Dr. King’s Legacy Preserved in the Donohue Rare Book Room
A rare and beautiful printing of Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” is housed in the Donahue Rare Book Room. Continue reading Dr. King’s Legacy Preserved in the Donohue Rare Book Room
Category: Archives
Descriptive Practice for Social Justice: An Internship Reflection
Zoe Hume, inaugural Reparative and Inclusive Description (RID) Survey Scholar, shares her experience. Continue reading Descriptive Practice for Social Justice: An Internship Reflection
From the Vault 04(02)
From the Vault is a series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. This post features the Reparative and Inclusive Description (RID) Survey Scholar internship. This fall, Zoe Hume, currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Museum Education and Visitor-Centered Curation at Florida State … Continue reading From the Vault 04(02)
From the Vault 2(01)
From the Vault is a new series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at the Gleeson Library. This post features three newly available collections in Gleeson Library’s Digital Collections: Woman Suffrage Collection, USF COVID-19 Response Collection, and the Rare Book Room Broadsides collection. Woman Suffrage Collection … Continue reading From the Vault 2(01)
Pop-Up Exhibition
Did you know that the Gleeson Library has a collection of miniature books housed in the Donohue Rare Book Room? Have you ever read or handled a miniature book? Books are classified as miniature books when they are 10 cm. or smaller. Ones in the Rare Book Room range from under a half an inch … Continue reading Pop-Up Exhibition
Unbeaten, Untied and Uninvited – USF’s 1951 Football Team
The ’51 Dons football team is being honored all week at the University of San Francisco. We’ve put together a few things from #usfca’s Archives and made a display in the library. My favorite – a replica jersey from the 1951 season. Players in the photo include Ollie Matson, Vince Sakowski and Bert Toler. Look for … Continue reading Unbeaten, Untied and Uninvited – USF’s 1951 Football Team
Read a Rare Book This Summer
The San Francisco Public Library’s summer reading program Summer Read SF 2012 begins on June 1. Many readers enjoy books throughout the year, yet there is something inviting about summer reading that encourages one to stretch out a bit: perhaps to spend more time reading while on vacation; to indulge in purely entertaining reading; or … Continue reading Read a Rare Book This Summer
From the Archives: Bill Cosby
Distinguished comedian and educator Bill Cosby will be an Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker at the Undergraduate Arts and Social Sciences ceremony on May 18 in St. Ignatius Church. But did you know that Bill Cosby previously visited the University of San Francisco campus 25 years ago in April, 1987? The Foghorn (Volume 82, … Continue reading From the Archives: Bill Cosby
Obituaries and history
Last week, on World AIDS Day, the GLBT Historical Society and the Bay Area Reporter, the local glbt newspaper, released a database of obituaries of persons who died of AIDS. Looking through it is like looking at a time capsule. I moved to San Francisco in 1983 and like so many gay men of my … Continue reading Obituaries and history