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Codex Nuttall (1902), a facsimile of a Mixtec history, replicates the accordion fold style of the original document, which is painted on deer hide.

Voices from Latin America can be found in dynamic ASU research collection

Rebellious nuns. Punk artists. Ecofeminist criticism through the lens of Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian peoples. These are all voices of a rich, cultural mosaic. And they’re all in one archive at the Arizona State University Library. The Latin Americana Collection is expansive, eclectic and transdi...

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Humanities Lab transforms in-class research into real-world impact

As fall 2024 humanities labs launch in the new semester, the Arizona State University Library and Humanities Lab commemorate an eight-year partnership in addition to the latest outcome of their collaboration: the unveiling of a new student and librarian-driven featured book collection, titled "Ecofe...

Group photo of Labriola staff, Miss Indigenous ASU, President Moore, and Maori dancers from Ōkāreka Dance Company

Labriola Blog: March 2024 Event Highlights

Highlights from the Labriola Center At the end of this past February, the Labriola Center hosted our biannual Indigenous Open Mic Poetry Night. We also had the opportunity and pleasure of meeting a Maori dance company called "Ōkāreka Dance Company" who visited all the way from New Zealand! In addit...

Memory Keepers Fellowship: Projects

Jean Chaudhuri Collection and Phoenix Indian School This blog post is about the projects Janine Nelson and Myacedes Miller have chosen for their monthly blog posts under the Memory Keepers Fellowship. Photo of Archivist Vina Begay (Diné) going throug...

Pride flag variant based on Daniel Quasar's 2018 design combining elements of the Philadelphia flag and the trans pride flag, and brown and black.

Database Discovery: LGBTQ+ Source enhances inclusive research for LGBTQ+ studies

Looking for information about LGBTQ+ topics, including history, sociology, psychology, and gender studies? Do you need to learn about the history of LGBTQ+ movements, events and people?  LGBTQ+ Progress Pride Flag by Daniel Quasar courtesy Wikimedia C...

Photo of Myacedes Miller sitting on a hill composed of tan sand with footprints around her. She is sitting in front of a sunset wearing white shoes and jean shorts. The sky is blue with clouds blotting an orange sun low on the horizon.

Memory Keepers Fellowship: Myacedes Miller

Introductions The Memory Keepers Fellowship program is a project partnered between ASU’s Community Driven Archive Initiative and the Labriola Center. The fellowship is geared for BIPOC students at local community colleges and for them to explore the field of Library Information Science early in the...

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Applications now open for 2024-2025 Community Archivist Fellowship

The Community Archivist Fellowship Program at the ASU Library is looking for community college students interested in becoming professionally trained archivists or librarians. Students will be introduced to community-driven archives and work closely with archivists and staff from the Community-Drive...

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Make a difference on Sun Devil Giving Day

Sun Devil Giving Day is ASU’s biggest philanthropic event of the year! This day greatly impacts the causes you care about. Each gift, regardless of size, makes a difference.  Suhrud Parag Joglekar is enrolled in the master’s program in robotics and au...

Frank Lloyd Wright's "Taliesin West," his winter home and architectural school, which he began in 1937 in the foothills of the McDowell Mountains in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

Preserving America’s Cultural Touchstones: the National Register of Historic Places

What do Taliesin West, the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign and the Hoover Dam have in common? They are all properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  “Frank Lloyd Wright's ‘Taliesin West,’ his winter home and architectural sc...