Digital Collections

- A walking tour of the Black presence in San Francisco during the nineteenth century; a Black history week event, by Elizabeth L. Parker and James Abajian.
- California Underground Railroad
- Black history month: a global celebration
- California Underground Railroad
- A resource guide on black pioneers in British Columbia
- California Underground Railroad
- Journals of dissent and social change
- "A bibliography of titles in the California State University, Sacramento, Library." Vols for 1969-1972 issued by the University under its earlier name: Sacramento State College Vols. for 1969- compiled by John Liberty
- Faculty Publications
- Harry Black writing at desk.
- Black, Harry [aacr2]; Concentration camps -- California -- Employees [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Officials and employees [lcna];
- Harry Black was Assistant Camp Director at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tray for serving dry sweets in black and gold
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh];
- The geometric shape of this tray is a stylized image of a snow flake.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with tenmoku glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan bears a typical black tenmoku glaze on the outside, while on the inside of the bowl a plum design emerges from the ""tortoise shell"" glaze that is typical of Taihizan style tenmoku bowls. The term "tenmoku" refers to historical...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for winter
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- The cylindrical design of this black raku-style chawan suggests warmth, making it appropriate for serving thin tea in the winter months.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with black Seto glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan is finished with a black Seto glaze that provides a feeling of formality and elegance. The chawan is accompanied by a paulownia box bearing calligraphy that describes its provenance.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl with brown, black, and yellow glaze
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- This chawan is a classic example of Zeze ware originating from the Kagero-en kiln. The waisted shape is relatively formal, and the piece has been decorated with an abstract brown, black and yellow glaze typical of the genre. Zeze is known as one of...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl for thin tea with black and brown design
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
- A teabowl for thin tea with abstract brushwork in non oxide.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl, red raku-style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- Raku-style chawan generally feature either red or black glazes. This piece, crafted by Waraku, is an excellent example of the red raku style. Red raku ware (akaraku).
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Teabowl, black raku-style
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]; Raku pottery [lcsh]
- The rim of this well-balanced chawan exhibits the gozan or "five peaks" motif, which is frequently employed by Raku and raku-style potters. The dark color provides a particularly appealing ground for the intense green of the tea. The heavy walls...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Harry Black, Ray Best, Martin Gunderson at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Concentration camps -- California -- Employees [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center -- Officials and employees [lcna]; Black, Harry [aacr2]; Best, Ray [aacr2]; Gunderson, Martin [aacr2];
- L to R: Harry Black, Assistant Project Director; Ray Best, Project Director; Martin Gunderson, High School principal at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- White enamel pitcher with black trim.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]
- Most likeley used at a Japanese American internment camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Enamel plate with black trim.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Plates (Tableware) [lcsh];
- Most likely used at a Japanese American internment camp.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tray for the Daien No Shin or Daien No So tea procedure
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Trays -- Japan [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]
- Tray for Daien No Shin or Daien No So tea procedure in formal black lacquer
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Yumyosai (1853-1917) favored Kamo Gawa basket for flowers
- Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh];
- The idea for the design of this basket came from a very old practice of controlling the flow of water in the Kamo River that flows through Kyoto by wrapping large stones in bamboo and placing them strategically. The bamboo tube inside the original...
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Florin Japanese American baseball team champions, 1948.
- Japanese American men -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball teams -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American baseball players -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Baseball -- Awards [lcsh];
- Group photo of players in uniform with trophy. Identification is written on photo, but hard to read.Black and white duplicate photo, sleeved. Inventory # 41.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Shaving razor in black box.
- Japanese Americans -- California -- Yuba City [lcsh]; Ota, Iwao Joe [aacr2]; Barbershops -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh];
- Used by Ota family prior to World War II in Colusa, California barber shop. Before the war, Joe Iwao Ota was a barber as was his father, Tomitaro Ota. Joe retired ca. 1982.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase