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'Tempe Sister Cities: Fifty Years of Citizen Diplomacy' at the Downtown Phoenix campus Library
The ASU Library, in collaboration with the Tempe Sister Cities program and The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, celebrates 50 years of citizen diplomacy in the Sister Cities program. Visitors to the Downtown Phoenix campus Library can explore stories and photographs docu...
The Reading Room is Open
When patrons want to view noncirculating materials from ASU Library’s Distinctive Collections and Archives they make an appointment to come to the Wurzburger Reading Room at Hayden Library. One of the fun things about working in the reading room is learning about the variety of projects on which pa...
A Look Back and a Look Ahead
This blog began as a way for those of us who work with the rich archival resources at ASU Library to remain connected to our community during a time when many standard interactions (such as patrons using materials in a reading room) were not possible due to COVID-19 restrictions. So far on this blo...
Personal Political: Introducing Congressional Collections at ASU Library
In her introduction post my colleague Renee James described the breadth and depth of the more than 500 collections that comprise the Greater Arizona Collection. The substantive congressional collections are of particular interest to me as a political papers project archivist. Greater Arizona include...
Southwestern Dreams in Kodachrome: Selections from the Herbert and Dorothy McLaughlin Color Photography Collection
An image of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Ajo, Arizona (CP MCLC 10840). The Herbert and Dorothy McLaughlin Color Photography and Other Materials collection is part of ASU Library’s Greater Arizona Collection. It features th...
Welcome to the Greater Arizona Collection
Greater Arizona Collection Curator Renee James Hello, my name is Renee D. James, and I am the curator for the Greater Arizona Collection. I hold an M.A. in History and a Certificate in Archival Management and Historical Editing fr...