Community Programs
Sacramento Archives Crawl
Location: Center for Sacramento History
Event Date: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Cost: Free
Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Announcement: Press Release (pdf); Blog
Documents: Passport (pdf); Bookmark (pdf); Poster (pdf)
In celebration of National Archives Month, archives and special collections libraries from throughout the region will showcase their rarely seen holdings for the public in the first ever “Explore History: Sacramento Archives Crawl.” Historic treasures from twenty-one Northern California institutions will be on display at four downtown host locations – the California State Archives, the California State Library, the Center for Sacramento History, and the Sacramento Public Library.
Participants will “crawl” between four host locations, all located within downtown Sacramento. At the four locations, the public can view archival collections on display and take behind-the-scenes tours. In addition, representatives from seventeen other archives and special collections libraries will be at the host locations to discuss their archival collections - historic photographs, rare books, historic artifacts - and answer questions about how to connect with local history resources.
Archives Crawl Passports will be given to guests as they visit the host institutions. The passport provides a map of the event and information about the participating archives and special collection libraries. Event attendees who get their passport stamped at three of the four host sites will be given a set of limited-edition commemorative coasters. The coasters honor the pub crawl theme by featuring reproductions of the city’s former Buffalo Brewing Company and its advertising campaigns.
This event was made possible by financial support from the Sacramento History Foundation, the California State Library Foundation, and the Gordon-Goldstein Foundation. For more information about the crawl, visit www.sacarchivescrawl.blogspot.com.
Faces and Places of Sacramento
In 2007, the Center for Sacramento History began a city-wide community photographic collection program called
Faces and Places of Sacramento (pdf),
which seeks to document the historical, political, and cultural life of the Sacramento region. Center staff and
volunteers, along with professional photographers, set up events in community centers where Sacramentans were
asked to bring family albums and photograph collections to be copied. The selected images were then photographed,
creating a copy negative, which was then archived as a permanent part of the Center’s collections. By collecting
and preserving photographs from the people who have lived, worked, and played in Sacramento, the Center enhances
its permanent photographic collections for the enjoyment and education of present and future generations.
Faces and Places of Sacramento is an ongoing project funded by the Mayor and City Council. The Center has held
four events in four different City Council Districts with great success:
District 6 — June 30, 2007 at the Coloma Community Center
District 3 — September 15, 2007 at the E.M. Hart Multipurpose Senior Center
District 2 — November 17, 2007 at the Joe Mims, Jr. Hagginwood Community Center
District 4 — March 7, 2009 at Fairytale Town
Over eight hundred new photographic images have been added to the Center's permanent collections from the previous
events. Many of these images can be viewed through CSH’s online catalog; use the phrase "Faces and Places of Sacramento" when conducting your search.
Plans are in the works for events in the remaining districts as funding allows. Stay tuned for announcements about future events.
