Buckley Continues to Bring Archives Into the Future

Everyone knows about Buckley’s long and rich history, which dates back to 1923. In fact, all you have to do is read the pages of Alumni Notes right here in Spotlight to see all of the great things that Buckley graduates are accomplishing! 

 

Thanks to the steadfast leadership and support of two of those alumni from 1951—Jane (Rawlings) Odenweller and Arthur Geoffrion—many of the school’s artifacts have now been preserved and stored beyond the walls of our Archive Room at the school. As this project continues to grow, Jane wanted us to be sure and recognize two women who were at the forefont of understanding the importance of preserving Buckley’s history—former Director of Development Laura Grossman, as well as longtime Buckley teacher Barbara McCloskey. Jane called Barbara an “encouraging friend to the project from the very start.” 

 

With the goal of making the school’s archive accessible to the broader community, Buckley has partnered with Innovative Document Imaging to digitize all of our archival materials—including yearbooks, photos, and bulletins that date back to the 1920’s. 

To ensure that this process is undertaken with great care, this summer we invited two alums— Erin Bernard ’15 and Christopher Nishimura ’13—to assist the Office of Development and Alumni Relations in taking our archive program to the next level. Among their responsiblities, Erin and Chris organized many of our archive materials and our online website directory. They also helped develop story ideas about our alumni to be published throughout the next school year.  

 

 

Chris is also thrilled to be a part of this project, which allows him to spend time in the building where he spent so much of his upper school years. 

 

“This project has been a great way for me to reconnect with Buckley,” Chris said. “Going through the archives and looking at all of the photos has made me realize that Buckley has had as much of an impact on everyone who passed through here as it did for me. The moments captured in these pictures show how special Buckley truly is.”