Are you eager to uncover the history of Scottsdale, AZ? The Scottsdale Heritage Connection (SHC) is the perfect place to start. This collection of digital and print materials provides a comprehensive look at the area's past. You can view some materials online through the Digital Library, while others are available by appointment only. The SHC opened its doors in 1975, after a meeting between the university president, John Schaefer, and Ansel Adams.
Located in the Civic Center library, the Scottsdale Heritage Connection room is open during library hours. Here, you can discover captivating news in archived newspapers that are hundreds of years old. These include obituaries, birth announcements, sporting goods, comics, and more – all of which can help you complete the life stories that interest you. The Center's combined art, archive, and research collections provide an unparalleled resource for research, exhibitions, loans, and traveling exhibitions. It is named after Billie Jane Baguley, a long-time volunteer with the Heard Museum Guild who contributed to its growth and organization.
Users with reference questions that require extensive research are invited to visit the Library and Archives and use its resources. In addition to comprehensive archival collections, the Center also actively acquires individual photographs from modern and contemporary photographers. Thanks to a historic partnership with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, the Phoenix Art Museum presents three annual photography exhibitions for its community. These are drawn from the CCP's unparalleled collection of historical and contemporary photographs. The Phoenix Art Museum is one of the country's leading art museums. It presents international exhibitions of the world's best works of art and presents a collection that spans centuries and around the world: American, Asian, contemporary, European, Latin American and Western art and fashion design. The Heard Museum houses the Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives.
This research center provides extensive information on indigenous art and cultures from around the world as well as an unparalleled collection of resources on nearly 25,000 Native American artists. The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona is recognized as one of the best academic art museums and centers for studying the history of photography in the world. In total, there are more than eight million archival objects in the Center's collection. These include negatives, impressions of works, contact sheets, albums, scrapbooks, correspondence, writings, audiovisual materials, and memories. A library of books, magazines, and exhibition and auction catalogs – which includes many rare publications – in addition to an extensive oral history collection complement these archival materials. Access to some materials may be restricted by agreements with donors.
All users of the file must complete a registration form before they can access any archival materials from SHC.
