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1. Insurance maps of San Francisco, California
- Creator:
- Sanborn Map Company, cartographer
- Published / Created:
- 1881-
- Call Number:
- 1997 Folio 77
- Image Count:
- 47
- Description:
- Bein 1997 Folio 77: v. 1 only. and Includes index.
- Publisher:
- Sanborn Map and Pub. Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, San Francisco, and San Francisco (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Fire risk assessment
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Insurance maps of San Francisco, California
2. Spring wildflower abc / Peter & Donna Thomas.
- Creator:
- Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
- Published / Created:
- 2006
- Call Number:
- Zm 72
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- Continuous accordion folded strip made from four sections folded to form thirty leaves. Initial and terminal pages mounted to turquoise boards without spine, col. ill. mounted on front cover front board., Copy 6., Limited ed. of 150 copies., and Watercolors of flowers, one for each letter of the alphabet, painted on the spot by Donna Thomas while hiking the Coast Range of Northern California. Colored and copied onto Peter Thomas' handmade paper.
- Publisher:
- Peter & Donna Thomas,
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm) and Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue)
- Subject (Topic):
- Alphabet books, Artists' books--United States, Miniature books, Miniature books--Specimens, Wild flowers, and Wild flowers--California--Pictorial works
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Spring wildflower abc / Peter & Donna Thomas.
3. Wildflowers of the John Muir Trail.
- Creator:
- Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue)
- Published / Created:
- 2002
- Call Number:
- Zm 71
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Description:
- "Donna Thomas & Katy McLaughlin hiked the John Muir Trail in the summer of 2002. They identified these flowers together & Donna painted them on the spot. Donna made this book, using handmade paper made by Peter Thomas. Copy # ... of 150"--Colophon., Continuous accordion folded strip made from five sections folded to form forty leaves., Copy 6., Ill. hand colored., and Initial and terminal blank pages mounted to green boards without spine, col. ill. mounted on upper cover; in a matching open ended sleeve with title label.
- Publisher:
- Peter & Donna Thomas,
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, California--John Muir Trail, and John Muir Trail (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm) and Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Miniature books, Miniature books--Specimens, Wild flowers, and Wild flowers--California
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Wildflowers of the John Muir Trail.
4. Shrimp
- Published / Created:
- [1993]
- Call Number:
- Bailey S566
- Container / Volume:
- 1 / 1993
- Image Count:
- 72
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Alternative Title:
- Shrimp (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Description:
- BEIN Bailey S566: From the library of Laura Bailey., Title from cover., Editor: Vaginal Davis., and A one-shot offshoot from Vaginal Davis's Fertile LaToyah Jackson zine.
- Publisher:
- V. Davis
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Los Angeles, and Los Angeles.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foot fetishism and Gay men
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Shrimp
5. William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986
- Creator:
- Shawn, William
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 886
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 57
- Abstract:
- Collection of correspondence, writings, and other papers growing out of Shawn's collaboration with Brooks on a collection of essays, Lulu in Hollywood (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), about her life as a film actress. Correspondence features a large production file of approximately 130 letters between Brooks, Shawn, and others, including Brooks's agent Robert Lantz, Robert Gottlieb and others at Knopf, and Jean-Pierre Sicre. There are typescript drafts (or clean copies) of over a dozen essays by Brooks, originally published from the mid 1950s through late 1970s, and copies of writings by others. Brooks appears to have submitted the essays to Shawn; several essays also have corrections by Shawn. Other papers include clippings, consisting chiefly of reviews of Lulu, material relating to production of the book, a photograph of the book cover, and printed ephemera
- Description:
- Louise Brooks (1906-1985), American dancer, actress, and author., William Shawn, editor of The New Yorker (1952-1987)., and Chiefly in English; some material in German.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Los Angeles., and Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985., Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023., Lantz, Robert., Shawn, William., and Sicre, J. P. (Jean-Pierre)
- Subject (Topic):
- American literature, Authors, American, Motion picture industry, Motion picture actors and actresses, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > William Shawn papers relating to Lousie Brooks, 1956-1986
6. Happiness is being Mexican : typescript photocopy
- Creator:
- López y Galarza, Margarita, 1916-2000
- Published / Created:
- 1983.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-4481
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 88
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Photocopy of a typescript memoir by Margarita López y Galarza containing over 20 brief chapters reflecting on her life and identity as a Mexican American, 1983. López y Galarza recounts her family history in Jalcocotán, Mexico and describes her parents, brothers, and extended family members, many of whom were ranchers and railroad workers in California. Many of the stories concern her childhood in Sacramento, including her mother's role in the household, her experiences with religion, and her education. Several sections describe López y Galarza's elementary education in detail, including learning English and the program of Americanization at her elemenary school, which had a significant population of immigrant children, including Japanese Americans, Italian Americans, Irish Americans, and Mexican Americans. Other sections describe her father's opposition to her choice to attend college and become an American citizen, her career as a health educator at Los Angeles County General Hospital, and a visit to her birthplace in Jalcocotán with her daughter in 1972. Accompanied by a manuscript note from López y Galarza to a friend describing the process of writing the memoir and sharing family news, 1984
- Description:
- Margarita López y Galarza de la Vega Linsley (1916-2000) was born in Jalcocotán, Mexico and immigrated to Sacramento, California with her family in 1920. She earned her bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles and master's degrees from University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley. She worked for the United States Department of Agriculture and was a health educator for Los Angeles County General Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and the World Health Organization. López y Galarza was forced to legally change her first name to Marguerite when she became a United States citizen in 1940, because her American elementary school teachers had insisted on using the name Marguerite on her school records. She went by the nicknames Mago and Margo to family and friends., In English., and Title from title page.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California., West (U.S.), California, Jalcocotán (Mexico), and Sacramento (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- López y Galarza, Margarita, 1916-2000. and Los Angeles County General Hospital.
