History "Scrapbook Day" - Sat. May 9th

Blessed Sacrament Church Parish Hall

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Plans are moving forward and participants and volunteers are needed for this great community event. Join with local historians and your neighbors in sharing your stories and photographs of El Cerrito and the College Neighborhoods.

Please bring your vintage family photos and stories of the “College Area neighborhoods” to share. Scanners and video/audio recorders will be available for documenting your contributions to our community’s history. You and your neighbors’ memories are an essential part of preserving and celebrating the unique heritage of this community.

Start combing through old photographs, shaking loose memories, and help identify long-time neighbors who would be important subjects for interviewing. This is an excellent opportunity for residents to compile histories of our neighborhood for future generations to enjoy.

Recognize that it is stories and photographs that hold the “personal” history of the community. Remembrances of local houses, schools, churches, businesses, youth sports, clubs, issues, families, individuals and events are of interest. The day-to-day history of life in the College Neighborhoods is just as important and relevant as what was documented in the big newspapers. So please help us uncover and share our collective histories for current and future residents to enjoy. 

We are looking to collect your memories through:

Just remember that photos and memorabilia don’t have to be really, really old. Items from just a few years ago or ten or twenty years ago that document individuals and events are just as valid as historical sources. Also, photos and stories of houses, buildings, families and everyday life don’t have to be “professional quality.” Sometimes that simple family snapshot has far more historical value than the professionals’ portrait of a building or business.

The College Neighborhoods Foundation History Project, led by local historian Jim Newland, has arranged for long-term archiving of all images and objects at San Diego State University. All images and materials will also be available to benefit the programs of the local community councils and the College Neighborhoods Foundation (CNF).

It is hoped that this will become a recurring event for CNF to replicate throughout the College Neighborhoods.

If someone needs a ride to get to the Parish Hall to participate, transportation will be available. Just let Jan Riley know at 619-287-2460 or ECCC@cox.net and arrangements will be made to pick them up and take them safely home.

EQUIPMENT & VOLUNTEER NEEDS
In order to make this a successful event we will need help. A Planning Committee has been formed and here is a list of some of the equipment needs and volunteer opportunities available:

Equipment Needs:

Do you have one of the following you could bring, operate or allow us to use for the event:

• Scanners (flatbed)
• Computer (desk or laptop) w/ MS Word/Excel:
• Audio/Video Recorders:
• Digital Cameras
  

• Scanning techs
• Photographers
• Persons to catalog photos & record photos image info
• Persons to enter catalog info into computer database
• Helper/keeper to keep track & take care of original photos
• Recorder/clerks for Check-In/Accessioner Stations
• Interviewers
• Car drivers for elderly participants
• Hospitality Leader
• Clean-Up/Close Down
• Transcription of Oral Interviews
   

We are also looking for assistance to get:

• Food and Drink: contributed by local businesses
• Coffee and cookies for community participants
• Box lunches for volunteers (for History Day)
   

If all of this sounds difficult or overwhelming, we will be having training sessions prior to the event and day of the event. Lunch & coffee will be provided to all volunteers on Scrapbook History Day.

Do help us make this a really successful event!

For more information on volunteering equipment or time, please contact HistoryProject@CollegeNeighborhoods.com.

Contributor Sign Up Form

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on May 9th at Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall. Also, if you cannot make it that day to participate, please let us know.

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