Kammala wannan jumla: Sutro Library wani reshe ne na Laburaren Jihar California da ke San Francisco a harabar Jami'ar Jihar San Francisco. Tushen tarin laburaren tsohon magajin garin San Francisco ne, injiniya, dan kasuwa, kuma mai ba da agaji Adolph Sutro. Gidan ɗakin karatu ya ba da kyauta ga Jihar California ta magajin Sutro tare da sharadin cewa ba zai taɓa barin iyakokin birnin San Francisco ba, yana cika burinsa na samar da birni tare da ɗakin karatu na bincike na jama'a. An ba shi kyauta ga California State Library a shekara ta 1913, kuma an bude shi ga jama'a a shekara ta 1917. Musamman, rabin tarin Sutro ya tsira daga
<unk>Babban Wuta<unk> bayan girgizar kasa ta 1906. Abubuwan da ke tattare da tarin sun haɗa da littattafai masu wuya 125,000, taswirar tsofaffi, da tarin kayan tarihi, da kuma ɗakin karatu na asali.