The Archives Magazine
Kutztown University Through Pictures
Katie Pellegrino
This irregular pattern of recording speaks to our responsibility today. In the age of the selfie, where we are constantly photographing our campus, faculty, and ourselves, it is important to clearly annotate and catalogue these photos for future reference. What is easily known today could become lost tomorrow, keeping in minding that the Archives includes some photos marked only “ME.” There are hundreds if not thousands of photographs in the Archives, and it is important moving forward that we document new additions while unraveling old mysteries. Current students will soon graduate into Kutztown’s history, and it is imperative that we make that history useful to those who might one day look back on us. So as you pose for your next selfie on campus, remember that you are adding to a tradition over one hundred years old.
A group of young women, likely posed on campus.
The photo was only labeled "Kutztown Craft."
Both of these photographs were marked "Me."
A postcard of The Keystone Society. Those white clumps behind some of the young women's head denot a large hair bow.
Labelled as "Students putting on a skit."
"Court Scene," likely from a Shakespeare production due to the Elizabethan ruffs.
"The Triumph of Pauline," Keystone Society, April 12, 1913. One of the early theatrical productions on campus.
Two of the several student teachers photographed in the Archives. It appears to be common practice in the 70s and 80s to document student teachers while on assignment at the local high school.