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at the University of California, Berkeley Learn how to register, request materials, & submit duplication orders! https://t.co/xmyk5iwXm9
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: “We were close to freedom and yet far from it.”. Miné Okubo was born #OTD in 1912. The writer and artist was among the….
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: “This is just biographers heaven.” 🥰. Ron Chernow relied on @bancroftlibrary’s Mark Twain Papers & Project for his bests….
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This week, The Bancroft Library shares a series of photographs from the Julian P. Graham Collection of Photographic Negatives from 1924-1942. #BancroftLibrary #UCBerkeley #Monterey
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You are invited!. ROUNDTABLE: California Publics: Parks, Universities, and Nativism in California, 1875-1930. 📍May 15, 2025 | Noon | Zoom.Register at: #BancroftLibrary #UCBerkeley #Roundtable #Library
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: Studying for finals feeling ruff? 🤦🏻🐶. Take a paws!. Today: Cuddle with some Pet Hugs therapy dogs! 🐾🥰. Below, Joey, a v….
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Did you know #MarkTwain developed a board game in the mid-1880s?. Mark Twain's Memory Builder is a knowledge-based board game that tests players' memories of historic events and dates. #UCBerkeley
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Join us this Friday for a Photobook Pop-Up Exhibit! . 🗓️ April. 11, 2025 | 1:00 - 4:00 PM .📍The Bancroft Library
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You are invited!.2025 Barbara Boxer Lecture: A Conversation with Julie Chávez Rodriguez. 🗓️ April. 17, 2025 | 4:00 - 5:15 PM .📍Banatao Auditorium. Register at:
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The African Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area Photograph Collection, 1963-1974 includes 140 press photographs collected by James Abajian. #UCBerkeley
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93 years ago construction first began on the Golden Gate Bridge! 🌁
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You are invited!. ROUNDTABLE: Pre-Industrial Transportation and Commodity Flows in Colonial California. 🗓️Mar. 20 at Noon .📍Zoom. Register:
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Founded in 1967, the Black Stuntmen’s Association was established to help advocate for Black stuntmen and stuntwomen in finding studio work. This one-of-a-kind photo directory features portraits of the association’s members. 📸
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RT @dailycal: World-renowned writer and Bay Area literary icon Amy Tan is now a part of the @bancroftlibrary archive.
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: Want to see Amy Tan’s creativity take flight? 👀🖼️🐦. A stunning new exhibit features original artwork from Tan’s book “Th….
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You are invited!. ROUNDTABLE: The Long Journey of Some of The Bancroft Library’s Papyri: Egypt 1899, Oxford 1900, Berkeley 2024. Feb. 20, 2025 | Noon | Zoom.Register at
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RT @UCBerkeley: Acclaimed author Amy Tan’s archive recently landed at @UCBerkeleyLib! This exhibition contains drafts of her published work….
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Amy Tan’s archive has arrived at The Bancroft Library! Bancroft director Kate Donovan spoke to the New York Times about the collection. You can read the story here:.
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: 🚨📜 New arrival of ancient Egyptian texts! 📜🚨. Next week: Join a talk (on Zoom) by Giuliano Sidro about @bancroftlibrary’….
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: 春节快乐! Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍. Wishing you prosperity, wisdom, and personal transformation in 2025 — the Year of the Sna….
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RT @UCBerkeleyLib: “One must look.for signs.to believe in them.”. Next week: Immerse yourself in a world of poetry with a reading by …. ✨ M….
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