Category Archives: Bancroft Library

A Visit to the Bancroft Library

Posted on January 24, 2025 by nancyleek

It’s a happy day when I can spend a few hours reading old papers in the Bancroft Library. To me there is nothing that can compare to holding authentic original letters and manuscripts from days long past. On Thursday I … Continue reading →

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Bancroft’s “Literary Industries”

Posted on January 9, 2016 by nancyleek

When I was a student at the University of California, Berkeley, back in the late ’60s, I was lucky enough to get a job as a student assistant in the Bancroft Library. Other student assistants fetched books from the stacks, … Continue reading →