Over the past 50 years, the various staff photographers of Sonoma State University have taken pictures of events, people, buildings, Commencements, Convocations, classroom activities and many others topic areas. Much of the older collection is in black and white print and slides and were actually developed in a darkroom on campus. As we moved into the digital world, so did photography. The darkroom, all the chemicals and the black and white prints became a memory of the past, although all of those photos and slides still exist in a hard copy archive.
All photography work is now digital and is stored electronically. Below are selections from different time periods of Sonoma State University’s history.
Mustard field, site of new campus
College View Campus, Rohnert Park
Early campus entrance
Parking Lot late 60's
Early views of Stevenson and Darwin Halls
Schulz Building, opened in 2000
Recreation Center
Art Department
Ambrose Nichols Hall
Students, 1966
Sonoma State Cossacks
Barbara Biebush, Sonoma State's first Librarian
Campus, 1970's
1976
Cheerleaders, 1980's
Judge Rattigan and Governor Edmund G. Brown sign SSC legislation
In person registration
In person registration
Open House, 1986
Science Night viewing of Wooly Mammoth bones
Temporary campus in Rohnert Park (College View Drive)
Commencement, 1976
Commecement, 1980's
Commencment, 2007
