{"id":259,"date":"2009-05-29T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2009-05-29T13:07:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T18:07:01","slug":"today-is-all-about-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2009\/05\/29\/today-is-all-about-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is all about the past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next weekend is UConn’s Alumni Weekend and we are celebrating with two very special exhibits that we will highlight all next week right here on our blog.<\/p>\n

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Athletic Event, circa 1948<\/p><\/div>\n

Photographs from university activities and events are a significant portion of our collections, as is true with many archives in higher education institutions.\u00a0 They are\u00a0incredibly important\u00a0in documenting\u00a0life on campus.\u00a0 But all too often the images are a result of\u00a0staff photographers employed to take official pictures.\u00a0 We often see a\u00a0different idea of what\u00a0was\u00a0important when students are\u00a0taking the images.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The exhibit\u00a0“Something Important\u00a0Happened Today: Student Photography on Campus”<\/em><\/strong> is a special exhibit for us, as it is\u00a0from the\u00a0photograph collection of Carl Brandt, Class of 1949. While on campus in the late 1940s — a period of remarkable change on the Storrs campus — Brandt took thousands of photographs and this exhibit presents a selection of Dr. Brandt’s images, complemented by his memories.<\/p>\n

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A View of South Campus, circa 1947<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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