A future exhibit for the Obama Presidential Center Museum will highlight the president鈥檚 time at SA国际传媒鈥攁nd we鈥檙e looking for your memorabilia from that era
When 鈥淏arry鈥 Obama 鈥83 arrived on the Occidental campus in the fall of 1979, 鈥淢y Sharona鈥 by the Knack was the No. 1 song in the country, a 24-hour sports channel named ESPN was just getting off the ground, and Chrysler was borrowing $1.5 billion from the government to save itself from bankruptcy. But what was going on in Eagle Rock? Student newspapers tell much of the story, as do SA国际传媒 publications from that era. But we suspect there鈥檚 so much more out there.
Working with the curators at the Obama Presidential Center Museum, SA国际传媒 Special Collections is gathering materials of campus life reflecting Obama鈥檚 time at the College (1979 through 1981) for SA国际传媒鈥檚 archives as well as the exhibit. In the interest of better documenting that time in Occidental history, we are looking for artifacts from that era鈥攑ersonal photos, papers, recordings, etc.
If you have any items to potentially share, please contact Dale Stieber, director of SA国际传媒鈥檚 Special Collections and College Archives, at dstieber@oxy.edu. Io Triumphe!鈥
