Archives Newsletter

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Date Volume/Issue
5/22/2021 Volume 20, Issue 1, Spring 2021. Headline: Dealing with Disaster
10/24/2020 Volume 19, Issue 2, Fall 2020. Headline: Every Four Years
5/22/2020 Volume 19, Issue 1. Spring 2020. Headline: Old School: A college rises.
10/24/2019 Volume 18, Issue 2. Fall 2019. Headline: How the Winds of WWII Brought a French Teacher to Bakersfield.
5/28/2019 Volume 18, Issue 1. Spring 2019. Headline: Honoring Jerry Ludeke: 6 Decades of Service.
11/1/2018 Volume 17, Issue 2. Fall 2018. Headline: Max Burdick's Time in BC's Nursing Program.
5/31/2018 Volume 17, Issue 1. Spring 2018. Headline: BC Swim Program in the Early Fifties.
11/1/2017 Volume 16, Issue 2. Fall 2017. Headline: Porterville College's Anniversaries.
6/1/2017 Volume 16, Issue 1. Spring 2017. Headline:Film Preservation Project.
11/1/2016 Volume 15, Issue 2. Fall 2016. Headline: The Dean and Adah Gay Sports Complex - Gerry Collis Field.
4/14/2016 Volume 15, Issue 1. Spring 2016. Headline: 60th Anniversary of the Big Move to the Hill.
12/2/2015 Volume 14, Issue 2. Fall 2015. Headline: BC's Memorial Stadium Turns 60.
5/1/2015 Volume 14, Issue 1. Spring 2015. Headline: 1936 LeMoyne College v. BJC: First Interracial Debate.
11/1/2014 Volume 13, Issue 2. Fall 2014. Headline: BC's Campus Boulders.
1/1/2014 Volume 13, Issue 1. Spring 2014. Headline: Grandnieces and grandnephews of Grace Bird attend Centennial Ball and Gala.
11/12/2013 Volume 12, Issue 2. Fall 2013. Headline: BC President, Sonya Christian Supports the Archives.
1/1/2013 Volume 12, Issue 1. Spring 2013. Headline: Dr. Sonya Christian-Bakersfield College's New President.
11/1/2012 Volume 11, Issue 2. Fall 2012. Headline: An Olympic World Record.
1/1/2012 Volume 11, Issue 1. Spring 2012. Headline: Harry Drennan.
11/1/2011 Volume 10, Issue 2. Fall 2011. Headline: John J. Collins: Soldier, Teacher, Mentor, Friend.
1/1/2011 Volume 10, Issue 1. Spring 2011. Headline: Ron McMasters: A Multi-Talented Man.
11/1/2010 Volume 9, Issue 2. November 2010. Headline: Gil Bishop: B.C. Director of Athletics 1954 to 1968, Track & Field Meet Director, And Announcer Extraordinaire.
5/1/2010 Volume 9, Issue 1. May 2010. Headline: Richard Miles: B.C. Student, Foreign Service Officer, Ambassador.
12/1/2009 Volume 8, Issue 2. December 2009. Headline: Lindsey Grove.
4/1/2009 Volume 8, Issue 1. April 2009. Headline: John Boydstun: BC Alumnus
11/1/2008 Volume 7, Issue 2. November 2008. Headline: Dr. Greg Chamberlain: BC's 9th President Introduced by his wife, Kelly Chamberlain.
5/1/2008 Volume 7, Issue 1. May 2008. Headline: President William Mitchell Andrews Retires From Bakersfield College.
11/1/2007 Volume 6, Issue 2. November 2007. Headline: John J. Collins: An Incomparable Individual and Former BC President.
5/1/2007 Volume 6, Issue 1. May 2007. Headline: Archives Acquires Bill Thomas Papers.
11/1/2006 Volume 5, Issue 2. November 2006. Headline: The "Move to the Hill" Celebration.
4/1/2006 Volume 5, Issue 1. April 2006. Headline: The "Move to the Hill" Turns 50.
11/1/2005 Volume 4, Issue 1. November 2005. Headline: Why We Need the BC Archives.
9/1/2005 Volume 3, Issue 1. Winter 2005.
5/1/2004 Volume 2, Issue 2. May 2004. Headline: Archives Association's First Open House.
11/1/2003 Volume 1, Issue 3. Winter 2003. Headline: Renegades Baseball Continues a Winning Tradition.
8/1/2003 Volume 1, Issue 2. August 2003. Headline: Bakersfield College Responds to War.
6/1/2003 Volume 1, Issue 1. June 2003. Headline: Vision of BC Archives Association Becomes Reality.
1/1/2003 August 2003. Bakersfield College The Renegade Register. Archives Newsletter -- not available online.