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San Francisco
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Experience: Summer of Love 
 Companion website to a 2007 documentary about the summer of 1967, when "thousands of young people from across the country flocked to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district to join in the hippie experience, only to discover that what they had come for was already disappearing." Features include an illustrated article about the San Francisco Oracle periodical, video clips of San Francisco events, personal stories, teacher's guide, and more. From the PBS program American Experience. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/love/ Topics: Last updated May 7, 2007 Breaking Through: A Century of Physics at Berkeley
This exhibit "tells the story of physics at [the University of California] Berkeley, 1868-1968. ... [C]onsider the results — scientists who made a machine to smash the atom, built a bomb that ended World War II, fought to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and won 7 Nobel Prizes in 19 years." Features annotated photographs, lecture notes, letters, video clips, and more. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/physics/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Photograph Collections: History, Physics Last updated Jul 6, 2006 BusinessWeek: Silicon Valley Special Report
This 1997 special issue from Business Week explores the transformation of "a former patch of apricot and prune orchards into the epicenter of global technology." Reports on the beginnings, the people, the deals, and the culture of this segment of the computer industry. Includes interactive map of companies founded in the area (1960 through 1997), interviews and audio, a photo gallery, and more. From BusinessWeek online. http://www.businessweek.com/1997/34/internal.htm Topics: Computers, Computers, Industries Last updated Aug 14, 2004 City Lights Booksellers and Publishers
Official site of the landmark San Francisco bookseller and publisher, founded in 1953 by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Peter D. Martin. In addition to a brief history and a complete catalog of City Lights titles in print, you can find Ferlinghetti's Poetry as News columns from the San Francisco Chronicle and information on the San Francisco streets renamed to honor famous authors and artists who lived and worked in the city. http://www.citylights.com/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature & Books, Poetry Last updated Aug 23, 2000 Cockettes
Includes a brief history and photos of the San Francisco theatrical troupe (1969-1972), "a flamboyant ensemble of hippies (women, gay men, and babies) [who] decked themselves out in gender-bending drag and tons of glitter." From the documentary of the same title, the site also includes information on the filmmakers, the production of the film, and a few selected links to related resources. http://grandelusion.com/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Musicians Last updated Aug 3, 2003 Dark Days of San Francisco
Collection of articles from November 2008 about how "[t]hirty years ago, hundreds of people [many from San Francisco] died in Jonestown. Nine days later [San Francisco] Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were killed." Includes the "1977 expose that started Jim Jones' downfall," photos, and material about the Moscone and Milk slayings and aftermath. Also includes San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner front pages from the era. From SFGate, website for the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/jonesmilkpromo/ Topics: Death & Dying, Religion Last updated Nov 17, 2008 Days of Cal: A Virtual Tour through UC Berkeley's History
Includes a brief history of UC Berkeley; a profile of Berkeley in the 1960s; a timeline (1849-2000); photographs; information on student traditions at Cal; UC Berkeley president inaugural addresses; the text of the 1868 charter that founded the University; profiles of chancellors; and lists of presidents, alumnus of the year, Nobel Prize laureates, notable faculty, and regents. Searchable. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/ Topics: California: Education, California: History Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Following Sean
Website for the follow-up documentary (30 years later) to a 1969 student film about the filmmaker's upstairs neighbor in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, 4-year-old Sean. Watch the original 1969 film and learn about updates in the lives of the people featured in the films. Also includes a filmmaker interview and personal views, production journal, filmmaker profile, discussion guide, and lesson plan. From P.O.V. http://www.pbs.org/pov/followingsean/ Topics: Last updated Oct 8, 2009 Gay Bears: The Hidden History of the Berkeley Campus
Devoted to "the history of sexual minorities at [UC Berkeley] -- students, faculty, staff and visitors." Includes information on Douglas Tilden, Witter Bynner, Annie Alexander, Louise Kellogg, Rupert Brooke, Marlon Riggs, the White Horse Inn, and many other people, places, and events. From the University Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/gaybears/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Ghost Fleet
Companion website to this 2008 KQED Quest documentary program about the "[m]ore than 70 retired military ships [that] are anchored northeast of San Francisco in Suisun Bay. Most of them have been there for decades and are leaching toxic substances into the water." Watch the segment about these ships known as the Mothball Fleet, read producer's notes, and explore photos and links to related websites. http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/ghost-fleet Topics: Last updated Sep 16, 2008 Golden Gate Bridge
Includes a FAQ, a chronology of important dates, information on construction, traffic, and maintenance, historical photos, and more about the bridge that connects San Francisco and Marin County, California. http://www.goldengatebridge.org/ Topics: Transportation Last updated May 22, 2005 Harvey Milk Pages
A remembrance of "The Mayor of Castro Street" and his murder and its aftermath. San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone were murdered by Dan White, whose trial was based on the "Twinkie defense." Includes photos and an audio file of his voice. http://thecastro.net/milkpage.html Topics: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Notable People, Notable People: Government Last updated Jun 24, 2003 Herb Caen ...
