Show and Tell: Ohlone Archives Dina Rubiolo, Jim Wright, and Jenny Schmidt
Plan ● ● ● ● ● ●
The 50th Anniversary Committee My role Archives at Ohlone before the Committee Oopsies Yays Into the Future + Still Unknown
The 50th Anniversary Committee ● Brief overview ● Mission
My role ● ● ● ● ● ●
Adjunct Librarian at Ohlone for 18 years Participating in the first goal of the framework Locate and inventory existing Ohlone artifacts Provide research assistance where needed Assist with development of displays for the 50th Helped develop ohlone50.org and developed, am still developing, College Archives website
Archives at Ohlone before the Committee ● ● ● ●
Scattered throughout campus, no central inventory Library: Ward Blanchard, 5 filing cabinets of materials Facilities’ role Gaps
Oopsies ● ● ● ●
Huddleson purchase check confusion Mary Fontanilla (ELC) Keeping perspective Many many label and other errors, libguides.ohlone.edu/archives
Yays ● Jim’s book publication ● Many stories to tell; making sure people of color/other groups included ● Mini interviews ● First graduation photo
Into the Future + Still Unknown ● What is the best course? What should be kept? What should be inventoried? What should be made available and in what form? Where will items be kept? Will there be ongoing selection and inventory of new items? ● Mine; a few examples: where is the mine shaft with the rail tracks? ● Where is the camel jaw? ● Recognition of the Ohlone basket weaving rock