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100 Years Ago: Improving Life in the Farm Home Author: Emily S. Lin December 18, 2020 Last month, I introduced the history of the development of the Merced County Farm Bureau as documented in the early reports of the county agent. These reports, as well as historical photographs, are now freely available in digital form through Calisphere. Working alongside the county agent was a home demonstration agent who was responsible for organizing activities to solve problems and improve practices which affected “physically, socially, or economically the homes of the community.” |
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Call for Spring 2021 Library Instruction Requests December 10, 2020 UC Merced librarians offer instruction sessions to support students in their completion of course assignments requiring library research skills. During this time of remote instruction, we are able to visit your Zoom sessions to offer instruction. Please submit any spring 2021 requests via our online instruction request form. |
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Library Services During Winter Break (2020-2021) December 10, 2020 As UC Merced’s closure for Winter Break approaches, we’ve outlined more specifics about the availability of library services. We look forward to supporting your research and teaching in 2021! |
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The Carter Joseph Abrescy and Larry Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence is Now Open for Undergraduate Applicants December 3, 2020 The Carter Joseph Abrescy and Larry Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence is now accepting applications for undergraduate students through January 25, 2021. |
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A Look Back: The Farm Bureau Organization 100 Years Ago Author: Emily S. Lin November 20, 2020 “Merced County was what might be termed virgin territory for rural organization work before the farm bureau came into this county,” wrote County Agent J.F. Grass in his November 30, 1920 Narrative Report. But Grass reported that with a few “good men” of experience placed in office who were “willing workers,” and with ongoing attention to “developing individuals” to be “trained to act as leaders,” “the program of work idea is working out satisfactorily in this county.” As of December 1st of that year, the Farm Bureau of Merced County had fifteen farm centers and 1,075 members.
Map of farm centers in the county, from the 1920 annual report of the county agricultural agent. Three years after the start of the county farm bureau, the 1920 annual report strikes a reflective tone, and Grass takes stock of the factors that are important to the progress of work: the importance of “... |
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Ernest Lowe Photography Collection -- Live on Calisphere Author: Jerrold Shiroma November 9, 2020 The UC Merced Library is happy to announce the public launch of the Ernest Lowe Photography Collection. This collection of photographs, which was acquired by the Library with support from the UC Merced Office of the Chancellor, showcases the work done by photographer Ernest Lowe to document the lives and struggles of the farmworking communities in California's Central Valley. These photographs date from the late 1960s, which featured a series of flashpoints of labor activism among farmworkers in the Valley. Featured among these photographs are images from the Delano to Sacramento March, organized by the UFW, and where labor activists Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta figured prominently. Too, are images of Bobby Kennedy as he participated in a series of congressional hearings on the rights on farmworkers in Delano, CA. Alongside these more dramatic scenes are images depicting the familial and community lives of these farmworkers. As viewers, we are drawn into the... |
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Pilot Program- The Lantern Will Temporarily Open to Students as a Study Space November 6, 2020 Pilot Study Space Program- The first floor of the Library Lantern will temporarily open to students as a study space through November 24th. |
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Processing Obsolete Media in CARA Author: Rebecca Gourevitch October 27, 2020 In this post, the CARA team assesses its significant sets of audio-visual objects in the University of California Cooperative Extension collections. We examine a box of ¼-inch open reel audio tapes, a type of magnetic media, that contain radio show segments from Humboldt County. To begin processing these AV materials, we consider the condition of the tapes, collect information about their content, and discuss ways to preserve and digitize the tapes in order to provide public access. |
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With Fire Threatening, National Parks Turn to UC Merced for Help Preserving History October 22, 2020 UC Merced's Newsroom reports on UC Merced Library's role in bringing the archives of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (SEKI) to campus due to fire risk. This piece speaks to the rescue effort, potential for on-going collaboration, and the rich resources located in the archive. |
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eBooks Now Available on the Project Muse Platform October 14, 2020 UC libraries have acquired perpetual access 10,000 ebooks, from university presses and scholarly publishers. These are now available on the Project Muse platform. Book chapters are available as PDFs for download. |
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