Local History Collections: A Symposium

HILE THE L o c a l H i s t o r y Col lec t ion and the U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v e s a r e housed in the s a m e r o o m s and a d m i n i s t e r e d by the s a m e staff in the U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r L i b r a r y , each h a s i ts o w n ident i ty , its dist inc t h i s to ry and its s e p a r a t e p u r p o s e s and goals . T h e re l a t ionsh ip of the t w o col lect ions is close, since the un ive r s i ty h a s been an int e g r a l p a r t of , and an in f luen t ia l e l e m e n t in the h i s to ry of the city f o r a l m o s t 100 years , and the city h a s in t u r n s u p p o r t e d and enc o u r a g e d the g r o w t h of the ins t i tu t ion , f u r nished m a n y of i ts l e a d e r s and the g r e a t e r p r o p o r t i o n of its s t u d e n t body. T h e j o i n t a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of the t w o col lect ions is t h e r e f o r e a logical one.