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I love to think about my great, great, great grandparents. One of them, Hilda Högfeldt, came from the tiny port town of Trelleborg, Sweden, which is the southernmost town in Sweden. It has quite possibly the most hideous regional accent in all of Sweden. Another, John Collins, came from the town of ...

In this series titled “Dispatches from the Field” we highlight stories from members of the Arizona State University (ASU) Library staff who have assisted the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team with events and other work associated with community archiving. Today, we highlight a write-up from Alexa...

One of the exciting outcomes of empowering people to become community archivists is seeing how those tools impact them. This week our student worker, Preetpal Gill, shares an example of how archives resonate with her. We’d love to hear more about what archives mean to you. Please contact Jessica Sal...

This submission to the visual theme series titled “Moments of Joy” for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog comes from Myra Khan, a student worker here at CDA who is currently a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Sustainability with minors in Political Science and Transborder S...

This second #archivesglow moment themed series submission for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog comes from Myra Khan, a student worker here at CDA who is currently a sophomore at Arizona State University (ASU) studying Sustainability with minors in Political Science and Transborder Studies. M...

Nancy Godoy and Alana Varner As you may have seen in our previous posts, we often tag our blog posts with the hashtag #archivesglow. We would like to explain the meaning behind this hashtag and provide moments from the Community-Dri...

Welcome back and Happy New Year!  Bj Bud Memorial Archives     This collection spotlight series highlights collections we here at Community-Driven Archives (CDA) feel very passionately about and would like to share with others....

Happy holidays from the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) team. This fantastic image is from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives which represents one of my many goals for the holiday season. We will be taking a break from the blog for the upcoming holidays to spread some holiday cheer within our families and...

This image from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives has been selected to start our visual theme series titled “Moments of Joy” for the Community-Driven Archives (CDA) blog. Titled “Costume Dance Party” taken at a Sons of Apollo (SOA) Motorcycle Club gathering of their members event on June 4, 1986. SOA was...