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Pacific Conversations with Mike Wurtz

Thursday, September 12, 2024
12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Add to Calendar 2024-09-12 12:00:00 2024-09-12 12:45:00 Pacific Conversations with Mike Wurtz Vice President Scott Biedermann ’05, ’20 invites you to join him for a virtual conversation with Mike Wurtz, Head of University Special Collections and Archives, as we celebrate 100 years of Pacific in the Central Valley.Mike Wurtz is the Head of the University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives. He oversees the use and preservation of the historical archives of nearly 500 collections such as the John Muir Papers, collections of Japanese American Internment during WWII, and the archives of the University of the Pacific.Since 1992, Wurtz has focused his archival career on providing access to the collections he curates. He has done so principally through public presentations and leading digitization initiatives. He also uses his educational background to explore the symbiotic relationship between geography and history and takes every opportunity to blend archival research into geological field work in Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado Plateau, and Scotland.Since his start at Pacific in 2004, Wurtz has developed an expertise on John Muir’s archives that he has used to create a guidebook to Muir’s drawings in Yosemite, teach courses and seminars on Muir and the American Conservation Movement, curate a museum devoted to Muir collections, and explore how Muir’s writings have had an effect on race and the environment. The conversation will last approximately 45-minutes. Registration is required. Please use the link to register to receive the Zoom info to attend on September 12. We look forward to seeing you virtually!Thursday, September 1212 pm PTOnline via Zoom Alumni Association Library Alumni Association Library America/Los_Angeles public

Vice President Scott Biedermann ’05, ’20 invites you to join him for a virtual conversation with Mike Wurtz, Head of University Special Collections and Archives, as we celebrate 100 years of Pacific in the Central Valley.

Mike Wurtz is the Head of the University of the Pacific Holt-Atherton Special Collections and Archives. He oversees the use and preservation of the historical archives of nearly 500 collections such as the John Muir Papers, collections of Japanese American Internment during WWII, and the archives of the University of the Pacific.

Since 1992, Wurtz has focused his archival career on providing access to the collections he curates. He has done so principally through public presentations and leading digitization initiatives. He also uses his educational background to explore the symbiotic relationship between geography and history and takes every opportunity to blend archival research into geological field work in Yosemite, the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado Plateau, and Scotland.

Since his start at Pacific in 2004, Wurtz has developed an expertise on John Muir’s archives that he has used to create a guidebook to Muir’s drawings in Yosemite, teach courses and seminars on Muir and the American Conservation Movement, curate a museum devoted to Muir collections, and explore how Muir’s writings have had an effect on race and the environment.

The conversation will last approximately 45-minutes. Registration is required. Please use the link to register to receive the Zoom info to attend on September 12. We look forward to seeing you virtually!