The Small Press Traffic Archives encompass 50+ years of literary activity, including a Print Collection and Audio/Video Collection accessible via this website, and materials related to SPT’s history. These collections reflect happenings and genealogies — tracing publishing projects, reading series, and the poets who have called the Bay Area home.
About the ArchivesThe Print Collection can be found in the Small Press Traffic Reading Room, located at Et al. gallery & bookstore in the Mission. If you’d like to visit, please review our Visitation Policy and fill out the Visitor Form.
Visit the Reading RoomThe SPT Archives are in an early stage of development; what you see here is just a fragment of fifty years of small press culture in and around the Bay Area. We depend on the knowledge and support of our community members to maintain these archives. Please, get in touch!
Support the Archives
Our Print Collection Reading Room is located at Et al. gallery & bookstore (2831A Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94110). The holdings are non-circulating and open to the public by appointment only. If you’d like to visit, please review our Visitation Policy below and fill out the Visitor Form. We’ll email you to schedule your visit.
Notes on Accessibility: Street parking is available and the location is approximately 300 feet from the 24th Street Mission BART Station. Et al.'s entrance and bathroom are on the ground floor and wheelchair-accessible, but the Print Collection Reading Room is up a short flight of stairs. We are happy to accommodate visitors who cannot access the space; please let us know on the Visitor Form how we can best make the space accessible.