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4 unusual facts about San Francisco Public Library


Aaron Fricke

Fricke's archive material, covering the period of writing the two books, is held in the San Francisco Public Library.

Albert M. Bender

He gave collections of rare books and fine printing to Mills College, Stanford University, the University of California and the San Francisco Public Library.

Bill Barich

In addition to The New Yorker, he has contributed to Esquire, Sports Illustrated, American Poetry Review, Salon, Narrative, and other magazines and journals, and he is a Literary Laureate of the San Francisco Public Library.

Jewelle Gomez

She's been a member of the board of the Cornell University Human Sexuality Archives and the advisory board of the James Hormel LGBT Center of the main San Francisco Public Library.


Gottardo Piazzoni

Piazzoni's best-known public work may be his 14 murals for the former headquarters of the San Francisco Public Library for architect George W. Kelham, ten of them dating from 1932, the other four painted in 1945 and not installed until the 1970s.


see also

Roble Hall

Roble Hall was designed by architect George Kelham, who also designed the old San Francisco Public Library in 1917 (now housing the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco).