Book Arts & Special Collections

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The Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center houses major collections on printing history, calligraphy and lettering, wit and humor, little maga/zines, early children’s books, and several smaller collections . The Center sponsors a variety of exhibitions and programs on a regular basis.

Holiday Lecture 2011: Printing at the Margins: an ink-stained history of women & work

Guidelines for Use of the Collection

Collections

• Robert Grabhorn Collection on the History of Printing and the Development of the Book
• Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering
• Schmulowitz Collection of Wit and Humor (SCOWAH)
• Fox Collection of Early Children's Books
• Little Maga/Zine Collection
• Sherlock Holmes Collection
• Robert Frost Collection
• James D. Phelan California Authors Collection
• Panama Canal Collection

Research Resources

• American Book Prices Current - (ABPC) Accessible only in the Main Library
• Early American Imprints
• First Series, 1639-1800
• Second Series, 1801-1819

More About the Collections

• Highlights from the collection
• Publications
• Collection Development Plan
• The Albion Press at the San Franciso Public Library