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One hundred and sixty one years ago, the American Civil War was raging all across the country. During the height of this conflict, The Territory of Arizona was officially established in February of 1863. Efforts to create the Arizona Territory had been ongoing since at least 1856, with a few maps sh...

Highlights from the Labriola Center This past July, the Labriola Center held a virtual book club and designed a book display in Fletcher Library honoring Arizona Tribes by sharing their tribal seals, a brief description of their community and QR code linked to their tribal website. You can view the...

During the fall 2023 semester, the Labriola National American Indian Data Center is embarking on a new construction project at Hayden Library. The center will be expanding on the second floor to offer comprehensive library services and events to better support Indigenous ASU students, faculty, staff...

At the time of his death in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright was working on around a hundred and twenty projects that were in various stages of development. Members of the Taliesin Fellowship, a group of apprentices and their families who lived, worked and studied with Wright at Taliesin in Wisconsin and Ta...

This summer, Arizona high school students in the Upward Bound program gained experience working with new creative and emerging technologies in the ASU Library’s Makerspace. Students spent several weeks learning about 3D printing at Hayden Library on the Tempe campus, and successfully completed final...

Labriola Blog: June 2023 Event Highlights Photo of student's hands interacting with turntable NASAW - Sunday, June 18, 2023 - Saturday, June 24, 2023 Earlier this month, the Native American Summer Arts Workshop (NASAW) took place ...

Labriola Blog: Labriola's 30th Anniversary Highlights 30th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, May 18, 2023 From left to right: Author Simon Ortiz, Director Alex Soto, Unit Head and Librarian Joyce Martin The Labriola National Amer...

Our July Map of the Month is this 1934 “National Forests, State Forests, National Parks, National Monuments, and Indian Reservations” by the U.S Department of Agriculture and the U.S Forest Service. This historic map acts as a point of reference to compare how much land in the United States has been...

Become a memory keeper for your community! The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library seeks to inspire community college students to become professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introduced to community-driven archives and work closely with archivists an...