The Ted Sahl Addition was originally comprised of 16 scrapbooks created by photojournalist Ted Sahl on Bay Area social justice movements, 2012 election coverage, presidential memorabilia, local LGBTQ+ history, and Black history. A majority of the scrapbooks comprise of materials from unpublished photo essays, including negatives, photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes. Other scrapbooks contain the postcards, buttons, and photographs Ted Sahl collected on U.S. presidents, the United Farm Workers movement, and World War II.

Theodore (Ted) Sahl is an award winning photographer in San José, California. Sahl has spent the last 30 years as a photojournalist, documenting social and political events in the Bay Area. Although best known for his involvement with the gay and lesbian community (GLBT), he also covered the anti-nuclear demonstrations at the Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory, and the Farm Labor Strikes that occurred during the 1970's.

2 Box (1.96 linear ft.)

Copyright has been assigned to the San José State University Library Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Copyright restrictions also apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Collection is open for research.