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Child Drama Collection renamed to Theatre for Youth and Community Collection

A recent name change is bringing new energy to a renowned ASU Library collection. The ASU Library’s Child Drama Collection was renamed the Theatre for Youth and Community Collection. Founded in 1979, the collection is the world's largest archival repository of manuscripts, ephemera and educational m...

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Rosa Lee Scott: Actress, Artist and Educator

The Child Drama Collection is the world's most comprehensive archival repository of manuscripts, ephemera, and educational materials related to the history of theatre for youth and drama in education. The collection contains over 2600 linear feet of manuscripts and over 700 print materials of plays ...

Dudu Geva's 1998 parody of a 1967 caricature by Dosh, featuring young “Srulik” after overcoming and winning the Six Day War. The 1998 image shows Srulik as a tired middle-aged man watching TV.

Exploring the IsraPulp collection

The IsraPulp Collection at ASU Library is a distinctive collection of Hebrew-language rare books, pamphlets, periodicals, serial publications and other print materials. The collection documents the production of popular fiction and counterculture literature in Mandatory Palestine under British admin...

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Sun Devil Reads offers new books to explore at Hayden Library

As the ASU community returns to campus for the fall semester, students can find hundreds of new books to explore in the Sun Devil Reads collection at Hayden Library. Located on the second floor, the Sun Devil Reads collection is inspired by the academic and personal interests of ASU students, facult...

Continuing the legacy: the Taliesin Associated Architects collection

At the time of his death in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright was working on around a hundred and twenty projects that were in various stages of development. Members of the Taliesin Fellowship, a group of apprentices and their families who lived, worked and studied with Wright at Taliesin in Wisconsin and Ta...

Close up of books in the "Letters in Lavender" featured collection

Collaborate with us on a featured collection!

“Where are the books?” is a common question you might hear in the lobby of Hayden Library. It’s no surprise that as technology advances, the way libraries serve their communities adapts along with it. As many patrons increasingly rely on digital rather than print resources, academic research librari...

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Current Exhibit: “Sharing Knowledge: 20th-Century Reproductions of the ‘Codex Tonindeye’”

“Sharing Knowledge: 20th-Century Reproductions of the ‘Codex Tonindeye’” is on display at the Design and the Arts Library from March 22, 2023, until May 4, 2023. The Design and the Arts Library library is open to the public from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Monday to Friday. You a...

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Welcome to the Open Collections Curation and Access Blog!

Welcome to the new blog from the ASU Library Open Collections Curation and Access (OCCA) department! Over the coming months, you can expect to see updates from librarians, archivists, and staff who provide services that connect you with ASU Library’s millions of locally curated resources in print an...