San Francisco Ephemera Collection
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2p30342b No online items San Francisco Ephemera Collection Finding aid prepared by David Krah, Stephanie Walls, and California Ephemera Project staff; updated by San Francisco History Center staff. The California Ephemera Project was funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources in 2009-2010. San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 415-557-4567 [email protected] 2010, updated Dec. 2012 San Francisco Ephemera SF SUB COLL 1 Collection Title: San Francisco ephemera collection Date (inclusive): 1850-2012 Collection Identifier: SF SUB COLL Extent: 265.0 Linear feet (153 file drawers) Contributing Institution: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, CA, 94102 415-557-4567 [email protected] Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite; some materials require retrieval from separate storage. Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English. Abstract: Consists of ephemeral materials, city records and clippings relating to the city of San Francisco and its citizens. Materials date from the 1850s to the present, the bulk from the 20th century. Subjects cover a diverse array of San Francisco history and primarily pertain to: municipal government; city planning; urban policy; environmental engineering; transportation; social history; labor history; community relations; notable events; public events, fairs and celebrations; and various aspects of local popular culture. Subjects also relate to specific local entities, such as: businesses; schools, colleges and universities; political parties; and associations, groups and clubs. Specific places are also found here, including: buildings; public spaces; bodies of water; and transportation terminals. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to the San Francisco Public Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items. Related Collections Related ephemera collections at the San Francisco Public Library include: San Francisco Biography Collection California Ephemera Collection Grabhorn Ephemera Collection Preferred Citation [Identification of item/Title of folder], San Francisco Ephemera Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Additions to the Collection Additions to the collection are ongoing. Processing Information Processed by San Francisco History Center staff; additional processing and description by California Ephemera Project staff, funded by a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, in 2009-2010. Arrangement Collection is arranged alphabetically. Scope and Contents Consists of ephemeral materials, city records and clippings relating to the city of San Francisco and its citizens. Materials date from the 1850s to the present, the bulk from the 20th century. Subjects cover a diverse array of San Francisco history and primarily pertain to: municipal government; city planning; urban policy; environmental engineering; transportation; social history; labor history; community relations; notable events; public events, fairs and celebrations; and various aspects of local popular culture. Subjects also relate to specific local entities, such as: businesses; schools, colleges and universities; political parties; and associations, groups and clubs. Specific places are also found here, including: buildings; public spaces; bodies of water; and transportation terminals. The range of ephemera includes: newspaper and magazine clippings, menus, pamphlets, brochures, political mailings and advertisements, reports, maps, court transcripts, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, scrapbooks, certificates, fliers, programs, viewbooks, souvenirs and other commemorative materials. San Francisco Ephemera SF SUB COLL 2 Collection Individual ephemera files can contain a single item or more extensive amounts of material, ranging from photocopies to handwritten documents. