The Special Collections & University Archives department is excited to announce the opening of our latest exhibition: an exploration of the life and legacy of Rose Pak, one of our most distinguished alumni. Pak was a graduate of the San Francisco College for Women, which was integrated with USF in 1978. She went on to … Continue reading Rose Pak: Journalist to Activist
Highlights of four new digital collections featuring items from the University Archives. Continue reading Step back into the past with four new digital collections from University Archives
This post is part of a series in highlighting interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives at Gleeson-come check it out! Continue reading From the Vault 05(01)
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
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 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)
When creating a display for Special Collections & University Archives, we have to use a little extra ingenuity and creativity! Continue reading Carting Around Collections
Happy Preservation Week! This week we celebrate and encourage preservation, especially the preservation of collections in libraries, archives, and museums. Continue reading Preservation Week
From the Vault is a series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at the Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. This post features the history of the University of San Francisco Faculty Association (USFFA) and a recent research request from USFtv student director, Giuliana Salomone. Prompted by … Continue reading From the Vault 04(01)
From the Vault is a series highlighting recent projects, research, and interesting finds from the Special Collections & University Archives department at the Gleeson Library | Geschke Center. This post features KUSF Wave Sector, the newspaper publication of the beloved KUSF radio station. Inspired by a recent research inquiry on local concert advertisements from the … Continue reading From the Vault 3(01)
