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at the University of California, Berkeley Learn how to register, request materials, & submit duplication orders! https://t.co/xmyk5iwXm9
Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2009
Timothy L. Pflueger Papers, BANC PIC 2013.119 San Francisco News-Call Bulletin Photo Archive, BANC PIC 1959.010 © The Regents of the University of California, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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Did you know that Bancroft's collections include photographs of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo? #BancroftLibrary
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Check out this unique Blue and Gold Yearbook from UC Berkeley’s class of 1972! 📚 Published since 1875, Blue and Gold is the official yearbook of UC Berkeley. This edition features artworks, photographs and poems documenting the daily lives of students on campus. #UCBerkeley
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“Whenever I think of Berkeley I am nineteen again.” ✍️ Joan Didion was born #OTD in 1934. Didion, who died in 2021 at age 87: 🐻 Studied English at Cal 🗞️ Worked at @dailycal 📝 Has papers at @bancroftlibrary 🏅 Was awarded a 2012 National Humanities Medal by @BarackObama
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You are invited! ROUNDTABLE: Tracing the Gold Rush: Ranchers, Seekers, and Squatters in Print and Manuscript Nov. 20, 2025 | Noon | Zoom Register at https://t.co/ovOWfJbx1D
#UCBerkeley #BancroftLibrary
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Did you know you can see a plant that changed the world right here on the UC Berkeley campus? 🌿 📜 The papyrus plant, used to make papyrus in ancient Egypt, can be found at the University of California Botanical Garden! https://t.co/aVTeIUpSA5
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“You must always see with a big vision.” ✨👁️ Chiura Obata, born #OTD in 1885, was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during WWII. He: 🐻 Taught art at @UCBerkeley for 20 years 🖼️ Started art schools at two prison camps 🎨 Created 500+ works while incarcerated
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Today marks the 18th anniversary of the Cosco Busan oil spill. In “Oil Spill”, Barabara Milman uses linocut printmaking to illustrate the incident with striking force. 📸: Images courtesy of UC Irvine Special Collections Library
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“In a time of destruction, create something.” Happy 85th birthday, Maxine Hong Kingston! ✏️🎂⚔️ The genre-bending feminist author: 🐻 Is a @UCBerkeley grad + professor emerita 📝 Has papers at @bancroftlibrary 🏅 Was presented a 2013 National Medal of Arts by @BarackObama
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Happy Halloween from The Bancroft Library! 🎃 Pictured is the first paperback edition of Bram Stoker's horror classic Dracula.
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Who were the faces of the Free Speech Movement? The Free Speech Movement Oral History Project, a digital archive of nearly 50 interviews, captures the voices and experiences of those who participated in or witnessed the events. https://t.co/XGwm0B3GUk 📷: UARC PIC 24B
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Join us tomorrow for an open house at The Bancroft Library! Shape of Thought: The Book as Art Oct. 22, 2025 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 📌The Bancroft Library 📚Free and open to the public. #UCBerkeley #BancroftLibrary #ShapeofThought
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✨ New exhibit alert ✨ The “Shape of Thought” exhibit challenges what a book can be, featuring: 🚈 A 3D BART commute 👠 A shoe-shaped volume ✊🏿 A Black Panther Party stamp book 🦋 A book hidden in a chrysalis 📍 @bancroftlibrary | 🗓️ Open now | 🔗 https://t.co/ombrKAtoG9
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When does publishing become political? 📚 Next week: Join a Zoom talk by Lily Beckett (@BristolUni), exploring her research at @bancroftlibrary on Lebanese American artist Etel Adnan and the vision of the Post-Apollo Press. 🗓️ Noon, Thursday, Oct. 23 📋 https://t.co/rPxaYxJRzf
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Did you know that The Bancroft Library’s archives include a rare 1923 photo album documenting the production of the silent film Greed? 🎬 🎞️ Explore the collection here: https://t.co/EUXpL1T192 📸: BANC PIC 1993.034--fALB
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The Bancroft Library holds many unique collections of stereographs, including the Stereograph Cards of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. 🌁 Want to learn more about stereographs? https://t.co/PEKDOz93Lz
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Want a closer look at a Berkeley icon? 🔍✨ Across his career, printmaker David Lance Goines captured the city’s bold and bohemian spirit. @bancroftlibrary has acquired Goines’ archive, offering a deeper understanding of his life and work. 🔗 https://t.co/zSxoTj6I4O
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When is hair more than just hair? 🪮💇🏻✨ This week: In a Zoom talk, Sarah Gold McBride (@sgoldmcbride) will draw on materials from @bancroftlibrary to uncover how hair was braided with belonging in 19th-century America. 🗓️ Noon, Thursday, Sept. 18 📋 https://t.co/fn0FTr5pdW
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The David Lance Goines archive has arrived at The Bancroft Library! The iconic printmaker’s work offers a colorful look into Berkeley’s past. Read the full story here: https://t.co/W3bqR9OhCH
#UCBerkeley #bancroftlibrary
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Throughout his career, David Lance Goines, who died in 2023, captured, in two dimensions, the bold and bohemian spirit of Berkeley, while reflecting a distinctive style both tinged with influences...
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Welcome back, Bears!🐻 📘Let’s take a look at some of Berkeley’s most unique and exquisite historical yearbooks. ⏰These editions from 1920 through 1922 feature original artwork by American artist Pedro Joseph de Lemos. #BancroftLibrary
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