of the Libraries of The Claremont Colleges.
Interface Journal Archive
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.
Lectures on Applied Psychology and Evaluation Science
Collected from symposia and colloquia hosted by the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences at Claremont Graduate University, these videos document addresses and debates held on campus in Claremont. Talks focus on key questions facing applied psychology, research, and evaluation science.
Library Research, Publications and Events at The Claremont Colleges
Library Research, Publications and Events at The Claremont Colleges contains a variety of videos, and related materials, about the different activities that occur at the Libraries. Videos that depict the history of The Claremont Colleges and the libraries are also included in the collection. While many different activities occur at the libraries, two of the ongoing series include GIS Day and National Library Week.
Mathematical Methods, Models and Applications for Engineers, Mathematicians and Scientists
The purpose of this work is to give the college upper class (or graduate) student a glimpse into some important areas of applicable mathematics along with some experience in traditional and contemporary applications.
Murals at Pitzer College
Murals are an integral part of the Pitzer College campus landscape with murals from Yandos Rios to Paul Botello to students who continue to create new murals.
Murals of Northern Ireland
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.
N.A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters
The N. A. Chandler Gold Rush Era Letters collection consists of fifty-six handwritten letters from 1855 to 1872. Newton Amos Chandler (1818?-1880) wrote these letters from San Francisco and California mining camps, and Nevada silver and gold rush locations. These letters offer insights on life in San Francisco, Virginia City, Civil War opinions in California and Nevada, and the opportunities and discouragements of a prospector. In addition, Chandler's letters provide some information on the settling of Nevada, Native American interactions, and the mining history of Northern California and Nevada.
Paintings from the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Collection of paintings donated to Scripps College by General and Mrs. Edward Clinton Young in 1946. The majority of the works are in the Impressionist style and were painted by well-renowned American and European masters.
Performance Practice Review
A peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices,the conventions or styles of performance characteristic of particular periods, places, or groups. Originally published bi-annually from 1988 to 1997, contributions to Performance Practice Review from 2006 onward will be published exclusively online.
Rose Institute's California Political History Archive and Database
The Rose Institute's California Political History Archive and Database chronicles California's election, redistricting and political history together with biographical information on state legislators and constitutional office holders since 1849.
Senior Theses from The Claremont Colleges
Senior Theses are original research reports by students at the Claremont undergraduate colleges that reveal whether the student has developed the skills and abilities to make a significant and meaningful contribution to the body of knowledge in their field. Theses in the collection are in the form of digitized video or pdf.