Ever wonder who might have lived in your house, attended your school or walked the streets of your neighborhood many years ago? Who were they, and how did they live? Would you find their names in the early social registers? The answers to these questions and many other historical clues are at your fingertips. There is a library specialist who can help you unearth maps, plans and photos showing your community and maybe even your own home being built.
Meet Amanda Graham, the archivist of the Sacramento Room located in the Sacramento Public Library at 8th and I streets, which houses collections of local, regional and state historic material. She oversees seven specific collections that include books, maps, photographs, periodicals, manuscripts, city directories, and eye-catching ephemera—printed and illustrated materials like sports and theater tickets, advertisements and postcards.
Sacramento area community musical theater (esp. DMTC in Davis, 2000-2020); Liberal politics; Meteorology; "Breaking Bad," "Better Call Saul," and Albuquerque movie filming locations; New Mexico and California arcana, and general weirdness.
Monday, June 03, 2013
Nice Profile On Amanda Graham
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