丹尼尔·威尔逊

2023年1月27日

Anyone who has ever cleaned out an attic or garage will understand the joy of finding things they didn’t know were there.

詹姆斯·福克斯就是这么说的, head of the Donald and Beverly Gerth Special Collections and University Archives, 也是大学图书馆的一个小团队在去年秋天经历的.

The team rummaged through boxes of documents and artifacts to dig up stories and items to tell the tale of Sacramento State. The fruits of that labor are on display in an exhibition commemorating Sac State’s legacy as part of the University’s 75^th 周年庆典.

“The whole time I’ve been at Sac State, it has been a process of discovery,” Fox said. “这个校园里发生的伟大的事情，我都不知道.”

The 75^th Anniversary Archives exhibit – atop the main lobby escalator on the second-floor mezzanine of the University Library – will run through the end of the Spring 2023 semester. 它是可见的 图书馆正常办公时间.

“I want to give something back to the University and something to the community,” Fox said. “这是我们送给学校的礼物，也是表达感谢的一种方式, 这样别人就能欣赏它了.”

The exhibit’s three-part “Then/Now” theme highlights the University’s physical campus footprint, 这是对社区的投资, 以及它对社会变革的贡献. 展览的时间轴风格展示了历史照片, 文件和小册子的图片, 语境信息, 装饰在醒目的彩色背景.

“让我吃惊的是, 当我看着萨克拉门托州立大学过去75年的照片时, 我们的学生人数有多大, 我们的使命是多么多样化和变革性啊,艾米·考茨曼说, 大学图书馆院长. “The written word is powerful, but the photos bring the impact of our campus to life.”

Fox, 手稿和档案协调员林恩·德伦南, and public service and 档案助理 Brianna Loughlin each worked with a small group of library staff to compile content, 每个都专注于三个类别中的一个. 其他团队成员包括图书管理员艾米丽·梅里菲尔德, Anne Bradley, and Mary-Kate Finnegan; 图书馆助理 Jared Jensen; and Maria Ramirez, 图书馆活动协调员和传播战略家.

“我们所有人都在做出贡献，”德伦南说. “这绝对是图书馆的努力.”

Fox said the biggest challenge the team faced was determining how to get 75 years of history into four relatively small display cases.

“I think it’s just been trying to tell a good story when we can’t include everything we would love to include,” Drennan said. “We can’t include every group on campus, but every group on campus has contributed over 75 years.”

Loughlin, 谁的团队编写了关注社会变化的材料, said the record shows how students have fought for representation and inclusion over the decades.

“It’s a progression through time of how student advocacy has pushed our University socially forward,Loughlin说. “Hopefully, it triggers people to be more curious and look into things on their own, too.”

Challenges in creating the exhibit included finding the right images and accurate information for certain periods, as well as having tough conversations about how to handle difficult parts of Sac State’s history, 例如它与臭名昭著的优生学家的联系.M. 在20世纪50年代和60年代的歌德，福克斯说.

“看看你的过去，看看你来这里之前发生了什么, I think, 真的很令人兴奋, 我们需要分享这一点.——林恩·德伦南，手稿和档案协调员

Sac State Graphic Design Professor John Forrest enlisted his Fall 2022 senior design students to craft the display.

“他们可以在真实的环境中工作，”福雷斯特说. “他们必须考虑到观众. 他们必须考虑上下文，并承认这不是虚构的.”

To emulate a professional environment, about 20 students split into smaller teams. Each team offered a design idea and presented it to library staff, who made a final choice.

“In addition to focusing on the form of these things and how we’re going to build these things, we’re trying to think about what concepts can we come up with to reinforce the story that the library team has put together for us,” Forrest said.

The students whose design was chosen for the final exhibit were Illonna Gross, Gyusung Han, Renzo Ortiz, 克里斯蒂安·梅蒂维耶.

Fox and Drennan said the exhibit should give a sense of Sac State’s evolution. Viewers can make deep connections as they take in how the campus started with just five buildings and no trees, 然后发展到今天的样子.

“Most people, when you come to campus, you grow to love campus,” Drennan said. “看看你的过去，看看你来这里之前发生了什么, I think, 真的很令人兴奋, 我们需要分享这一点. 有些有点奇怪，有点不寻常，但很有趣.”

福雷斯特也有类似的看法.

“这是一种非常快速的视觉吸引，”他说. “As (viewers) walk by … the goal of the students (who designed it) is to get them started on that narrative and have them follow that through.”

Fox said he hopes the exhibit helps people realize the importance of celebrating the University’s 75 years of accomplishments.

“Telling people what you’re doing and have done is as important as what you’ve done,” Fox said. “我们并不总是尽我们所能向人们介绍我们自己. Some of the great achievements on this campus have been the best-kept secrets in our town.”