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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt2p30342b No online items Finding Aid to the San Francisco Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL 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 [email protected] URL: http://www.sfpl.org/sfhistory 2010, revised January 2020 Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF SUB COLL 1 Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL Title: San Francisco ephemera collection Date (inclusive): 1850-present Identifier/Call Number: SF SUB COLL Physical Description: 265.0 Linear feet(in 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] URL: http://sfpl.org/sfhistory 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. Collection is stored onsite; some materials require retrieval from separate storage. Language of Material: Collection materials are in English. 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. Preferred Citation [Identification of item/Title of folder], San Francisco Ephemera Collection, San Francisco Public Library. Related Collections Related ephemera collections at the San Francisco Public Library include: San Francisco Biography Collection California Ephemera Collection Grabhorn Ephemera Collection 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. Scope and Content 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. Individual ephemera files can contain a single item or more extensive amounts of material, ranging from photocopies to handwritten documents. Arrangement Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF SUB COLL 2 Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL Collection is arranged alphabetically. Additions to the Collection Additions to the collection are ongoing. Subjects and Indexing Terms 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 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, 2013-2018 Physical Description: 2.0 folders 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 1963-2017 Parking 1965-1980s Plans and planning General 1945-1957 1920-1939 1940-1959 1960-1979 Lindbergh Day 1927 Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF SUB COLL 3 Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL Air-Assessor 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 1991-2013 Architecture General 1949-2014 Modernism 2014 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 1974-2017 Artists 1983-2011 Arts organizations 1963-2013 Cultural Affairs Task Force 1991-1992 Underground art 1968-2001 Arts Commission General 1950-2013 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 African-American Historical and Cultural Society 1976-1995 African Nationalist Independence-Partition Party of North America undated Afro-American African Relief Institute 1969 Agricultural Society 1860 Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF SUB COLL 4 Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL Associations Ahepa [19--] AIDS Action Pledge 1988 Alcatraz Alumni Association 1975 Alcoholics Anonymous undated Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club 1972-1973 All Slavic Committee of San Francisco undated 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 1984-1991 American Italian Historical Association 1979-1992 American Legion 1984 American Lung Association 1990 American Neutral Conference Committee Undated American Russian Institute of San Francisco 1944-1951 Anansi: S.F. Women's Learning Network 1973-1977 Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America SEE: Shriners Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots 1920-1924 Ancient Order of Foresters 1890-1924 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 Artists Liberation Front 1966 Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center 2018 Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach 2005-2018 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 Center For Alternative Education 1970-1978 Bay Area Council 1945-1958 Physical Description: 4.0 folders Bay Area Indochinese Mental Health Project 1979 Bay Area Labor History Workshop 2000 Finding Aid to the San Francisco SF SUB COLL 5 Ephemera Collection SF SUB COLL Associations Bay Area Marine Institute 1978 Bay Area Neighborhood Development 1966 Bay Area Social Planning Council 1966 Bay Area Socialist Organizing Committee 1981 Bay Area Travel Writers 1998 Bay Counties District Council of Carpenters [c.1968] Bay View Boat Club 2005 Beringer Musical Club 1910-1914 Better Business Bureau undated, 1981-1987 Bible Breakfast Club 1958 Billboard Liberation Front 2003 Biotic Baking Brigade 1999 Blue Cross Medical Aid undated Board of Trade of San Francisco 1910-1968 Bohemian Club See also: Oversize