Treasures of the CSU

San Francisco Campus

Collections:

de Bellis Collection Labor Archives and Research Center Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive San Francisco State College Strike Materials Collection

 

Frank V. de Bellis Collection

de Bellis is a library-museum collection representing the cultures of the Italian peninsula from antiquity to the present day. The collection includes medieval and renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, artifacts, and numerous prints, scores and archival sound recordings. The de Bellis collection includes modern editions of Italian composers and literary writers.

Contact:

Sally Berlowitz, Acting Curator
415/338-1649
debellis@sfsu.edu

Web Information:

Titles are accessible through InvestiGator the library's online catalog. There is description at http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/debellis.html

 

Labor Archives and Research Center

This collection documents the rich labor history of the San Francisco Bay area through primary source and vintage history materials. It was founded in 1985 by trade union leaders, historians, labor activists and university administrators. . Contact  .

Contact:

Susan Parker Sherwood, Acting Director or Catherine Powell, Outreach Archivist
415/564-4010
larc@sfsu.edu

Web Information:

Books and pamphlets are found through the library's catalog: InvestiGator  Guides are in the Online Archive of California
Collection holdings are listed at http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/larc.html

 

Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children's Materials

In 1982, Mrs. Marguerite Archer, an educator, innovator, and collector, gave a collection of approximately 6,000 historical children's books, textbooks, and periodicals, as well as ephemera and realia, including puzzles, toys and educational games. The collection, originally based upon the Peter Parley to Penrod Bibliography, is considered to be a major scholarly resource showing the progressive development and growth of children's literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day. 

Contact:

Meredith Eliassen, Curator
415/338-1856
eliassen@sfsu.edu

Web Information:

Through previous LSCA grants there is access through the library's catalog, InvestiGator  The collection’s web page is http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/archer.html

 

San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive

The San Francisco Bay Area Television Archives is a collection of moving image materials, including local news, and selected documentaries and programs. Core collections include footage from three local television stations: the KQED (PBS affiliate) Film Archive, a collection 16 mm local newsfilm created between 1967-1980, as well as selected documentaries and other footage, the KPIX (CBS affiliate) Film Library, a collection of approximately 16 mm local newsfilm, and the KTVU (Fox affiliate) Film Library, a collection of selected 16 mm news footage created between 1960-1970. These three collections portray daily life, history, culture, and events in the San Francisco Bay Area from the early 1950s to 1980. Most of the local news footage consists of unedited outtakes and trims, rather than completed programs.

Contact:

Cindy Hill, Coordinator of Special Collections
415/405-0309
cyhill@sfsu.edu

Web Information:

For details on this collection see: http://www.library.sfsu.edu/special/sfbata.html

 

San Francisco State College Strike Materials Collection

During 1968-1969, San Francisco State College was a focus for national attention as the campus erupted in turmoil. Publications, broadsides, flyers, scrapbooks, student newspapers, and other memorabilia of that event are available, as well as published materials concerning the strike. In addition, KQED and KPIX newsfilm concerning the strike is available in the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive. 

Contact:

Cindy Hill, Coordinator of Special Collections
415/405-0309
cyhill@sfsu.edu

Web Information:

A Guide to the Collection, a bibliography, and images can be found at http://www.library. sfsu.edu/strike/

 

Last Update:

02/11/2005 02:54 PM -0800

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