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Myra Khan

Archiving Advocacy and Legacy - Myra Khan

I have always been a strong believer in the power of learning and legacy in activism. If we do not look to the strengths and weaknesses, the successes and failures of our predecessors, the hurdles before us become that much more difficult to surmount. Whether we fight for feminism, anti-racism, LGBT...

Eugene Grigsby

ASU Library event celebrates life of Black professor, community influencer

On Feb. 21 the ASU Library hosted an event to celebrate the J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Papers, the first archive to join the library’s Black Collections, recently created as part of the university’s LIFT (Listen, Invest, Facilitate, Teach) Initiative. ...

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J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Papers first to join recently established Black Collections initiative

Jessica Salow was recently named archivist of Black Collections at ASU Library, a new role for a new collection, both created as part of the university’s LIFT (Listen, Invest, Facilitate, Teach) Initiative. The J. Eugene Grigsby Jr. Papers is the first of the Black Collections to be arranged, descri...

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 sort of dusty basement shelf job, where we asked community members to donate their old political docu...

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 doing at ASU Library and the work library and archives professionals are doing associated with comm...

Time Capsule letters - Elise Daniells

This themed series titled “Time Capsule Letters” is a special series created to highlight submissions for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team and community members regarding their lives during COVID-19 and the hopes for our lives after COVID-19. We hope to continue this series with contribution...

Time Capsule letters - Denise Mosso Ruiz

This themed series titled “Time Capsule Letters” is a special series created to highlight submissions for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team and community members regarding their lives during COVID-19 and the hopes for our lives after COVID-19. We hope to continue this series with contribution...

Time Capsule letters - Jessica Salow

This themed series titled “Time Capsule Letters” is a special series created to highlight submissions for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team and community members regarding their lives during COVID-19 and the hopes for our lives after COVID-19. We hope to continue this series with contribution...

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

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 doing at ASU Library and the work library and archives professionals are doing associated with comm...