{"id":2930,"date":"2024-02-15T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:50:29","slug":"red-hawk-spotlight-paul-martinez-librarian-and-archivist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/2024\/02\/15\/red-hawk-spotlight-paul-martinez-librarian-and-archivist\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Hawk Spotlight: Paul Martinez, Librarian and Archivist"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his role as librarian and archivist at the Harry A. Sprague Library, Paul Martinez works to preserve the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and make it widely accessible while connecting people to information resources.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sprague Library Archives is a repository for many of the materials relating to the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, including the former Panzer College of Physical Education and Hygiene<\/a> and College High School<\/a>. It is available for reference and research by administrators, faculty, students, alumni and outside researchers. Many of the digital collections of the archives are available on the University <\/span>Digital Commons repository<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Martinez has worked at the University since 2008. He earned his Master of Arts in History from Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, a Master of Library and Information Science from Rutgers University and his bachelor\u2019s from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. During his time at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, he has enjoyed the community and camaraderie that the University offers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI particularly enjoy connecting members of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ community with their personal and family history,\u201d Martinez says. \u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful feeling to show someone a photograph, a newspaper story, or another document that mentions a family member from years past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of being a wealth of information for all things Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, Martinez <\/span>is also a historical fencer (also referred to as Historical European Martial Arts) and a drummer in a bagpipe band.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He has been married for 21 years, and has a daughter who is a senior at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ High School and a member of the varsity fencing team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An interesting historical fact about Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spanish mission style architecture on campus was advocated by Edward Russ (namesake of Russ Hall). Russ was a prominent lawyer and chair of the New Jersey\u00a0 Board of Education’s building committee. Inspired by a recent trip along the California coastline, Russ suggested the mission style to architect George E. Poole, who designed College Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Hawk Spotlight is an occasional feature highlighting staff in In The Know.\u00a0<\/em>Use this form<\/a> to submit a Red Hawk Spotlight suggestion or let us know what you would like to see more of in In The Know<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his role as librarian and archivist at the Harry A. Sprague Library, Paul Martinez works to preserve the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and make it widely accessible while connecting people to information resources.\u00a0 The Sprague Library Archives is a repository for many of the materials relating to the history of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, including the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":371,"featured_media":2934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-hawk-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/371"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2935,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/2935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/university-communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}