San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Phone: (415) 405-5549
- Email: libref @ sfsu.edu
- Website: http://library.sfsu.edu/about-library
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.
Collections at this institution
Bay Area Television Archive
Established in 1982, the TV Archive preserves over 4000 hours of newsfilm, documentaries and other programs produced locally in the Bay Area and Northern California between 1939-2005. We are part of the J. Paul Leonard Library's Department of Special Collections.
Institution: San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
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Frank V. de Bellis Collection
The Frank V. de Bellis Collection is a library-museum of Italian authors and subjects representing the civilization of ancient to modern Italy, particularly in the areas of history, literature, the fine and applied graphic arts, and music.
Institution: San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
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Special Collections and Manuscripts
The Special Collections for the J. Paul Leonard Library contain a variety of materials deemed by subject selectors to need special housing, which support University curriculum, including rare books and manuscripts, collections of artist books and small press books that spotlight local poets as well as the Marguerite Archer Collection of Historic Children’s Materials.
Institution: San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
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University Archives
The University Archives serves as the collective memory of San Francisco State University containing unique and original source material of our University's colorful history.
Institution: San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library
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