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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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