University of San Francisco
University of San Francisco
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Phone: (415) 422-2039
- Website: https://www.usfca.edu/library
The Gleeson Library Digital Collections hold digitized special collections materials from the Donohue Rare Book Room, electronic publications and other academic works by USF faculty and students, and digitized archival materials related to university and local history.
Collections at this institution
Manuscript Collection
Selected literary and historical manuscripts from special collections. It currently includes letters by notable literary figures like E.M. Forster, Sherwood Anderson, etc. It also features an autograph by Saint Ignatius of Loyola from the 16th century.
Institution: University of San Francisco
80 Items
Printing and Graphic Arts Collection
Selected prints, drawings, photographs, maps and other graphic materials from special collections, including over 300 prints and drawings by Eric Gill, the British sculptor, typeface designer, stone-cutter and print-maker.
Institution: University of San Francisco
399 Items
Rare Book Collection
Selected rare books ranging from early printed books to twentieth-century printed ephemera. The collection currently features a number of early twentieth-century booklets by the likes of Eric Gill and John Fass, whose works are celebrated for their design and typography.
Institution: University of San Francisco
75 Items
USF Historical Materials
Selected materials from the library holdings and the University Archives that are related to USF or local history.
Institution: University of San Francisco
2 Items
USF Yearbooks
The USF Yearbooks variously titled The Don, The Ignatian, and in the example pictured here, The Adios offer a window onto the changing face of the campus, the students, and the City. Find basketball great Bill Russell in 1955; check out the "Frosh Smoker," the "Soph Drag," and see Jimmie Durante (ask your grandparents) crown the queen of the Mardi Gras in 1954; see the patriotism of 1942; see the politics, protests, and unbridled creativity of 1972; see your professors when they were young. Moreover, see the tides of history, culture, fashion, and ideas through the prism of USF students …
Institution: University of San Francisco
79 Items
