Skip to content
Prelinger Library

Prelinger Library

San Francisco, CA

  • Home
  • Stacks Explorer
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Disambiguation
    • Press
  • Collection
    • Organization and Contents
    • Full List of Periodicals
    • Periodicals Want List
  • Community
    • Volunteers, Guest Hosts, and Interns
    • Donors of Materials
    • Neighbors and Collaborators
    • Other Allied Projects
    • Original Shelvers of 2004
  • History
  • Artists & Researchers
  • Contact
    • FAQ
  • Support!
    • How to Support
    • 2016 Supporters
    • 2015 Supporters
    • 2014 Supporters, & Earlier Years
PL-2020-September-COVID-Closure
PL-2020-September-COVID-Closure
Butler-ParableoftheSower
Butler-ParableoftheSower
Browne-Surveillance
Browne-Surveillance
Liskey-Surviving-Collapse
Liskey-Surviving-Collapse
Ebony_WhiteProblem2
Ebony_WhiteProblem2

Library News

  • August 2020 Update
  • Update for Juneteenth and COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Update for April: Remote research requests are welcome [CLOSED FOR THE DURATION]
  • March Library Newsletter
  • Register for Black History Month Wiki-a-thon, February 9!

Get books without visiting!

Visit our online book catalog

Visit Us!

Email your research queries to info@prelingerlibrary.org!

We will remain closed in compliance with the statewide mandate for as long as it pertains. However, we are healthy and ever-eager to help people with research. We library co-founders and hosts have many resources at our fingertips and in our brains that are capable of helping other people remotely. Send us an email to open a conversation about a line of research, and we’ll see how we can help you.

. TO FIND US when we reopen: Use the intercom near the street entrance at 301 8th Street in San Francisco to reach “Prelinger Assoc” by scrolling left through the arrow keys, then press the CALL button to be buzzed up.

We hope to return to public open days as soon as possible.

Questions? Take a look at our FAQ

Download a PDF of our 2015 Yearbook

Download our Library Brochure PDF

WordPress Theme: Gambit by ThemeZee.