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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="GenInfo">[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/ General Information] in ''The Bancroft Library'' Internet site (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> | ||
:*[ | :*[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/referenceonline.html Reference inquiries] about collections and use of materials.<br> | ||
:*[ | :*[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/storreq.cgi Online Bancroft Library material request form]. | ||
'''Address:''' | '''Address:'''<ref name="GenInfo" /> | ||
:'''The Bancroft Library''' | :'''The Bancroft Library''' | ||
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:Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 <br><br> | :Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''< | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="GenInfo" /> 510-642-6481 Reference desk<br>'''Fax:''' 510-642-7589<br> | ||
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[ | '''Hours and holidays:''' [http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/hours.html Bancroft Reading Room]<br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' | ||
:*[ | :*[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/directions.html Directions and campus maps]<br> | ||
:*[ | :*[http://visitors.berkeley.edu/gethere/public_transit.shtml Public transportation] - recommended | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' | '''Internet sites and databases:''' | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ The Bancroft Library] general information, collections, research programs, reference and access services, events, exhibits, and publications. | ||
*[ | *[http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/ OskiCat UCB Library Catalog] {{WC}}and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat], searchable by keywords, title, author, subject, and series title. | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The Bancroft Library is the University's main special collections library. It is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States including more than 600,000 volumes, 60,000,000 manuscript items, 8,000,000 photographs, 43,000 microforms, and 23,000 maps. Of interest to genealogists are the premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities. Themed collections include African Americans in California, CalHeritage, California Cultures, California Loyalty Oath, Chinese in California, Italians in California, Japanese Relocation, and private land claim cases in California (ca. 1850-1890). | The Bancroft Library is the University's main special collections library. It is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States including more than 600,000 volumes, 60,000,000 manuscript items, 8,000,000 photographs, 43,000 microforms, and 23,000 maps. Of interest to genealogists are the premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities. Themed collections include African Americans in California, CalHeritage, California Cultures, California Loyalty Oath, Chinese in California, Italians in California, Japanese Relocation, and private land claim cases in California (ca. 1850-1890).<ref>[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/ Collections] in ''The Bancroft Library'' Internet site (accessed 26 October 2013).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/registration.html Registration] | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/dsu/ Duplication services] | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/camera.html Personal camera use policy] | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/camera.html Collection guides] Bancroft Library's finding aids (OAC). | ||
*[ | *[http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/genealogy.html Biography and Genealogy Resources] at the Bancroft Library including books, manuscripts and other printed materials, newspaper and periodical indexes for California, handbooks and manuals. | ||
*Dale L. Morgan, and George P. Hammond, ''A guide to the manuscript collections of the Bancroft Library'', 2 vols. (Berkeley : Published for the Bancroft Library by the University of California Press, 1963-1972). {{WorldCat|579978|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|137888|item|disp=FS Library Book 979.467 A3b}}. | *Dale L. Morgan, and George P. Hammond, ''A guide to the manuscript collections of the Bancroft Library'', 2 vols. (Berkeley : Published for the Bancroft Library by the University of California Press, 1963-1972). {{WorldCat|579978|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|137888|item|disp=FS Library Book 979.467 A3b}}. | ||
*Charles Faulhaber, and Stephen Vincent, eds, ''Exploring The Bancroft Library'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Bancroft Library in association with Signature Books, 2006). {{WorldCat|62896560|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | *Charles Faulhaber, and Stephen Vincent, eds, ''Exploring The Bancroft Library'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Bancroft Library in association with Signature Books, 2006). {{WorldCat|62896560|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 17 February 2023
 Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1]
Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 510-642-6481 Reference desk Hours and holidays: Bancroft Reading Room Directions, maps, and public transportation:
Internet sites and databases:
and in WorldCat, searchable by keywords, title, author, subject, and series title. Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Bancroft Library is the University's main special collections library. It is one of the largest and most heavily used libraries of manuscripts, rare books, and unique materials in the United States including more than 600,000 volumes, 60,000,000 manuscript items, 8,000,000 photographs, 43,000 microforms, and 23,000 maps. Of interest to genealogists are the premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities. Themed collections include African Americans in California, CalHeritage, California Cultures, California Loyalty Oath, Chinese in California, Italians in California, Japanese Relocation, and private land claim cases in California (ca. 1850-1890).[2] Tips[edit | edit source]Guides[edit | edit source]
Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the Bancroft Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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