Special Collections & Archives
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The J. Paul Leonard Library's Special Collections contains a wealth of primary source material on a wide variety of topics. The collections include manuscripts, organizational records, photographs, rare books, periodicals, audio-visual media, artwork, artifacts and ephemera. These collections support academic and personal scholarship on campus, in the wider community, and internationally. University Archives and Historic Collections holds materials which document the history of San Francisco State University since its founding.
The Special Collections reading room is open Monday through Friday from 1pm to 5pm and by appointment.
Collections
Archer Collection of Historical Children’s Books
Labor Archives & Research Center
Mae Durham Roger Children’s Book Collection
Digital Collections
ScholarWorks (Masters Theses and more)
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News, Exhibits & Events
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POP-UP EXHIBIT: Winter is Here… | de Bellis |
See real historic resources reminiscent to the fantasy created in the Game of Thrones before the final season begins.
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Film Screening: The Long Ride | LARC |
The Long Ride is a timely documentary film about the historic 2003 Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that sparked the birth of the new Civil Rights Movement for immigrant workers in the US. |
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EVENT: VOICES FROM THE CROWD: SF State Student Strikers share stories | University Archives & Historic Collections |
Hear student activists’ stories from 50 years ago of the strike that won the nation’s first College of Ethnic Studies at SF State.
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Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in South Africa and the Bay Area | LARC |
Learn about the fight for social justice by workers in the ports of South Africa and the Bay Area.
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Images of Protest: Selections from the San Francisco State University Strike Collection, 1968 - 1969 | Special Collections, University Archives & Historic Collections |
Exhibit will showcase protest posters, ephemera, and video footage created by students and faculty during the 1968 strike.
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