A Visit from Our Former City Archivist

This week, the San Francisco History Center and Book Arts & Special Collections were delighted by an impromptu visit from San Francisco's Emeritus City Archivist, Gladys Hansen, and her son, Richard Hansen. Everyone reminisced about the good old days in the Old Main Library and the San Francisco History Room that began under her tenure.

Gladys Hansen and her son, Richard Hansen, catch up with San Francisco History Center and Book Arts & Special Collections colleagues.

Former City Archivist Gladys Hansen shares a candid moment.

Richard Hansen

Thanks to Richard and Gladys for donating homestead maps and other historical material to the San Francisco History Center!

Detail from a homestead map book donated to the San Francisco History Center by Gladys and Richard Hansen, showing San Miguel Rancho and Horner's Addition.