La Jolla Historical Society

The La Jolla Historical Society will digitize nearly 1,800 photographs, postcards, and oral history recordings in its collection. The project will support the hiring and training of two paid interns. Under the supervision of the collections manager, the interns will digitize and accession the collections, research and draft descriptions for the catalog records, and upload all materials to the society’s collections management system. Cataloging and digitizing the collection will address the urgent need to preserve fidelity of the deteriorating items in the collection. This project will also increase the accessibility of the collections for guest curators, researchers, genealogists, the public, and staff members, who will use the collections to inform future exhibitions and to respond to the estimated 325 research requests the society receives annually.