2007
2 January
Campus to receive papers of the late Congressman Matsui
2006
1 November
Egyptian papyri arrive on campus
4 April
Bancroft Library receives vast archives of San Francisco Examiner
9 February
Bancroft Library celebrates its centennial with exhibit
6 February
If the Bancroft caught fire, what would you save?
5 January
Bancroft Library exhibit materials tell tales of '06 quake
2005
18 October
Tebtunis papyri returned to UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library decades after their discovery
14 October
New de Young museum features UC Berkeley contributions
20 September
Bancroft Library adds rare Second Biblia Rabbinica, Hebrew Bible
25 August
How do you move a rare-books collection?
1 June
Berkeley: History takes a time out for retrofit work
08 April
Chinese in California exhibit opens
31 March
Exploration, research, activism, and other women’s work
29 March
California women's "Collective Voice" exhibit opening at Doe Library
18 March
Bancroft Library reduces hours in preparation for move, retrofit
08 March
Koret Foundation gift to The Bancroft
08 February
"Two Artists of the Courtroom" on exhibit
2004
17 December Readers of "Drawn West" tour Bancroft Library's Honeyman collection from early California and the West.
01 December
25 ways to avoid the mall
22 October Regional Oral History Office celebrates 50th.
007 October Researching the Free Speech Movement: Digitized leaflets, speeches, and oral histories are among the primary sources accessible to any scholar with curiosity and a dial-up account.
22 July Award - The digital library exhibit Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly Bear at The Bancroft Library.
2003
17 December Bancroft Library kicks off renovation campaign
02 December Twain Project, English novel in India win MLA prizes
19 November Mark Twain: long gone, but still prolific
11 September Bancroft Library adds photo archives of Michelle Vignes
11 August Mark Twain Letters go online
05 August Regional Oral History Office turns up the volume for hidden voices
29 July Bancroft honored for "Images of Native Americans" online exhibit
16 June Theatre Rhinoceros treasures at Bancroft
30 May Beats go on in the archives of UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library
07 March "Then and Now" photo exhibit documents over a century on campus
18 February Historical journal reports secrets behind infamous "Drake's Plate" hoax
2002
05 August "Bear in Mind" exhibit at UC Berkeley's The Bancroft Library to salute the California grizzly
05 August UC Berkeley bear hunt yields grizzly art, from silly to sublime
2001
11 June New "Huckleberry Finn" by UC Berkeley's Mark Twain Project reflects recovered manuscript, original art, new research
26 March New Mark Twain luncheon club being organized at UC Berkeley to help fund Mark Twain Project
14 March Anthropologists tell all in new oral histories
11 January Personal papers of Pulitzer-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks join archives at UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library
2000
04 December UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library adds archival collection of Beat poet Philip Whalen's art, poems and notes
28 November UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library teams up with Wells Fargo Bank to produce California history tapes
07 September Proposed historic pact between UC Berkeley, Cuban libraries encourages research, share materials
10 May Kudos for Mark Twain catalogue
1999
19 November New UC Berkeley curator making her mark with Bancroft Library's Western Americana collection
10 November Cal's original Oski recalls mascot's glory days in new Bancroft Library oral history
02 July New collecting prize brings to light student holdings - pure poetry to UC Berkeley's historical library
03 May Surprising new information on Pancho Villa comes to light in obscure Wells Fargo files at UC Berkeley
1998
22 October Rare medieval manuscripts to be examined Oct. 23 via the Internet in UC Berkeley distance learning class
28 September UC Berkeley's new, rare collection on U.S. conservative movement can be viewed Monday, Sept. 28
29 April UC Berkeley to honor Mario Savio, Free Speech Movement with library gift, café
23 February New collection of original documents and histories unveils disability rights movement
21 January A nugget of knowledge at Interactive University
13 January Original gold nugget that launched California's gold rush 150 years ago is on display for children Jan. 15
1997
12 November Going straight to the source: Engineering 24 and The Bancroft Library
12 August UC Berkeley's new collection of rare 300-year-old love stories proves romance is always in style
02 July New book by UC Berkeley Twain scholars chronicles Samuel Clemens as he finds fame, juggles work and family
15 April 99-year-old Sacramento collector takes new UC Berkeley prize for preservation of history
1996
25 September A Bancroft exhibit lights up the Beats
18 September Behind the scenes at the Inquisition
21 August Bancroft will showcase rare works at prestigious book fair
20 March Campus's repository for rare and ancient volumes covers 4,500 years of the written word
1995
30 August Charles Faulhaber takes over as the James D. Hart Director of The Bancroft Library
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