- Alcatraz Island Indian Occupation (PDF)
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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.
- Helen Holdredge Collection
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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.
- Hippies Collection (PDF)
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Posters, periodicals, ephemera, and other original materials from the late 1960s.
- Italian American Collection
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A large selection of books, periodicals, photographs and other materials pertaining to
Italian immigrants and their descendants in San Francisco.
- Luther Burbank Middle School Records (PDF)
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Student publications, scrapbooks, and photographs from 1955 to 2002.
- Mayoral Papers
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James Phelan, James Rolph, Jr., Elmer Robinson, George Christopher, John Shelley, and Joseph Alioto.
- John McLaren Collection 1866-1965 (PDF)
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Day Books, correspondence, news clippings, photographs and other materials documenting McLaren’s work at the Howard estate in San Mateo, and as Superintendent of Parks in San Francisco, 1887-1943.
- Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Morcombe San Francisco, Second District, California Congress of Parents and Teachers (PTA) Records (PDF)
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Publicity scrapbooks, correspondence, minutes, and official PTA history from 1895 to 1937.
- Jack Morrison Papers (PDF)
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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.
- People vs. Owen Bathhouse Closure Litigation Records, 1984-1987 (PDF)
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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.
- San Francisco Charter Commission Records, (Bulk 1979-1980) (PDF)
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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).
- San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Ward 5B/5A Archives, 1983-2003 (PDF)
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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.
- San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's Records (PDF)
- Death and autopsy reports of individuals who died in San Francisco, whose deaths legally required investigation by the Coroner’s Office, today replaced by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
- San Francisco Select Committee on Charter Reform Records (Bulk 1994-1995) (PDF)
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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).
- San Francisco Unified School District Records (PDF)
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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.
- Scrapbooks
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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.
- Second District of the California State PTA (San Francisco PTA) Records, (PDF)
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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.
- Small Manuscripts (PDF)
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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.
- Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of San Francisco Refugee Shacks (SPASFRS) (PDF)
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This series comprises Jane Cryan's research on San Francisco earthquake refugee shacks and their history.
- Square and Circle Club Records (PDF)
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Official records of San Francisco's oldest -- and still active -- Chinese-American women's service organization.
- Sutro Baths
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Receipts, correspondence, letters of Adolph Sutro. Includes The Official Programme, 1896-1906.
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