Research Hours:

For Members
By appointment only Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 5pm by appointment for GLBTHS members, subject to availability. You can also come in on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm without an appointment.

Please email Rebekah Kim, Managing Archivist, for appointments.

For Non-Members
Open Saturday from 1pm to 5pm to the general public.

Reading Room Closures:
The Reading room will be closed on the following days:

• Saturday, July 4 (Independence Day Holiday)


• Reading room will be limitedly available for appointments from July 6 to July 17.
  If you need to conduct research during this time please email reference.

Donating Materials to the Archive:
We are always interested in assessing donations of all kinds for inclusion in our collections.  Currently, we would like to fill particular gaps in our holdings, and we seek materials documenting GLBT life prior to the 1970s, as well as GLBT people of color, lesbian and bisexual women of all social/cultural backgrounds, GLBT working class communities, and bisexual and transgender people of all time periods.

Questions concerning donations should be directed to Rebekah Kim, Managing Archivists. Please include either a list of items you would like to donate or a description, and the size of the donation (number of boxes, periodicals, etc.), and your timeframe for the donation in your email.

About our collections:
The Archives and Manuscripts collections consist primarily of unpublished material, including letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, costumes, and other artifacts. These collections document the lives of both “average” people and community leaders. They also include the records of many community organizations, businesses, and political campaigns. For more information you can look at our collections policy statement.

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Location:
657 Mission Street #300
San Francisco, CA 94105