PAT JOHNSON, Family History Day Speaker

It is a pleasure to introduce Pat Johnson as a speaker at Family History Day at the California State Archives.

Pat Johnson is Senior Archivist at The Center for Sacramento History, formerly the Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center. She has served the center since 1995. A native Californian, she received her B. A. and an M. A. in history from California State University, Sacramento where she focused her studies on western history and particularly California history. She received her archival training at both the California State Archives and at the Center for Sacramento History. She did her master's thesis on former Sacramento Mayor Anne Rudin’s papers held at the California State Archives.

At the Center, Ms. Johnson's duties include reference services, supervising student interns and volunteers, processing collections, conducting research in the collections, giving tours, doing outreach including workshops and seminars, preserving collections, and many other activities. She is a past president of the Society of California Archivists and remains actively involved with the society. Most recently, Ms. Johnson taught the graduate level class in archives and manuscripts for the history department at California State University, Sacramento.

Pat Johnson will be presenting Researching Your Family History at the Center for Sacramento History. This class will focus on how to use the resources of both the public records and the private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History to tell the stories of Sacramento's past generations. As an example, a case study will demonstrate how a researcher can use these records to find the answers to genealogical questions.

Center for Sacramento History

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd

Sacramento, CA 95811-0229
TEL (916) 808-7072

Cox Black and White Lab, Family History Day Exhibitor

It is a pleasure to introduce Cox Black and White Lab, Inc. as an exhibitor at Family History Day at the California State Archives.

Cox Black and White Lab, Inc. was founded in 1990 by Jeff Cox and Katherine Weedman-Cox of Kansas City, MO. In Kansas City, Jeff worked for a large photo lab and was known as one of the best printers in town. Katherine was a corporate and fine art photographer. Jeff used to print Katherine’s large photo murals for exhibition. This is how they met and developed their business relationship. The couple ventured west in 1989 to create a custom black and white photo lab in Sacramento.

Their first large job was duplicating 5, 211 glass plate negatives for the California State Library. The project was the gateway for Cox B&W Lab to work with thousands of California historical images. Since that glass negative project, Cox B&W Lab has become Northern California’s custom lab for fine art printing and film developing. They specialize in printing archival photos from wallets to murals, duplicating glass and nitrate negatives, copying and restoring old photos, developing traditional black and white film and printing color digital images.

Cox B&W Lab is the weekly vendor for the California State Library, California State Railroad Museum, Center for Sacramento History, California State Archives, Caltrans and Sacramento Public Library- Sacramento Room. Their customers are also throughout the U.S., calling for fine art printing and historical reproductions.

Jeff and Katherine never tire of listening to family history stories and looking at family pictures. They stress the importance of copying old photographs and keeping a written history.

You might say Cox B&W Lab is passionate about preservation!

SPECIAL OFFER!
During Family History Day 2010, Cox Black and White Lab invites attendees to bring their family photographs for a free evaluation on needed repairs. We’d love to hear your stories and meet your relatives too!

Contact Information
COX BLACK AND WHITE LAB, INC.
(Cox B&W Lab)
2933 Gold Pan Ct. Suite C
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
www.coxblackandwhitelab.com
916-631-7275