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Archives of American Slavery - Elise Daniells

For the longest time, the documentation of African slavery in the United States has been reliant on the experiences and resources of White plantation owners and modern U.S. history textbooks written b...

Queer Trace - Kate Saunders

We can look for evidence or proof of queerness in places like the dancefloor, a “space where relations between memory and content, self and other, become inextricably intertwined” -Muñoz, Cruising Uto...

Archives and Pop Culture - Myra Khan

When I started working here at the Community-Driven Archives Initiative (CDA) at ASU Library, I knew next to nothing about what archives were or what kind of work I was getting into. I imagined some s...

Dispatches from the Field - Welcome to the Fall 2020 semester and the start of Fall events for the team

In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library and the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team regarding the work we are...

Dispatches from the Field - Community-Driven Archives virtual event for month of August

In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library and the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team regarding activities we a...

Dispatches from the Field - Welcome to the team Charmaine Bonner

In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library and the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team regarding the work we are...

Dispatches from the Field - Community-Driven Archives virtual events for month of July

In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library and the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team regarding a number of act...

In Celebration: Stonewall Uprising/Pride Month

In honor of the Stonewall uprising, the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team would like to take a moment to celebrate this momentous occasion in what many state was one of the most important movements...

In Celebration: Juneteenth

In honor of Juneteenth, the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team would like to take a moment to celebrate the day when slavery “officially” ended for all black people in the United States when Union a...