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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Papers of Ellen Rosser Smith, faculty in the English Department. Topics include her involvement in developing the Women's Studies Program.
Personal correspondences of the U.S. Ambassador in Greece.
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.
Personal and teaching files of James E. Straukamp, Sacramento State history professor and minister.
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.
Meeting notes, scripts, promotional/advertisements, newspaper clippings, lists, and ephemera pertaining to the Tower of Youth program.
Papers of Miklos D. F. Udvardy, Professor of biological sciences. Topics include ornithology, biogeography, and vegetation classification.
Papers of Basil J. Vlavianos, international lawyer, professor of diplomatic history, businessman, human rights activist, journalist, and publisher.
Collection of 3500+ books on modern Greece and extensive personal and professional archive on Greece during World War II and Greek America.