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Casey, Conor; Donovan, K.; Dunham, E.; Eidson, J.; Powell, C.; Quigel, J.; Sione, P. "Documenting the Fight for Equality: Class, Race, Gender, and Economic Justice Struggles through the Lens of Labor Collections," Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 2015.

(Casey: Session Chair and presenter; Donovan, Dunham, Eidson, Powell, and Quiqel, and Sione as pr... more (Casey: Session Chair and presenter; Donovan, Dunham, Eidson, Powell, and Quiqel, and Sione as presenters)
Labor archives are more than collections of trade union records. They also contain the stories of campaigns articulating equality in employment as a human right, charting the intersections between labor rights and civil, women’s, and LGBTQ rights struggles. This panel explores how a broader definition of "labor archives" encompassing social justice influences our work. Case examples examine how employing "labor" as a concept that traverses a broad range of social movements creates relationships with new audiences of stakeholders.​

Papers by Elizabeth Dunham

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their histor... more Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their history, however, is severely under-documented in the state's archival repositories. As of 2012, this community is represented in a mere 1-2% of the state's known archival holdings, and 98% of such documentation is held at Arizona State University's Chicano/a Research Collection (CRC). This article provides a historical review of the CRC's establishment in 1970 and how its founding Curator, Dr. Christine Marín, transformed a small circulating book collection into Arizona's largest repository for Mexican American history. It goes on to examine how the CRC's sitting Archivist is using social media in tandem with a community-based workshop, bilingual promotional materials and finding aids, and description of unprocessed collections as community outreach and collection development tools in order to remedy the under-documentation of Mexican American history in Arizona. We ar...

This thesis considers one of the most widely debated topics in modem European history: why the me... more This thesis considers one of the most widely debated topics in modem European history: why the men of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads following the Wehrmacht as they advanced into Russia) participated in massacres of supposedly "undesirable" people. Although this topic has been discussed for many years, to date there has been no definitive consensus formed. This thesis examines issues of the official SS publication Das Schwarze Korps and records from the Nuremburg Trials ( contained in the Winfield B. Hale papers in the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library) in order to bring both new evidence and a new opinion into this debate.

Journal of Digital Media Management, Mar 1, 2016

Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open sou... more Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects," in early 2013. This case study discusses the Libraries’ migration of its Archives and Special Collections (ASC) from Microsoft Access, Archivists’ Toolkit and FileMaker Pro to ArchivesSpace, between late 2013 and late 2015. It briefly summarises ArchivesSpace’s development and capabilities, describes ASC’s data management systems at the time of the migration, discusses local factors affecting migration and implementation, details ASC’s transition to ArchivesSpace, analyses the positive and negative results of migration, compares ASC’s experience to that of other organisations utilising the software, and reflects on the "lessons learned" during the migration process.

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their histor... more Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their history, however, is severely under-documented in the state’s archival repositories. As of 2012, this community is represented in a mere 1-2% of the state’s known archival holdings, and 98% of such documentation is held at Arizona State University’s Chicano/a Research Collection (CRC). This article provides a historical review of the CRC’s establishment in 1970 and how its founding Curator, Dr. Christine Marín, transformed a small circulating book collection into Arizona’s largest repository for Mexican American history. It goes on to examine how the CRC’s sitting Archivist is using social media in tandem with a community-based workshop, bilingual promotional materials and finding aids, and description of unprocessed collections as community outreach and collection development tools in order to remedy the under-documentation of Mexican American history in Arizona. We argue that augmenting traditional archival field collecting methods with these strategies enables the CRC to build a more robust relationship with Arizona’s Mexican American community, allows us to continue expanding our archival holdings, and serves as an example for other repositories seeking to enhance their documentation of marginalized communities.

Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archi... more Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects," in early 2013. This case study discusses the Libraries’ migration of its Archives and Special Collections (ASC) from Microsoft Access, Archivists’ Toolkit and FileMaker Pro to ArchivesSpace, between late 2013 and late 2015. It briefly summarises ArchivesSpace’s development and capabilities, describes ASC’s data management systems at the time of the migration, discusses local factors affecting migration and implementation, details ASC’s transition to ArchivesSpace, analyses the positive and negative results of migration, compares ASC’s experience to that of other organisations utilising the software, and reflects on the "lessons learned" during the migration process.

