If poring over the Occupation exhibit piqued your interest in 20th century African-American civil rights and labor history in San Francisco, then keep reading. This post will be the first of a February "mini-series" to highlight further items in the San Francisco History Center to peruse. We'll start with my favorite offline trove, the San Francisco Ephemera Collection.
As always, our San Francisco Ephemera Collection--paper file folders arranged broadly by subject, containing pamphlets, clippings, ephemera, etc.--contain some interesting finds:
As always, our San Francisco Ephemera Collection--paper file folders arranged broadly by subject, containing pamphlets, clippings, ephemera, etc.--contain some interesting finds:
- A copy of the pamphlet The Negro War Worker in San Francisco: A Local Self-Survey (the Labor Archive's copy is in the first display case)--ask for San Francisco Ephemera Collection. Unions and the name of the pamphlet.
- A set of clippings from a 1961 series run in the News-Call Bulletin called "The Negro in San Francisco." Ask for San Francisco Ephemera Collection. Ethnic Groups. Blacks.
- A folder of Marine Cooks and Stewards Association materials that includes union pamphlets from the 1950s: The Economics of Prejudice, 'Screening' Is Union-Busting, and The Story of Screening: No Longer Allowed to Sail about US Coast Guard port security screening. Filed under Unions. Marine Cooks and Stewards Assn.
- Districts. Check Western Addition, Bayview, and Hunter's Point.
- Housing. Includes Housing Reports from the 1940s and 1950s.
- Redevelopment Agency.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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