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.
The records of the Save the American River Association (SARA), a grass-roots organization supporting the American River and its American River Parkway, established in 1961.
Passports, news clippings, letters, notes, and audio cassettes pertaining to Michael Savvides, former editor of the Greek Tribune and long-time activist in Cyprus affairs.
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.
Consists of materials related to research on the natural history of the Sacramento area and involvement with the Save the American River campaign.
Newsletters, reports, subject files, and publications relating to Ed Silverbrand's "Silver File" reports and "Update on State Legislation" newsletters.
Course material, publications, and photographs pertaining to Susan Clark Slaymaker, geology professor at Sacramento State.
Leaves from various Bibles and manuscripts, accompanied by facsimiles of their title-pages, collected by Stanley Slotkin, a businessman and philanthropist.