Information and selected columns from Pulitzer Prize-winning "three dot" journalist Herb Caen, who wrote columns for the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner newspapers from the 1930s until his death in 1997. The site features milestones in Caen's life, vintage columns (including a 1958 article in which he coined the term "beatnik"), a searchable archive of articles from 1995 and 1996, and a photo gallery. From the Web site for the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/caen/ Topics: Communications, News, Notable People Last updated Oct 18, 2009 Lonely Island, Hidden Alcatraz
Companion to a public television program about this island in San Francisco Bay that was "a 'super-maximum' security prison for incorrigible and long-term offenders" from 1934 to 1963. The site features a timeline, lesson plans, and interactive material on topics including famous criminals housed there (such as Al Capone and the "Bird Man of Alcatraz"), the occupation by Native Americans, native plants, swimming from Alcatraz to San Francisco, and more. From KQED Public Broadcasting. http://www.kqed.org/w/alcatraz/flash/movie.html Topics: Last updated May 25, 2006 The Muwekma Ohlone
This official site of the Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe, "the original inhabitants of San Francisco, California, USA, and the surrounding Bay Area," contains news, history, a photo gallery, and links to other Native American sites. Much of the site documents their legal struggle for federal recognition, for which there is an online petition. The site also contains information about the Muwekma Ohlone Pocket Park Project in San Francisco. http://www.muwekma.org/ Topics: California: History, Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Feb 1, 2005 New Bay Bridge.org
"This site illustrates and describes every phase of the new East Span construction" of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Includes articles and photo galleries about all aspects of the construction process, individuals involved in the project, and history of the original bridge. Project drawings, primary documents, links to historical photos, study materials for middle school, glossary of bridge building terms. New material will be added as the construction proceeds. From the California Alliance for Jobs. http://newbaybridge.org/ Topics: Architecture, Photograph Collections, Transportation Last updated Oct 20, 2005 Nike Missile Sites of the San Francisco Bay Area
The Nike missile program operated between 1954 and 1974. This site lists information about 24 named Nike locations that ring the San Francisco Bay Area. Each of the Nike sites consists of position information (longitude, latitude, and elevation), a topographic map of the area, a description, photographs of the site, and a list of other nearby Nike sites. Part of the Nike Missile Webring. http://www.acme.com/jef/nike/ Topics: Weapons Last updated Apr 20, 2004 Nobel Laureates
Profiles nine researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory awarded Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Contains presentation and acceptance speeches, biographies submitted to the Nobel Committee, photographs, and an overview article on "the science behind each of the Nobels." From the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/Nobel-laureates.html Topics: Government, Government, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Science, Science Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Oakland Collection at the Oakland Museum of California
"In celebration of Oakland's 150th anniversary, the Oakland Museum of California presents over 7000 Oakland objects from its California Collections. These include historical photographs, paintings, documents, objects, all about Oakland, the city founded on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in 1852." Also features nine panoramic photographs of Oakland, which were created between 1877 and the 1930s. Searchable, or browsable by neighborhood map. Includes links to related sites. http://collections.museumca.org Topics: Last updated Feb 1, 2007 Pear Garden in the West: Chinese Theater, 1852-2003
Online companion to an exhibit about Chinese theater in the United States, which was primarily based in San Francisco, where a Chinese juggling act and a Chinese opera were performed in 1852. Includes dozens of images on topics such as Chinese opera roles, the Jazz Age in Chinatown, Chinese American theater during World War II, and a recent interest in Cantonese opera. From the San Francisco Performing Arts Library & Museum. http://www.sfpalm.org/chinesetheater/ Topics: California: History Last updated Jun 30, 2009 Picture This: Family Photographs of Everyday San Francisco
