Catalogues
Before Indian Independence: Exiles and activists in America
A short catalog of Exiles and Activists
Every Month is Black History Month
An offering of ephemera and books with an emphasis on 20th century political activism.
Posters: Activism, the arts, and advertising
Posters: Activism, the arts, and advertising
Sam Steward / Phil Sparrow / Phil Andros: Three lives in one
Tracking the far right: Items collected by Maurice Rovner
Between the 1930s and the 1970s, Maurice
Rovner, a Jewish schoolteacher from Buffalo,
NY, amassed a huge collection of political ephemera. He was especially interested in the far right, and
requested samples of literature from every such organization he could find, including rabidly anti-
Semitic groups.
Publications of the G.I. Resistance Movement
“This Paper is Your Personal
Property and Cannot be Legally
Taken From You!”
Black Panther Party
and related materials from the collection of Samuel L. Brooks
Early Civil Rights Activism: 80 items, 1917-1953
The modern Civil Rights Movement is often considered to have begun in 1954 with the Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. In the decades leading up to this case, however, devoted activists had been working on campaigns against lynching, demanding voting rights, educational opportunities, and housing, struggling for equality in the military during World War II, and drawing attention to notable legal cases that tested the nation’s courts in all of these arenas. This group of pamphlets and ephemera from the early stages of the modern Civil Rights Movement includes many rare and unrecorded items collected by Maurice Rovner, a Buffalo, NY schoolteacher, between the 1930s and the 1950s.
Attica!!!
In the summer of 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility – inspired by the burgeoning prisoners’ rights movement – pressed authorities for better conditions.
Asian American Women's Voices
Puerto Rico
Terrible Gifts 2019
“One man's riot is another man's rebellion…”
Materials on spectacular social disorder, pro and con.
Queer Activism Before Stonewall: A short list
Posters: with an emphasis on Social Movements
Pride 2018
A selection of periodicals, programs, handbills and photos (and a few t-shirts!) relating to LGBT Pride celebrations in honor of Pride month in SF
Fine Press, part two
A selection of recent acquistions. Usual terms, libraries and dealers know to us can be invoiced.
Political Buttons
A selection from our holdings of political, feminist, LGBT and ethnic movement pinback buttons.