Modern Times Bookstore records

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GLBT Historical Society

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San Francisco, California 94103

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2023

Descriptive Summary

Title: Modern Times Bookstore records

Dates: 1981-2005

Collection Number: 2016-13

Creator/Collector:

Extent: 7.75 linear feet (3 cartons and 2 oversized boxes)

Repository: GLBT Historical Society

San Francisco, California 94103

Abstract: Modern Times Bookstore was a worker-owned, radical bookstore in San Francisco. It operated from 1971 to 2016. Materials date from 1981 to 2005 and include office calendars; event announcements, flyers, and correspondence; book publicity materials from publishers; and catalogs.

Language of Material: English

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Modern Times Bookstore records. Collection Number: 2016-13. GLBT Historical Society

Acquisition Information

Gift of Ruth Mahaney, August 2016.

Scope and Content of Collection

Modern Times Bookstore was a worker-owned, radical bookstore in San Francisco. It operated from 1971 to 2016. Materials date from 1981 to 2005 and include office calendars; event announcements, flyers, and correspondence; book publicity materials from publishers; and catalogs.