Vision Statement
UCSF Archives and Special Collections is a dynamic health sciences research center that contributes to innovative scholarship, actively engages users through educational activities, preserves past knowledge, enables collaborative research experiences to address contemporary challenges, and translates scientific research into patient care.
Mission Statement
The mission of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections is to identify, collect, organize, interpret, and maintain rare and unique material to support research and teaching of the health sciences and medical humanities and to preserve institutional memory.
Projects and Partnerships
Current
- Intrinsic Value art series celebrating the San Francisco Bay Area BIPOC community
- Artist in Residence program
- NHPRC Grant—Evolution of San Francisco’s Response to a Public Health Crisis: Providing Access to New AIDS History Collections
- NEH Grant—The San Francisco Bay Area’s Response to the AIDS Epidemic: Digitizing, Reuniting, and Providing Universal Access to Historical AIDS Records
- Bay Area History of Medicine Society (BAHMS)
- LSTA grant for historical AIDS/HIV materials
Publications and Projects
List of publications and other projects based on research using our archival holdings.
Internship Program
The UCSF Archives Internship Program provides an opportunity for students to gain valuable hands-on experience and a course credit.
Fellowships
UCSF Library Artist in Residence
Connect with us
Archives and Special Collections Newsletter
Find us
Open to the public by appointment
Monday – Wednesday, 9am – 4pm
530 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, Fifth Floor