What's New In Special Collections

Throwback Thursday ~ by Hana Gutierrez

(Photos of Renee Lee come from the Renee Lee papers, MS-00587)

While working in Special Collections I have come across many collections with interesting pieces, but one collection that has remained in my mind is the Renee Lee Collection. The collection documents the later years of Renee Lee’s career as an actress and singer in Las Vegas. My favorite items in the collection are two images of Ms. Lee. The first image is a picture of her posing in a showgirl outfit in the 1960s. The second image is of her again posing in a showgirl’s outfit, but about 40 years later. As soon as I saw the two photos juxtaposed, I was reminded of the popular “Throwback Thursday” internet trend in which a person recreates a photo from her past to show how she has changed or stayed the same. I admire the pride Lee took…Read More

Behind the Scenes in Special Collections

Front Row: L to R: Dallas Reiber, Christina Molina, Ian Baldwin,Kayla McDuffie. Second Row: L to R: Karla Irwin, Hana Guiterrez, Lindsay Oden, and Hannah Robinson. Not pictured: Jocelyn Ascensio

Special Collections is excited to be in the early phases of implementing ArchivesSpace, a new collection management application that provides us with the ability to manage and store all our collection guides, also known as finding aids, in one place. Our implementation of ArchivesSpace will result in increased public access to our collection guides. In preparation for launching the user interface of the application, Special Collections is busy populating ArchivesSpace with existing finding aids, as well as some brand new ones.…Read More