Bancroft Library Archives

Felon charged with battery, lewd conduct at Berkeley library

By Emilie RagusoOct. 220194:40 p.m.March 13

A 27-year-old man reported to have pushed and hit a librarian after “masturbating to pornography” on a computer at the downtown Berkeley library is now facing criminal charges and a civil restraining order.

UC’s Oral History Center captures personal histories of the ‘Right to Marry’ campaign

By Guest contributorJune 24201712:30 p.m.Oct. 10

The personal history of Tyler Deacon, a gay Republican, is one of 23 oral histories included in the project.

A former Cal librarian’s recipe for life: bake, swim, give

By Guest contributorFeb. 120167 a.m.Oct. 27

Recent stories

Mark Twain commemorative coin will help UC Berkeley

By Frances DinkelspielDec. 29201510 a.m.Oct. 27

‘Saved by the Bay’ at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life explores lives of academic refugees

By Marcia TannerMarch 18201412:30 p.m.Oct. 27

Era ends: Liquidation sale at Berkeley’s Serendipity Books

By Frances DinkelspielNov. 7201311 a.m.May 6

Author mines the riches of the Bancroft Library

By Frances DinkelspielDec. 2120112 p.m.May 6

The night Pablo Picasso heard the UC Berkeley fight song

By Frances DinkelspielMarch 9201112 p.m.May 6

A Berkeley celebration of Mark Twain

By Frances DinkelspielNov. 18201010:03 a.m.Oct. 29

Magnes collections get new downtown Berkeley home

By Frances DinkelspielOct. 1320103:06 p.m.May 11

Director of Bancroft Library to retire

By Frances DinkelspielAug. 18201010:30 a.m.Oct. 29

Newsweek jumps on Twain bandwagon

By Guest contributorAug. 1020101:49 p.m.May 22