DigitalSF

DigitalSF

DigitalSF consists of digitized and born-digital materials from unique SFPL collections. Formats include photographic prints, negatives, and slides; documents and manuscripts; books; maps; oral histories; and audiovisual recordings. New materials are added on a regular basis.
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DigitalSF San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
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Book Arts & Special Collections Center
The Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center houses important research collections on printing history, calligraphy and lettering, wit and humor, little magazines and...
Show moreThe Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center houses important research collections on printing history, calligraphy and lettering, wit and humor, little magazines and zines, early children’s books and several smaller collections. Some materials have not been fully catalogued: patrons are encouraged to consult with librarians about their research needs. The Center also sponsors a variety of exhibitions and programs on a regular basis.
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Branch Archives Collection
The Branch Archives Collection is a digitized collection of photographs, documents, and ephemera created and kept by individual SFPL branch libraries in the course of their everyday activities....
Show moreThe Branch Archives Collection is a digitized collection of photographs, documents, and ephemera created and kept by individual SFPL branch libraries in the course of their everyday activities. Arrangement is by branch, with items sometimes titled by date digitized rather than by content. Materials reflect the branches' reference desk topics, operational work, neighborhood history, and community events. Additional Branch Library files may be found in the archival collection of San Francisco Public Library Records, located in the San Francisco History Center on the 6th floor of the Main Library.
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Digitized Book Collection
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Government Information Center Collection
The Government Information Center (GIC) provides free access to United States, California, San Francisco and Bay Area regional agency government documents in addition to materials on public policy,...
Show moreThe Government Information Center (GIC) provides free access to United States, California, San Francisco and Bay Area regional agency government documents in addition to materials on public policy, political science, public administration and the law.
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Hormel LGBTQIA Center Collection
Digitized photographs, manuscripts, documents, and other primary source materials from the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center. Full access to print and analog collections are in the physical archives...
Show moreDigitized photographs, manuscripts, documents, and other primary source materials from the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center. Full access to print and analog collections are in the physical archives at the San Francisco History Center, Main Library. Searchable guides are on our Online Archive of California webpage.
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San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs and works on papers of San Francisco and California scenes ranging from 1850 to the present. This collection includes views...
Show moreThe San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection contains photographs and works on papers of San Francisco and California scenes ranging from 1850 to the present. This collection includes views of San Francisco street scenes, buildings, and neighborhoods, as well as photographs of famous San Francisco personalities. The collection consists mostly of the photo morgue of the San Francisco News-Call Bulletin, a daily newspaper, ranging from 1920s to 1965. The collection also contains albums, slides, postcards, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and lantern slides of San Francisco and California subjects.
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San Francisco History Center Collection
The Daniel E. Koshland San Francisco History Center contains a research collection of books, newspapers and magazines, photographs, maps, posters, archives and manuscript collections, and ephemera,...
Show moreThe Daniel E. Koshland San Francisco History Center contains a research collection of books, newspapers and magazines, photographs, maps, posters, archives and manuscript collections, and ephemera, documenting all aspects of San Francisco life and history. The Center is also the archives for the City and County of San Francisco.
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