b'atrical performances, articles per- cipal Terry Woolard, Keysha Knight, administrator of the educational de-taining to the tragic events of 9/llpartments, and past and current librarians Joseph Fanning, Deborah Cohen, and historical documents relatingTeresa Quick, Mary Beth DiPrima and Suzanne Ng. to students and the school com- The process of organizing the archives was painstakingly slow but full of munityintriguing discoveries. Edelman says, Every time we would come here we Thecollectionexpandedtoin- would get so distracted . . . because we couldnt get to our work.clude books and files by and aboutOne such intriguing discovery was a photograph of the senior class in the Hall of Fame inductees and a grow- 1912 senior yearbook of South Orange High School, the precursor to Co-ingcollectionofbookswrittenbylumbia. Among the 24 graduating students in the picture was a young Black Columbiagraduates.woman. (Alfred Kinsey, valedictorian of the class, Initially, the archivistsand later a famous sex researcher, is also in the pic-wentthrougheveryture.) Her name was Delia Bolden, and an essay she item,categorizeditwrote on The Negro Question was included in the andputprotectiveyearbook. Her fellow classmates had chosen to pub-sleevesonmorefrag- lish it. Bolden also presented the essay at the senior ileitems.Soon,Dw- class commencement exercises, an honor accorded yer,anotherretiredto her by the seniors and teachers.Carol Petrallia examines old issues ofEnglishteacher,andInsear-The Columbian, CHSs newspaper. McMorrowBrown,ingwords, newspaper,datingbacktothewho currently teachesshecon-1920s specialeducationatd e m n e d BoxesofColumbiasyearbook,Columbia,joinedthethesocial the Mirror, dating from 1912 toall-volunteerarchivalandpoliti-the present staff.cal discrim-Volumes of CHSs student liter- Theyreceivedad- ination that ary publication, the Guildscript ministrativesupportAn intriguing find in the archives was thisBlackpeo-Pictures, school and district newsfromcurrentprinci- picture of the 1912 class of South Or- plefaced These historic photos show what theange High School (a precursor to CHS) articles,sports-relatedfeatures,palFrankSanchez,high school looked like when it was firstthat includes student Delia Bolden, thealmostfive programs from musical and the- former assistant prin- built. first Black woman to graduate from it.d e c a d e s feature story /27'