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A themed collection of oral histories and interviews recorded between the 1970s and 1990s. Topics include, but are not limited to, early California settlers, ranching, homosexuality, and the East Bay during World War II. 

The GLBT Historical Society collection contains audiovisual (moving images, audio) and texts from the 1920s to the 2000s. The majority of the collection consists of interviews, oral histories and event footage, and include subjects and topics such as LGBTQ culture and experience, San Francisco, Folsom Street Fair, sexuality, and more.

Audiovisual, text, and image material relating to topics about the California Gold Rush which lasted from 1848 to 1855. Material includes recorded oral histories, documentaries, Gold Rush-era newspapers, and Gold Rush-era maps.