- Subject (Topic):
- Americanization, Education, Elementary, Elementary schools, Health counselors, Immigrant children, Education, Immigrants, Mexican American children, Mexican American women, Mexican Americans, Religion, Railroads, Employees, Ranchers, Women, Race relations, Religious life and customs, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Happiness is being Mexican : typescript photocopy
7. Dia de los muertos
- Creator:
- Royal Chicano Air Force, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1975]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +439
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Poster shows image of a skeleton wearing a hat with United Farm Workers iconography, a shirt with a large green circle with a smaller red circle inside, and pants. The skeleton appears to be hanging up a poster with information about a parade. The interior poster includes five panels, four with information, and one with images of skulls and bones. Title information is above. Around the information is a border of bones. "RCAF" in lower center of poster
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +168: Variant 1., BEIN WA Prints +439: Variant 2., At least two variants exist. Variant 1 has background of "Dia de los muertos" fully in orange, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in orange on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in red on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in red. Variant 2 has background of "Dia de los muertos" half in red and half in yellow, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in red on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in yellow on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in yellow., "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m.", "From Hiram Johnson to St. Mary Cemetery.", "Respeto a la raza!", "1st annual procession, for more info: 442-7651.", "Boycott CocaCola.", "¡Boycott Gallo!", "¡Para la gloria de mi raza!", "The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is a Sacramento, California-based art collective, founded in 1970 by José Montoya and Esteban Villa. It was one of the 'most important collective artist groups' in the Chicano art movement in California during the 1970s and the 1980s and continues to be influential into the 21st century.", and Text in English and Spanish.
- Publisher:
- RCAF
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Sacramento, and Sacramento.
- Subject (Topic):
- All Souls' Day, Mexican Americans, Social life and customs, Politics and government, Parades, All Souls' Day in art, and Serigraphy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dia de los muertos
8. Dia de los muertos
- Creator:
- Royal Chicano Air Force, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1975]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints +168
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Poster shows image of a skeleton wearing a hat with United Farm Workers iconography, a shirt with a large green circle with a smaller red circle inside, and pants. The skeleton appears to be hanging up a poster with information about a parade. The interior poster includes five panels, four with information, and one with images of skulls and bones. Title information is above. Around the information is a border of bones. "RCAF" in lower center of poster
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +168: Variant 1., BEIN WA Prints +439: Variant 2., At least two variants exist. Variant 1 has background of "Dia de los muertos" fully in orange, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in orange on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in red on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in red. Variant 2 has background of "Dia de los muertos" half in red and half in yellow, "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m." in red on green, "respeto la raza!" and "¡Boycott Gallo!" in yellow on green, and background behind skulls and bones in lower right in yellow., "Nov. 1, 1975 at 4 p.m.", "From Hiram Johnson to St. Mary Cemetery.", "Respeto a la raza!", "1st annual procession, for more info: 442-7651.", "Boycott CocaCola.", "¡Boycott Gallo!", "¡Para la gloria de mi raza!", "The Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF) is a Sacramento, California-based art collective, founded in 1970 by José Montoya and Esteban Villa. It was one of the 'most important collective artist groups' in the Chicano art movement in California during the 1970s and the 1980s and continues to be influential into the 21st century.", and Text in English and Spanish.
- Publisher:
- RCAF
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Sacramento, and Sacramento.
- Subject (Topic):
- All Souls' Day, Mexican Americans, Social life and customs, Politics and government, Parades, All Souls' Day in art, and Serigraphy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dia de los muertos
9. Hasta la victoria siempre, c/s
- Creator:
- González, H. (Héctor Diaz), 1945- artist
- Published / Created:
- [1975]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Silkscreen poster shows red silhouette of man holding a megaphone and a flag, based on a photograph taken by Hector González of José Montoya of the Royal Chicano Air Force during a strike for the United Farm Workers in Yuba City, California (see E.M. Diaz, Flying under the radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force). The flag contains a white circle in which the words "viva la manana" and "viva la huelga" form the huelga eagle symbol of the United Farm Workers of America. Background is yellow with the same two phrases repeated, filling the background
- Description:
- Title, publisher, copyright date, and statement of responsibility from below pictorial area.
- Publisher:
- RCAF
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- Montoya, José and United Farm Workers of America
- Subject (Topic):
- Migrant agricultural laborers, Labor unions, and Serigraphy
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hasta la victoria siempre, c/s
