In this annual event, four Sacramento archives open their doors to the public and host archives from around the region to showcase their rarely seen treasures and offer behind-the-scenes tours. Sacramento Archives Crawl Mission Statement:
The Sacramento Archives Crawl is held each October during American Archives Month to celebrate archival institutions and their work. About the Sacramento Archive
s Crawl:
The Crawl is held at four host institution sites in downtown Sacramento: the California State Archives, California State Library, Center for Sacramento History, and Sacramento Room at the Sacramento Public Library. They are joined by archives and special collections from across the region. During the Crawl, participants will view treasures from all the archives' rarely seen holdings, visit with archivists, and go on special behind-the-scenes tours. Criteria for Institution Participation:
The Sacramento Archives Crawl is open to institutions that actively collect original archival records and make them accessible to the public for research use. This can include academic, government, and private archives; special collections libraries; museum archives; and other historical organizations that have active archival collections. Organizations that support the work of archives by providing preservation or research services, but that are not active collecting archives, can request to participate as vendors. The Sacramento Archives Crawl Committee annually considers archives and vendor participant requests and makes the final decision as a group on a case-by-case basis.
