We ask researchers to schedule an appointment at least 2-3 business days in advance so we have time to retrieve the materials for your visit from our offsite storage. 

Please call or email us to schedule an appointment. When you contact us, please include:

• Your name, email, and phone number
• Materials you would like pulled for your research appointment. Include:
  • Collection title and number with Box numbers or Flat File Folder Numbers
• Your research topic (optional, we can use this information to help identify any other possible materials you may be interested in)
• Preferred day and time of visit

If you don't know which materials you want to look at, that is ok! Let us know what your research topic is, and we can pull some materials we think will be helpful.

Image: Photograph of the archives reading room. An archives staff person will be available to help you when you visit.

With the Virtual Reading Room service, you can meet with archives staff to view archives materials over Zoom or get help with your research project. Email us at archives@calpoly.edu to learn more.

Left image: setup of archives zoom appointment. 

Right image: what you see when you meet with us on zoom, a folder of material at a time that we can page through together.

We Are Located on the 4th Floor of the Library

Image description: map to archives in Kennedy Library.

Read about parking at Cal Poly at the Transportation & Parking Services website. Visitors to campus can park in Parking Structure 131 with an all-day parking pass or in Parking Lot H2 with 88 metered spaces (up to 4 hours) near the library. To locate and pay for metered parking, we recommend downloading and setting up the ParkMobile app on your phone before your visit.