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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 181
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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History Maker
As TCC turns 50, one researcher will tell its story Article and Photos By Todd Matthews, Editor A lot can happen in 50 years. Just ask Dale Coleman. For more than a year, the Tacoma Community College (TCC) Library Reference Specialist has researched old photographs, newspaper archives, press releases, oral histories, and board meeting minutes in preparation for the school's 50th anniversary. "It's really tough because there are so many stories," said Coleman during a recent interview in a windowless archive room Tacoma Community deep inside the Pearl A. College (TCC) Library Wanamaker Library and Reference Specialist Instructional Resource Dale Coleman is writCenter on campus. "The ing a narrative history trick is sort of weaving a to mark the college's macro story. You'll never be able to tell every story, but 50th anniversary. "It's really tough because you kind of do your best to there are so many incorporate what was gostories," said Coleing on at the campus and man. "The trick is sort what was going on in the of weaving a macro world. Hopefully, I have acstory. You'll never be complished that." able to tell every story, Coleman's history projbut you kind of do ect traces back to a decision your best to incorpomade two years ago to forrate what was going mally establish an archive on at the campus and on campus. A consultant what was going on in was hired, an operating the world. Hopefully, budget was created, and I have accomplished TCC eventually created a that." part-time position to manage the archive. TCC Library staff decided a narrative history would complement the archive as the school approached its 50th anniversary. As documents are added to the archive every week, Coleman leafs through the materials to produce what will eventually become a 125-page narrative history of the college. It will be available next year as an e-book with videos and other multimedia, as well as a print-on-demand version. TCC has already created a Web site to celebrate the 50th anniversary, and plans to launch the project in January by releasing excerpts online leading CONTINUED up to the official anniversary ON PAGE 2 and celebration.
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