Collections
The University Library contains a wide range of diverse and unique collections that can be explored below. Some archival collections may be in the process of being arranged and may take longer to access.
Featured Collections
98 narratives revealing a layered understanding of the Chicana/o movement in Northern California, specifically Sacramento.
Chronicles the Japanese American experience of immigration and settlement to the United States, WWII Internment, redress, and reparations. Includes JAAC finding aid, digital collection, monographs, serials, oral histories, audiovisual materials, and more.
Manuscripts, personal papers, and organizational records document regional and national politics, as well as the literary, community, and cultural life in the Sacramento Region.
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Collection of materials pertaining to the educational and professional life of Eugene N. Salmon, humanities librarian at California State University, Sacramento.
Newsclippings, programs, choreographic notes, photographs, scrapbooks and videos related to the dance department at Sacramento State.
Papers, correspondence, and teaching aids pertaining to the educational and professional life of Joe Serna, Jr., college professor and mayor of Sacramento, California.
Course material, publications, and photographs pertaining to Susan Clark Slaymaker, geology professor at Sacramento State.
Papers of Ellen Rosser Smith, faculty in the English Department. Topics include her involvement in developing the Women's Studies Program.
Personal and teaching files of James E. Straukamp, Sacramento State history professor and minister.
Four panel conversations concerning the development of the University from 1984 to 2003. It was during this period that the University, under the guidance of President Donald Gerth enhanced its role as the “State University in the State Capital.”
The Sacramento State College yearbooks reflect the evolution and growth of the California State University Capital Campus. They also reflect the transformation of California's higher education institutions from late 1948 through 1997.
Papers of George B. Tokmakoff, Sacramento State history professor instrumental in founding the Soviet Studies Program. Includes Russian history teaching materials, copies of British Foreign Archives Office documents, photographs, and maps.