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November 1969 - June 1971. General subject areas include: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
correspondence, council minutes, education, finance, Indian conventions, legal matters,
newsclippings, photographs, media broadcasts, transportation.
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Helen Holdredge Collection
Author Holdredge's research notes on Lillie Coit, Lola Montez, Mary Ellen Pleasant.
Collection also contains author's "unused research" files on restaurants, businesses,
and people.
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Posters, periodicals, ephemera, and other original materials from the late 1960s.
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Italian American Collection
A large selection of books, periodicals, photographs and other materials pertaining to
Italian immigrants and their descendants in San Francisco.
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Student publications, scrapbooks, and photographs from 1955 to 2002.
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James Phelan, James Rolph, Jr., Elmer Robinson, George Christopher, John Shelley, and Joseph Alioto.
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McLaren Collection
Diaries and correspondence of John L. McLaren, Golden Gate Park Superintendent.
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Publicity scrapbooks, correspondence, minutes, and official PTA history from 1895 to 1937.
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Memoranda, notes, reports, resolutions, correspondence, and newspaper clippings documenting the San Francisco Supervisor’s work on land use and waterfront development, and post-Supervisorial work on charter reform, from 1962 to 1988.
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Court documents and other records related to the case People of the State of California,
ex rel. George Agnost, et al. vs. Ima Jean Owen, et al. (Superior Court No. 830-321) filed
Oct. 10, 1984 by San Francisco City Attorney George Agnost and Director of Public Health
Mervyn Silverman, in an effort to close fourteen bathhouses, sex clubs, bookstores, and
adult movie theaters by claiming them to be a public nuisance, in response to the burgeoning
AIDS epidemic.
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Charter history, drafts and final text, reports, public comments, and campaign materials
for Proposition A (which failed on the Nov. 4, 1980 ballot).
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Scrapbooks, communication books, head nurses’ files, correspondence, videotapes, publications,
and memorabilia collected by the nursing staff of AIDS Ward 5B/5A at San Francisco General
Hospital, the first dedicated AIDS hospital in the US.
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Charter history, drafts and final text, reports, surveys, minutes, public comments, campaign
materials, and newspaper clippings of committee work leading up to the passage of Proposition
E (on the Nov. 7, 1995 ballot).
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Administrative circulars, photographs, scrapbooks, curriculum titles, pamphlets, newsletters,
reports, district directories, handbooks, budget documents, salary surveys, and newspaper
clippings documenting the School District’s history from 1854 to 2005, with the bulk of the
collection from 1874 to 1978.
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Albums containing pictures, newsclippings, and other ephemera. Subjects range from individuals,
clubs, buildings, cable cars, and the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
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Minutes, directories, reports, periodicals, pamphlets, and scrapbooks document the
organization’s objectives, procedures, activities, history, and publicity from 1907
to 2006.
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The History Center's Small Manuscript Collection consists of personal papers, business
records, and documents. Earliest documents include a letter from Thomas Larkin in Monterey
to William Davis, 1845, with reference to the possibility of war with Mexico.
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This series comprises Jane Cryan's research on San Francisco earthquake refugee shacks and their history.
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Sutro Baths
Receipts, correspondence, letters of Adolph Sutro. Includes The Official Programme, 1896-1906.
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