Community Archives news

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Community archives as healing practice

It’s probably not an uncommon misconception to believe that archives are distant, hidden away and devoid of feeling. As a current graduate student pursuing a master’s in library and information scienc...

Portrait of Sirada Kananurak

Empower learners with hands-on experience and free technology to preserve community stories

Donate on Sun Devil Giving Day to support Community-Driven Archives and opportunities to empower global learners. Sirada Kananurak is a graduate student working towards a master’s degree in Gender, Wo...

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Love your data: archives as data

An unexpected place for data is archival collections. It is not the first place most of us think of when working with data, but it can be a treasure trove of historical information, research and field...

Lincoln, Eleanor, Elizabeth, and Gwendolyn Ragsdale in front of the Ragsdale Mortuary.

Ragsdale Family Papers reveal rich history of Black leadership and impact in Arizona

Civil rights advocates. Business owners. Community leaders. There are not enough words to describe the many hats Lincoln and Eleanor Ragsdale wore in their lifetimes.The Ragsdale family shaped Phoenix...

historic black and white photograph of Old Main on ASU Tempe campus

Department of English celebrates 125th anniversary with special events, including a history exhibit

In honor of its quasquicentennial, the Department of English is celebrating in a big way. Special events will run through October, including an exhibit detailing the history of the department that wil...

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Local athletes get crash course on Black history in Arizona

Basketball players from Arizona State University and the Valley Suns gathered on Jan. 6 to learn about Black history in Arizona and Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to ASU's Tempe campus in 1964. The V...

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ASU Library collection captures robust history of Arizona

Copper, cattle, cotton, citrus and climate. The so-called “five Cs” of Arizona are an enticingly succinct tagline for the state’s historically best-known outputs. But a revelatory repository at ASU...

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University Archives chronicles more than 140 years of Sun Devil history

From photos to video and audio recordings, administrative records, manuscripts, yearbooks, club information, and faculty and staff bios, the Arizona State University Archives chronicle approximately 1...

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Chicano/a Research Collection preserves Latino history in Arizona and the Southwest

When Christine Marin was a student worker at Arizona State University in 1968, a movement of Latino students sat at the door of ASU President Homer Durham for a few days that fall semester. The group...