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Advertisements. Brochures. California Ephemera Project. Clippings. Correspondence. Ephemera. Exhibition catalogs. Fliers (printed matter). Menus. Programs. Viewbooks. Air-Assessor Air legislation 1963 Air pollution 1962-2008 Airports Regional plans and planning ABAG Regional airport systems hearings - Fairfield, Oakland and San Jose 1971-1972 ABAG Regional airport systems hearings - San Francisco and San Rafael 1972 Bay Area airport plan 1949 Heliports 1956-1965 India Basin Airport 1966-1967 Moffett Field 1979 Treasure Island Airport 1965 San Francisco International Airport Airports Commmission reports 1970-1995 Annual reports 1996-2000 Exhibits program 1993 Fairs and exhibitions 1949-1954 Farewell to Mills Field 1966 Fire department 1965 Guides circa 1967-1980s History 1947-1979 Physical Description: 3.0 folders International carriers circa 1960 International terminal Dedication 1983 New international terminal 2000 Newspaper clippings 1998-2011 Newspaper clippings 1963-2012 Parking 1965-1980s Plans and planning General 1945-1957 1920-1939 1940-1959 1960-1979 San Francisco Ephemera SF SUB COLL 3 Collection Air-Assessor Lindbergh Day 1927 Master plan kit 1959 Seaplane terminal 1937-1944 Topographical map 1948 Airships 1929, 1971-1979 Alcoholics circa 1965-2004 Almanacs 1870 1875 1878 1898 Archaeology 1986-2011 Arches 1991 Architects 1991-2011 Architecture General 1949-2011 Shingle style 1972 Victorian General 1965-2011 Builders 1977-1987 Construction and Reconstruction 1975 Interiors circa 1884, 1978-1985 Preservation 1972-1990 Physical Description: 2.0 folders Reading lists 1975 Specimen books 1878 Tours 1956-2001 Arts Art galleries 1974-2010 Artists 1983-2011 Arts organizations 1963-2009 Cultural Affairs Task Force 1991-1992 Underground art 1968-2001 Arts Commission General 1950-2011 Annual Municipal Art Exhibition 1946 Art collection 1953-1984 Art in Public Places Program 1969-1988 Gallery catalogs 1978-1998 Neighborhood Arts Program 1970, undated Arts Resources Development Committee 1967-1970 Physical Description: 2.0 folders Assessor 1912-1995 Physical Description: 2.0 folders Associations ABAG (Association of Bay Area Governments) General 1964-1968 Preliminary regional plan 1966 Overall work program for the San Francisco Bay Area, 1975-1980 1975 ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) 1989-2000s Advertising Club of San Francisco 1953 African-American Historical and Cultural Society 1976-1995 African Nationalist Independence-Partition Party of North America undated San Francisco Ephemera SF SUB COLL 4 Collection Associations Afro-American African Relief Institute 1969 Agricultural Society 1860 Ahepa [19--] AIDS Action Pledge 1988 Alcatraz Alumni Association 1975 Alcoholics Anonymous undated Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club 1972-1973 American Association of Retired Persons (Chapter 99) circa 1978-1998 American Association of University Women 1922 American Born 1968 American Civil Liberties Union 1963-1983 American Friends Service Committee 1971-1981 American Indian Center 1962 American Institute of Wine and Food 1984 American Italian Historical Association 1979-1992 American Legion 1984 American Lung Association 1990 American Russian Institute of San Francisco 1944-1951 Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots 1920 Ancient Order of Foresters 1895-1924 Ancient Order of Hibernians 1959 Anstendig Institute 1983-1984 Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith 1993-1994 Anti Digit Dialing League 1963 Anti-Monopoly Association 1878 Anti-Monopoly League of California 1881 Arcadia Operatic Club 1886 Ariel Boat Club 1996 Army and Navy club 1911-1942 Art Deco Society of California 1987-1989 Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach 2005-2007 Asiatic Exclusion League 1906-1908 Associated Charities 1915, 1989 Association of Marine Underwriters 1926 Association of Pioneer Women of California 1969 Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1898, 1989 Audubon Society 1996-1999 Autocrat Club 1904-1905 See also: SF.Menus.Olympic Club Bar Association of San Francisco undated Bay Area Aviation Committee circa 1947 Bay Area Committee to Save the Rosenbergs 1953 Bay Area Council 1945-1958 Physical Description: 4.0 folders Bay Area Indochinese Mental Health Project 1979 Bay Area Labor History Workshop 2000 Bay Area Marine Institute 1978 Bay Area Neighborhood Development 1966 Bay Area Social Planning Council 1966 Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee 1981 Bay View Boat Club 2005 Beringer Musical Club 1910-1914 Better Business Bureau undated, 1981-1987 Bible Breakfast Club 1958 San Francisco Ephemera SF SUB COLL 5 Collection Associations Billboard Liberation Front 2003 Biotic Baking Brigade 1999 Blue Cross Medical Aid undated Board of Trade of San Francisco 1910-1968 Bohemian Club General 1923-2003 Annual exhibitions 1943-1953 Aviary Camp 1951-1979, undated Physical Description: 9.0 folders Booker T. Washington Community Service Center 2010 Boy Scouts of America 1931-1958 Boy's Brigade 1892-1894 Boys and Girls Aid Society 1889-1930 Physical Description: 5.0 folders British Benevolent Society of California 1986 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineering. Women's Auxiliary, Mrs. Leland Stanford Division