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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Contains the organizational records of La Raza Galería Posada, a cultural center in Sacramento, California pertaining to Latina/o and Chicana/o and Native arts programming.
Papers include subject files on topics concerning Native Americans, especially California Indians. The collection documents LaPena’s involvement with various public and community projects, organizations, and activities, as well as LaPena’s artistic work and philosophy.
Theater memorabilia, primarily from the Haymarket district in London, the bulk of which dates between 1830 and 1930.
The personal and professional papers of Alice A. Lytle, the first African American woman to serve on the Sacramento Municipal Court and the first African American Superior Court judge in California.
Papers of Wayne H. Maeda, instructor and founding member of Asian American Studies at Sacramento State. Collection consists of artifacts, publications, photographs, and exhibit items.
The records of the Ron Mandella Community Garden. Topics include organic gardening, air quality improvement, and ethnic harmony.
Manuscripts, personal papers, and organizational records document regional and national politics, as well as the literary, community, and cultural life in the Sacramento Region.
Biographical material, newspaper clippings, exhibition material, publications, scrapbooks, photgraphs, and slides pertaining to Irving Marcus, artist and chairman of the Art Department at Sacramento State during 1966-1969.
Professional and personal correspondence, published works, projects and community plans, slides, and ephemera pertaining to the lives of landscape architect Warner L. Marsh and his wife, Florence Marsh.