Special Collections & Archives
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Research Assistance
The Special Collections & Archives Reading Room is now open by appointment only. Appointments are available Monday-Friday, 1pm-5pm. Please schedule an appointment here.
You are welcome to submit questions or requests via email. Please allow up to five days to respond to your email.
The J. Paul Leonard Library's Special Collections & Archives contain a wealth of primary source material on a wide variety of topics. The collections include manuscripts, organizational records, personal papers, 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. Adjacent to the Reading Room of Special Collections & Archives is the Special Collections Gallery.
Instruction
The faculty of Special Collections also offer instruction. Utilizing primary source materials, Library faculty can create course-specific assignments and lead customized classes to support primary source literacy. Faculty can request instruction through our Primary Source Instruction Request form.
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)
J Paul Leonard Library content in external systems:
News, Exhibits & Events
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THE COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS: THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR FARMWORKERS' HUMAN RIGHTS | Special Collections, LARC |
Representatives from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will share information about their Campaign for Fair Food. |
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Mark Nowak and Worker Writers School: Coronavirus Haiku, a reading and conversation | Special Collections, LARC |
Cosponsored by SF State's Labor Archives and Research Center and The Poetry Center. |
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Labor Archives and Research Center 35th Anniversary Program | LARC |
This Virtual Program is Free and Open to Public. February 26th | 6:00pm - 7:15pm |
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Labor Archives and Research Center Annual Program | LARC |
Gordon Chang will discuss the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad. Musical performance by Francis Wong. |
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5B: AIDS Ward Film Screening | LARC |
Inspirational story of the nurses in the first HIV/AIDS ward unit in the United States at San Francisco General Hospital. |