Gather anniversary media from every era of your school
A 50th or 100th anniversary sends everyone looking for old photos at once, usually a few months before the celebration. Starting with one organized library lets the planning committee find images from every decade and focus on the story they want to tell.
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Why it matters
Anniversary planning starts with a photo scramble
The committee wants a photo from every decade, but the images are in yearbooks, attics, district archives and retirees’ albums. Without a shared place to collect them, the same few photos get used over and over.
Ideas for Anniversary Project Media
A folder for each decade
Decade folders make gaps obvious. If the 1970s folder is thin, you know where to ask.
Then-and-now pairs
Match old photos of the building, teams and traditions with current ones taken in the same spot.
Founding documents and programs
Upload early dedication programs, newspaper clippings and charters as PDFs.
Alumni-submitted photos
Invite alumni to share photos through a staff contact, then credit them in the captions.
Former leaders and staff
Collect photos of past principals, coaches and long-serving teachers with their years of service.
Footage for the celebration video
Gather video clips early so whoever edits the anniversary video starts with everything in one folder.
How it works with Media Management
Anniversary Project Media, step by step.
Three steps
Create the anniversary folders
Set up a project folder with nested folders by decade, theme or event so contributions have a clear home.
Collect and describe in batches
Upload scanned photos, videos and documents as they arrive and add names, dates and captions while committee members can still identify them.
Pull images for every piece
For each invitation, slideshow or display, search by decade, name or a description of the photo, preview it and download the size you need.
Setups vary by school; your demo confirms what yours will use.
Best practices
Tips to get it right.
Anniversary Project Media tips
Give identification extra lead time
Naming people in old photos is slow work. Start it well before the event logistics.
Recruit a retiree as photo historian
A long-serving former teacher can name faces nobody else on staff knows.
Track what is still missing
Keep a list of decades, teams or traditions you have no photos of, and share it with alumni.
Keep the collection after the party
The anniversary folders become the school’s history collection. Leave them organized for the next milestone.
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Questions
Anniversary Project Media questions
Rocket gives your committee one library for the photos, videos and documents the anniversary needs, organized by decade or theme. Staff search by name, date or description and preview each file before it goes into an invitation, slideshow or display.
That is what History Showcase is for: an interactive archive people can explore on campus and online. Your demo can cover both offerings and how they fit your project.
Old yearbooks and scanned material can be part of a school-history project, and we can discuss scanning and preparation. See Digital Yearbooks for the preservation offering, and your proposal confirms the scope.
Start as soon as the anniversary date is set, since identifying old photos takes time. Pricing and any setup or preparation help are quoted for your school’s setup.
Your next step
See Media Management in action.
We'll show how your team finds the right photo and puts it to work, start to finish.
