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Biographies
 Websites presented in alphabetical order California of the Past 
 Collection of short videos of first-person narratives from community members about their California experiences. The videos were produced by public libraries in Benicia, Covina, Hayward, Orange County, Sacramento, and South San Francisco, California. From Media Arts Center, San Diego. http://www.mediaartscenter.org/site/c.dfLIJPOvHoE/b.3469463/ Topics: California: History, California: People Last updated Dec 13, 2007 The Lehmers at Berkeley
This online exhibit profiles mathematicians Derrick Norman Lehmer, Derrick Henry Lehmer, and Emma Trotskaia Lehmer, known for research in number theory, computational mathematics, and Fermat's Last Theorem. Features photographs, notes, covers of publications, and letters. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/Math/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, California: History by Place, California: People, California: Photograph Collections, California: Technology, Correspondence, Mathematics, Notable People, Photograph Collections, San Francisco Bay Area: Oakland, San Jose, more ... Last updated Aug 22, 2006 Museum of the City of San Francisco
Good information about the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906, 1989 San Francisco Earthquake, 1991 Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire, Chronology of S.F. Rock 1965-69, WWII history, Flags of SF, and more. Also find biographical sketches and links to material about prominent Northern California figures, including John A. Sutter, Lotta Crabtree, Leland Stanford, Levi Strauss, and Joe Di Maggio. Includes chronologies. http://www.sfmuseum.org/ Topics: California: History, California: History by Place, California: People, California: Recreation, California: Travel, Museums by Place: United States Last updated Jul 5, 2004 |
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