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Re: College/University Archivists
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000 16:32:19 -0500, Archives & Archivists wrote:
I believe that has to do with the advent of inexpensive, high-quality
photographic equipment from Kodak.
| It's been fascinating to see the responses to this as a person new to the
| university archives game.
|
| Butler University held its first classes in 1855; the first yearbook (The
| Drift) was published in 1891 and features photos of several campus
buildings
| and formal group shots of several fraternities and sororities. There are
| photos of earlier graduating classes and faculty. Why is there suddenly
a
| bloom of yearbooks in the 1890s? What was the social or technological
| impetus? Inquiring minds want to know.
|
| Sally Childs-Helton, Ph.D.
| Special Collections/Rare Books Librarian
| Butler University Libraries
| 4600 Sunset Avenue
| Indianapolis, IN 46208
| 317-940-9265
| schildsh@butler.edu
|
Rolanda L. Ridley
Archives and Special Collections Cataloger
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