To our dear Archives & Special Collections patrons,
We are proud to announce our joint initiative with Santa Clara Magazine to collect and preserve the stories of the SCU Community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future researchers will be curious about our experiences, and our colleagues and classmates of the current day may be wondering how their peers have fared the past year. This project addresses both of these scenarios.
All pieces will be published on the Magazine’s website within a couple weeks of submission, and Archives & Special Collections is adding entries to Scholar Commons for long term preservation. We are taking submissions in the following formats that communicate some aspect of this incredibly historic past year:
Text submissions from 300-500 words
Audio clips from 30-60 seconds
Original artwork with descriptions
The University Library is offering two workshops next week to help the creative process along. The workshops will provide space to reflect and heal, setting aside 40 minutes to compose your entry and providing time for a share-out at the end. Experts will be standing by to answer your questions, whether it be about how to record your audio clip or how to describe the artwork you’re submitting.
If you are a current SCU student, staff person, or faculty member, please consider joining.
Register for the May 18 Workshop, 4-5 pm
Register for the May 21 Workshop, 12 noon - 1 pm
In other news, we hope to have an announcement about re-opening plans in our June newsletter. Suffice to say that we look forward to again welcoming SCU researchers to the Martin Reading Room this summer, and opening to a wider swath of researchers come fall term, but stay tuned for specifics.
Until next time, be well and stay curious!
Historic Photos Get Recreated and Updated
Last quarter Professor Aoki’s Digital Imaging class used photos from the SCU Digital Collections as the base for an assignment to colorize or recreate an historic photo. Check out more of the results for some fun!
From the Blog, Arthur’s Attic
Untold Stories: Asian Students at SCU
Trizha Aquino, A&SC student research assistant
In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, our department student assistant tells the story of Joseph K. Hobo and Maseo “Wayne” Kanemoto, two early notable Asian students at Santa Clara, while acknowledging the difficulties one may experience doing this type of archival research.
Student Protests at SCU
Trizha Aquino, A&SC student research assistant
Non-violent direct actions and protests seem to have taken up residence in the blood of SCU students since the late 1960s, spanning the era of the Vietnam War through the fraternity scandal in the 1990s to the present day adjunct lecturer unionization action. This blog post takes a closer look and adds context to several movements over the last 50 years.
60 Years of Shattering Tradition: Women’s 60th Anniversary at SCU
2021 is the 60th anniversary of women being admitted to SCU as undergraduate students. This blog post revisits the historic announcement and explore what it meant for some of the first women to graduate from SCU. Shout-out to Sheila Thatcher Taylor who commented that she would love to reconnect with alumni in the Washington, D.C. area—hit her up if you live over there!