Sarah Lim: Museum Notes
Sarah Lim: Grads a reason to look back
Recently we held an end-of-year pizza party at the museum for the Merced area high school students in our Museum Youth Volunteer Program. As we thanked them for their hard work and dedication to the upkeep of the museum, we also said farewell to...
Sarah Lim: Museum Notes
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Musicians found a home in Merced
Famous cowboy actor and Sons of the Pioneers founding member Roy Rogers lived briefly in the labor camps in Tulare while picking fruit for the Del Monte Co. during the Great Depression.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Research Reveals Story Behind 'Monster Band'
Back in March when I helped select a band picture from the museum archives for the premium section "Looking Back," I did not have much information other than it was taken in front of the Commercial Bank building on the corner of Main and Canal streets in Merced sometime in the 1910s.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: 'Wherever There's a Fight'
A few weeks ago, Professor Robin DeLugan from UC Merced invited me to give a guest-lecture on museums as sites of social memory to her anthropology class.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Merced's 'Mixing Bowl' -- Greek immigrants left mark in early 1900s
Just few months after his inauguration, President William Howard Taft embarked on a cross-country speaking tour in 1909.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Merced Vice -- Visitor's late uncle took on crime
A few months ago, a father and daughter from out of town stopped by my office and asked for information about Judge Gregory P. Maushart.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Merced students prepare to present family accounts
"My grandpa's great grandfather, Sgt. Maj. Eugene De Sparr, fought with General George Custer during the Indian Wars."
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Diary collection reveals accounts of area
"He is furry, huggable, and cute; he is also big, wild, and scary. He is the legendary California grizzly bear."
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Old photo is a tough case to crack
A new year means a new beginning and, to me, a reminder to clean up and catch up. The other day in my office, while I was sorting and organizing my desktop, my real desktop, I found an unidentified picture at the bottom of a pile of books.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Calendar tour of Merced
Merced County is no stranger to extreme weather conditions, from disastrous floods to prolonged droughts as well as searing heat waves and rare snowfalls -- and 1913 was one of those years.
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SARAH LIM: MUSEUM NOTES
Sarah Lim: Remembering wet years
The annual Christmas Open House at the Courthouse Museum is from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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