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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The Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection presents the ceramics, scrolls, and tea utensils collected and used by Sokiku Nakatani in her studies and as a teacher of Chado (the Way of Tea).
The Southeast Asia Community Resource Center Collection at Sacramento State University Library documents the experience of these refugees, comprising over 6,000 books, journals, newspapers and artifacts from Hmong, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Laotian, Cambodian, Karen, and Mien refugees dating from the late 1970s to the early 1980s.
The State Hornet, student newspaper of California State University, Sacramento (CSUS), chronicles the Capital Campus' evolution, significant events and issues, and interconnection with the local, regional and statewide communities.
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 Basil J. Vlavianos, international lawyer, professor of diplomatic history, businessman, human rights activist, journalist, and publisher.
Minutes, reports, newsletters, awards, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to the Western Association of Women Historians.
Minutes, reports, newsletters, awards, photographs, and artifacts pertaining to the Western Association of Women Historians. Includes materials pertaining to feminist historian Dr. Frances Richardson Keller.