University Archives, Arizona State University Library

Join us for a special event on October 1st as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's visit to Tempe. There will be a community expo at 5:00 pm and Dr. Bernice King will speak at 6:30 pm. Register soon!

Building History: Continuing the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | ASU Events The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of Dr. King’s visit to Arizona where he championed the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The 2024 Centennial Lecture will honor this anniversary and will feature a community expo at 5:00pm that will include local organizations, music, and refreshments...

University Archives was honored to contribute images from our collections for this publication honoring the legacy of President Lattie Coor!

Lattie Coor reflects on lifetime of love for Arizona, ASU in new memoir | ASU News Lattie Coor sees his home state of Arizona as a beautiful place of endless opportunity, and as president of Arizona State University, he worked to make sure the people of Arizona saw the university that way too.Coor traces his history and years of public service in a new book, “Growing Up In Arizo...

We are excited about the work our colleagues are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community!

For June's "Inside the ASU Vaults" story, explore the LGBTQ+ Studies Collection and Bj Bud Memorial Archives!

Arizona State University’s LGBTQ+ Studies Collection isn’t just a repository for historically underrepresented communities; it’s a celebration of resistance and survival.

“When I think about the creation of this collection, it was an act of love and tool for healing,” said Nancy Godoy, director of the ASU Library Community Driven Archives and associate archivist of ASU Library's Chicano/a Research Collection. “It’s a newer collection but it has a rich legacy.”

The collection, located within the Community-Driven Archives Initiative, is the largest archival repository for LGBTQ+ history in Arizona. It comprises a handful of other archives that chronicle pioneering figures, elevate their voices and inspire the next generation of scholars to be agents of change.

Read the story on ASU News!
https://news.asu.edu/20240625-arts-humanities-and-education-lgbtq-studies-collection-repository-rich-legacy

We are hiring! https://lib.asu.edu/employment

ASU Library is recruiting three Archivists as part of a cohort within the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) Initiative. Early career professionals are encouraged to apply. Application deadline is July 26, 2024.

Community Access Archivist:
Processes manuscript and archival collections, collaborates on digitization and outreach projects and creates and maintains metadata to make ASU’s unique holdings available and accessible to the public.

Collections Services Archivist:
Develops and enhances open access to ASU’s distinctive collections in order to engage ASU’s multicultural and transnational communities of learners and scholars. Leads collections services for ASU’s Tempe reading rooms and contributes to expanding collections services.

Arizona Political Collections Archivist:
Provides curatorial leadership, vision and strategic direction for the political papers. Manages and develops associated collections, services, and programs.

On July 9, 2024 at Noon PDT (3 pm EDT), ASU Library will host a webinar to share more information about these academic professional positions, working at ASU Library and living in the Phoenix area. Attendance is not required to apply for any open positions.

To learn more about ASU Library employment and find the link to the webinar, visit lib.asu.edu/employment

Continuing Legacy | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Durham Hall Exhibit “...through our scientific and technological genius, we have made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must mak...

We are grateful to be a part of this amazing project!

60 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at ASU On this day 60 years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. made his one and only trip to the Valley.

MLK's 1964 speech at ASU subject of new, continuing exhibit | ASU News On June 3, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Goodwin Stadium, then the home of Arizona State University’s football team. The speech was titled “Religious Witness for Human Dignity” and was delivered just days before the Civil Rights Act was passed by the U.S. Senate. “The bill mu...

Recently, State Press reporter Kaden Ryback came to the Wurzburger Reading Room to view University Archives collections and research the history of "A" mountain. Take a minute to watch the video about a unique story within the history of this campus landmark!

'A' Mountain was dynamited ... TWICE? In 1952, "A" Mountain, the symbol of Sun Devil pride on the southern-facing side of Hayden Butte, was dynamited by vandals who remain uncaught to this day. T...

We love these photographs!

Looking down on Rural and University in 1974. We figure the photographer must be in Manzanita Hall.

Celebrating art and sculpture on the ASU campuses!

Our University Archivist was recently interviewed for an article in ASU Thrive magazine about the 1958 "Name Change" campaign. What do you know or remember about this time in ASU history?

The student body that could | ASU News Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the spring 2024 issue of ASU Thrive magazine. Back on July 3, 1958, if you were on campus, you would get a sense that something serious was underway, and indeed it was.

We were so excited to see our esteemed colleague, Dr. Christine Marin, on PBS Horizon!

Archive at ASU preserves Latino history | Arizona Horizon Dr. Christine Marin, an archivist and professor at ASU, is making sure Latino history in Arizona and the Southwest is not forgotten.Marin founded the ‘Chican...

Meet Benton James, the trailblazer who, in 1924, became ASU’s first African American graduate. 🎓

Archivists Jessica Salow and Shannon Walker hope to unravel his untold story on the 100th anniversary of his graduation — learn more: https://ow.ly/jonJ50QIScl

ASU archivists hoping to learn more about early African American students | ASU News The eyes grab you first. They stare at you from the black-and-white photo, soft and, it seems, inquisitive. Zoom out, and you notice the man’s appearance. Well-dressed in a suit jacket, a white dress shirt and a tie that is knotted perfectly. His hair is short. His name is Benton James and, in 192...

How a kid from an Arizona mining town went on to create a historic Latino archive ASU The founder of the Chicano/a Research Collection and Archives began her journey with ASU ever since she was a freshman on campus.

Archives Wednesday: Theatre for Youth and Community Collection | ASU Events Join the ASU Library for Archives Wednesday, an open house inside Hayden Library’s Wurzburger Reading Room.

Here is a link to the recording of our recent Community Conversation with Colleen Jennings-Rogensack about Gammage Auditorium:

Community Conversation: A Look Inside ASU Gammage Join arts leader Colleen Jennings-Roggensack and university archivist Shannon Walker in conversation for an inside look at ASU Gammage. From the vision of Gr...

We are super excited for this upcoming Community Conversation, please join us!

to 1956! A very different time for the Tempe campus. Notice anything different about the Memorial Union?

Explore what else has changed on campus since you were here last during Homecoming weekend in just two weeks!

Sharing a postcard from a student at the Normal Training School (now ASU) in the early 1900s. The message on the postcard reads, "Dear Father, Will write you in a day or two. Everything Ok. Your son, Walter." Sound familiar?! A reminder to Freshman students, your parents miss you, take a minute to call or send them a text...or even a postcard.

Normal Training School Read the full record details for Image: Normal Training School

We are excited to share a recent blog post written by a student who has been using University Archives materials to research the history of Japanese-American students at ASU during World War II:

Fighting the Silence: Understanding the Japanese-American Student Experience during World War II | ASU Library Published April 14, 2023 Updated April 24, 2023 Group of young Japanese-American ladies at Poston War Relocation Center, circa 1942. CP AWHC 126, Greater Arizona collection, ASU Library. I met Astha in the Fall semester of 2022 when she visited the Wurzburger Reading Room in the Hayden Library. She....