Hello Historico-curious,

*Do you often wonder what historical precedents have contributed to the current housing crisis? How do World War II-era booms weave into current displacement trends? What can the housing overcrowding, racism and displacement of yesterday tell us about today’s realities?*

We’re excited to announce that the Prelinger Library has invited us to join them at the end of July for an editathon on gentrification in San Francisco! The *Prelinger Library* http://www.prelingerlibrary.org/home/ is a private collection of rare books, maps, zines and other ephemera held by Rick and Megan Prelinger, both “appropriation-friendly” librarians. *Rick* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Prelinger is well known in the film archive world for his fascinating collections of American home movies and for his work with the Internet Archive. *Megan* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Prelinger is a cultural historian, whose research and writing has ranged from artificial intelligence and information design to city planning and social theory. Megan will be curating a personalized collection of books and ephemera for us to use in our research.

*RSVP* Since the library study area is rather small, they have asked that we limit participant numbers. We’ve been hearing a lot of strong interest in this editathon, so in order to accommodate as many people as we can, we will be splitting research times into three groups:

- Wednesday, July 23rd, 5-8:30 pm (6 spaces) - Saturday, July 26th, noon-3pm (12 spaces) - Saturday, July 26th, 3-6 pm (12 spaces)

Please RSVP either by emailing me privately or by adding your name to the wiki event page: <*http://localwiki.net/sf/Gentrification_editathon http://localwiki.net/sf/Gentrification_editathon*>. *Sign up for as many times as you'd like to attend, but if the slots get filled you may be asked to go to a less-popular time. Sorry! *:P

*LOCATION* 301 8th Street (near Folsom Street) Room 215 San Francisco, CA

*FUN FACT*The library collection is organized in order of proximity, starting with San Francisco and extending into outer space. :]

*Let me know if you have any questions!*

Take care, Vicky