The Sacramento Archives Crawl is an Archives Month event held every October. Crawlers tour among four host archives in Sacramento, gathering stamps in their passports as they view treasures from dozens of archives and special collections libraries, visit with archivists, and go on special behind-the-scenes tours. The 2024 Crawl will be held on Saturday, October 5, from 10 am to 4 pm at the Central Library, State Library, State Archives, and Center for Sacramento to History.
That's all, folks! Thanks for being a great audience for our second virtual Crawl! We hope to see you back in person next year. In the meantime, all of the videos and recorded live events from this year's Crawl (and last year's) can be found on our Youtube page or by clicking on the image below.
Take a look are various talks that were given during SAC2021, including a talk at Sacramento State's Special Collections and University Archives on the incarceration of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II, the "Meet the Archivists" panel, the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park's Gold Rush Live Tour, a presentation from the Sacramento Public Library on Sacramento's Depression Era Hoovervilles, Americans of Japanese ancestry living in the Sacramento Valley town of Winters, and much, much more...
Happy Saturday, All! Today, we enjoy another great tale from the good people at the Old City Cemetery Committee - in this case, it involves a few of those Masons, including a governor, a Canadian rebel, and a doctor. We also learn more about the magic within the El Dorado County Historical Museum. Soon after that at 1:00 pm, archivist James Scott of the Sacramento Public Library's Sacramento Room takes us on a journey to the Depression Era Hoovervilles of Sacramento. To attend, click here for Zoom credentials. Our friends at the West Sacramento Historical Society take us through a terrific presentation on redistricting in Yolo County. And, to the end the day, California Revealed brings us “Preserving Perseverance: Stories of Personal Power and Resilience” features a selection of four films from the California Revealed collection that tell stories of empowerment, connection, and personal growth.
Make sure to catch us at 5 pm today for our inaugural "Meet the Archivists" discussion panel. Seven archival professionals from Sacramento area heritage institutions will share their experiences from the vaults, stacks and research rooms. You can join what's sure to be a lively and fascinating conversation by clicking HERE!
Also this week...
We're back with Day 3 of the Sacramento Archives Crawl. With an eye on better understanding the fight for racial equality in California, the California State Library's California History Section takes us on a journey through the various formats within the Jeremiah Burke Sanderson Collection. We also see photographic documentation of the Old City Cemetery Committee's dedicated efforts to raise $35,000 for the restoration of various headstones in Sacramento's beloved-by-many Old City Cemetery. Finally, brought to us by the Placer County Museums Division, learn about the gritty (and, of course, perseverant) town of Iowa Hill.
Monday's crawl takes us on a LIVE! look into the Center for Sacramento History, a guided VIP tour within the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park's Wah Hop Store, a pleasing trip through the world class facility known as the California State Archives stacks, and via various archival entry points in the Sacramento Public Library's Sacramento Room, the events that have faced down Sacramento throughout its post-European contact history, including the Influenza Pandemic of 1918/1919, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War.
Kicking off SAC2021 is this wonderfully unique dive into the holdings of the California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives, the El Dorado Historical Museum, and the San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum. These presentations on the restorative elements of Blood, Justice, and Water are worth a view.
SAC2021 has arrived...almost. Every morning this week - October 3 through 9 - join us at the crawl's Facebook page for an infusion of programming that surrounds - from every side - this year's theme: "Preserving Perseverance." You can get to the crawl's Facebook page by clicking here: Sacramento Archives Crawl | Facebook. Make sure to "like" the page when you visit. You can also check in here for fresh links to each day's new set of events.
Like last year, public health has led us to opt for a virtual Sacramento Archives Crawl for the first week of October.
Greetings gentle crawlers. It's been a year unlike few others - one demanding the guile, strength and perseverance of all of us living in the Sacramento Region. Accordingly, the theme for the 2021 Sacramento Archives Crawl will be "Preserving Perseverance," a deep dive into all the ways that our indomitable city, county, and region has risen above the myriad challenges placed before it, from pre-European contact to today.
Staying on the safe side of things, we are - again - making the crawl virtual, but not without some exciting enhancements to what you saw last year! Expect more "live" programming and return to the always fun opportunity to win stuff through our traditional scavenger hunt and some well placed virtual pub quizes. We loved interacting with you in 2020 and look forward to another exciting October.
Check back with this page or our Facebook page for updates as we move closer to "Preserving Perseverance."
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| Taken on November 30, 1950, this aerial photograph shows the intersection of Fulton Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard flooding due to the American River overflowing. The surge of water caused many houses to be evacuated. |
