Our yearbook at the University of Utah, the UTONIAN, ceased publication in 1970; I think it was part of the whole anti-establishment, "up the man" attitude of the times. There have been a few rumblings about reviving it since, but nothing has ever come of them. The photos taken by the yearbook staff over the years form the foundation of our University archival photo collection. Most of the categories in the UU photo archives come to a halt in 1970, and coverage of campus events and people after that is spotty. There was a coffee table book produced for the University's sesquicentennial in 2000, and we did a website which you can see at http://www.lib.utah.edu/150; I think I've mentioned this before. (Incidentally, we used to have a sign at the entrance of campus that said "Oldest university west of the Mississippi" having been established in 1850; then to our chagrin we learned that I think the University of Oregon was established earlier. "Curse you, Oregon!" as Jon Stewart might say. Just kidding though!) All that said, the yearbooks are heavily used and a very valuable resource for us, not only for photos of grandpa or uncle Jim when he was on the football team, but for faculty, buildings, events, and the general tone of the campus. So heavily used, in fact, that the complete run we keep in the reference room was starting to show the wear so we took another complete run that we keep in the back (we have a number of complete runs of it) and are de-binding and digitizing the whole thing. This was one of the new library director's first projects, and a great one it is. I can't wait until it's done and we can access it, because, probably like most of yours, there is no index, so it will be wonderful to have a searchable copy. Roy Webb, C.A. Multimedia Archivist Special Collections J. Willard Marriott Library 295 South 1500 East University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 office: (801) 585-3073 FAX: (801) 585-3976 [log in to unmask] http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>