Wednesday, August 15, 2012

SLCC Through the Ages - Memorabilia


Salt Lake Community College’s Archives houses many physical collections ranging from Administrative Records, Photographs of Student Life, to SLCC Publications such as the Globe. Amongst these collections we have interesting materials that document the History of the College as well as special Events.

The materials currently being held in this display case represent a sampling of the various objects from our Memorabilia Collection. From Alumni Association commemorative items such as stadium seats with a Bruin Logo, decorative Bruin license plate frames and sunglasses to more historical items such as President Nelson’s Gavel, these physical objects provide vignettes of transformation. One mug, with a road sign logo is part of a marketing campaign from when the College switched from a Quarter System to a Semester System.
Other Presidential realia such as President Carnahan’s commemorative mug and President Budd’s Medal are juxtaposed with a large UTT Logo Plaque (from when SLCC was known as Utah Trade Tech) and the brightly colored SLTT logo featuring the main vocational skills taught at the College when it was known as Salt Lake Trade Technical Institute. Other items include postcards of SLCC Buildings, photographs of SLCC Students, and a T-shirt with the logo from CQ Dream Team 2010.
Ranging from the traditional such as Frisbees and printed mugs to the nearly bizarre, such as a commemorative toilet seat, these materials represent the colorful past of the College.
For more information about the SLCC Archives or to view our online Digital Collections, visit http://contentdm.slcc.edu/cdm/