Companion to an exhibit created from "photographs shared with the San Francisco Public Library by community members from the Western Addition, Ocean View/Merced/Ingleside (OMI), Mission and Sunset neighborhoods." The online photo gallery features dozens of photos of street scenes, celebrations, weddings, friends, people and their cars, people working, and more. From the San Francisco Public Library. http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/news/onlineexhibits/shades/ Topics: Last updated Jan 25, 2006 Pier 70 San Francisco: Historic Shipyard at Potrero Point
Background and historic and modern photos of "Potrero Point ... [which] was the most important center of western U.S. heavy industry for well over 100 years." Also provides material about "Dogpatch," a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Potrero Hill, which "includes the city's largest collection of 19th and early 20th Century workers cottages." Also includes details about current uses and future development. From a member of the Citizens Advisory Group for Pier 70. http://pier70sf.org Topics: California: History Last updated Nov 6, 2006 Roma Pacifica: The Phoebe Hearst International Architectural Competition & the Berkeley Campus, 1896-1930
Documents the competition held in held in 1898-99 "to determine a master plan for the buildings and setting" of UC Berkeley, and the campus architecture that evolved from these events. Contains plans and drawings from Emile Bénard and John Galen Howard, and includes studies for the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Gym Memorial from Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan. Searchable, and features a browsable exhibition catalog of images. From the University of California History Digital Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/online_exhibits/romapacifica/ Topics: Architecture by Place, California: Education Last updated Aug 16, 2003 Santa Clara County: California's Historic Silicon Valley
This National Park Service (NPS) itinerary "highlights 28 places listed in the National Register of Historic Places that illustrate how this fertile valley blossomed from a series of small agricultural towns ... into the center of the technology revolution." It features "a wide variety of historic buildings, from adobe pueblos to the Art Deco De Anza Hotel, from the eclectic Victorian architecture of the ... Winchester House to the ... home of President Herbert Hoover." http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/santaclara/ Topics: Last updated Jun 20, 2007 UC Campus Architecture & Planning: Historical Documents
Includes transcriptions of nine San Francisco Call articles from 1899 concerning the UC Berkeley campus, and six historic maps of the campus from 1897 through 1996. From the University of California History Digital Archives (UCHDA), University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/documents.html Topics: Architecture by Place, California: Education Last updated Aug 23, 2003 The University of California at the Turn of the Century, 1899-1900
An exhibit about the University of California, Berkeley, during 1899-1900. Chronicles events, people, academic and student life, sports ("the axe"), places, and buildings. Features information on President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Competition, and architect John Galen Howard. Contains photographs, ephemera, and transcriptions of newspaper articles. Searchable; images browsable in the catalog. From the University of California History Digital Archives (UCHDA), University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/online_exhibits/1899/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Photograph Collections Last updated Aug 23, 2003 University of California, Berkeley: Landscape Heritage Plan (LHP)
The LHP "embodies the University's effort to preserve the historic legacy of the UC Berkeley Classical Core. The Classical Core displays nearly a century and a half of architectural and landscape design styles that have developed through the history of the University." The site includes an overview of the plan, information and images of the historical context of the plan, implementation concepts, and landscape guidelines for items such as lighting and paving materials. http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/lhp/ Topics: California: Education, College and University Education Last updated Aug 13, 2006 The War: Then and Now
Collection of news stories and feature articles related to Ken Burns' September 2007 documentary series, "The War," about personal experiences of World War II. Includes articles on San Francisco area World War II relics and monuments, personal experiences, reviews of the series, podcast interviews with Ken Burns, historic newspaper front pages, and related material. From the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/WWII/ Topics: California: History, World War II Last updated Sep 24, 2007 |
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