This history is preserved in primary source and vintage history materials at the Labor Archives and Research Center. Founded in 1985 by trade union leaders, historians, labor activists and university administrators, the Labor Archives is a unit of the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University. The Labor Archives shares a building with the Sutro Library. It is easily accessible by public transportation.
Parking is available.
The reading room of the Labor Archives is open Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. and by appointment. Free of charge. In most cases, photocopying and photographic reproduction services are available. The Labor Archives collection includes materials from the counties surrounding San Francisco Bay, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. More than 6,000 feet of primary source material is available for research.