The American Archivist, 2014

As American society becomes more diverse, archivists increasingly work with multilingual collecti... more As American society becomes more diverse, archivists increasingly work with multilingual collections and patrons. In Arizona, this situation occurs most frequently with materials created by individuals and communities using Spanish as their primary language. This case study discusses Arizona State University's creation of English and Spanish finding aids for six collections processed as part of a Council on Library and Information Resources grant. It describes the process of creating a Spanish finding aid template; reviews the challenges encountered and solutions designed while translating, encoding, and publishing Spanish guides; and analyzes use of the final documents.

Casey, Conor; Donovan, K.; Dunham, E.; Eidson, J.; Powell, C.; Quigel, J.; Sione, P. "Documenting the Fight for Equality: Class, Race, Gender, and Economic Justice Struggles through the Lens of Labor Collections," Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 2015.

(Casey: Session Chair and presenter; Donovan, Dunham, Eidson, Powell, and Quiqel, and Sione as pr... more (Casey: Session Chair and presenter; Donovan, Dunham, Eidson, Powell, and Quiqel, and Sione as presenters)
Labor archives are more than collections of trade union records. They also contain the stories of campaigns articulating equality in employment as a human right, charting the intersections between labor rights and civil, women’s, and LGBTQ rights struggles. This panel explores how a broader definition of "labor archives" encompassing social justice influences our work. Case examples examine how employing "labor" as a concept that traverses a broad range of social movements creates relationships with new audiences of stakeholders.​

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their histor... more Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their history, however, is severely under-documented in the state's archival repositories. As of 2012, this community is represented in a mere 1-2% of the state's known archival holdings, and 98% of such documentation is held at Arizona State University's Chicano/a Research Collection (CRC). This article provides a historical review of the CRC's establishment in 1970 and how its founding Curator, Dr. Christine Marín, transformed a small circulating book collection into Arizona's largest repository for Mexican American history. It goes on to examine how the CRC's sitting Archivist is using social media in tandem with a community-based workshop, bilingual promotional materials and finding aids, and description of unprocessed collections as community outreach and collection development tools in order to remedy the under-documentation of Mexican American history in Arizona. We ar...

This thesis considers one of the most widely debated topics in modem European history: why the me... more This thesis considers one of the most widely debated topics in modem European history: why the men of the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing squads following the Wehrmacht as they advanced into Russia) participated in massacres of supposedly "undesirable" people. Although this topic has been discussed for many years, to date there has been no definitive consensus formed. This thesis examines issues of the official SS publication Das Schwarze Korps and records from the Nuremburg Trials ( contained in the Winfield B. Hale papers in the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library) in order to bring both new evidence and a new opinion into this debate.

Journal of Digital Media Management, Mar 1, 2016

Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open sou... more Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects," in early 2013. This case study discusses the Libraries’ migration of its Archives and Special Collections (ASC) from Microsoft Access, Archivists’ Toolkit and FileMaker Pro to ArchivesSpace, between late 2013 and late 2015. It briefly summarises ArchivesSpace’s development and capabilities, describes ASC’s data management systems at the time of the migration, discusses local factors affecting migration and implementation, details ASC’s transition to ArchivesSpace, analyses the positive and negative results of migration, compares ASC’s experience to that of other organisations utilising the software, and reflects on the "lessons learned" during the migration process.

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their histor... more Mexicans and Mexican Americans have resided in Arizona since the early 16th century. Their history, however, is severely under-documented in the state’s archival repositories. As of 2012, this community is represented in a mere 1-2% of the state’s known archival holdings, and 98% of such documentation is held at Arizona State University’s Chicano/a Research Collection (CRC). This article provides a historical review of the CRC’s establishment in 1970 and how its founding Curator, Dr. Christine Marín, transformed a small circulating book collection into Arizona’s largest repository for Mexican American history. It goes on to examine how the CRC’s sitting Archivist is using social media in tandem with a community-based workshop, bilingual promotional materials and finding aids, and description of unprocessed collections as community outreach and collection development tools in order to remedy the under-documentation of Mexican American history in Arizona. We argue that augmenting traditional archival field collecting methods with these strategies enables the CRC to build a more robust relationship with Arizona’s Mexican American community, allows us to continue expanding our archival holdings, and serves as an example for other repositories seeking to enhance their documentation of marginalized communities.

Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archi... more Arizona State University Libraries became charter members of ArchivesSpace, an "open source archives information management application for managing and providing web access to archives, manuscripts and digital objects," in early 2013. This case study discusses the Libraries’ migration of its Archives and Special Collections (ASC) from Microsoft Access, Archivists’ Toolkit and FileMaker Pro to ArchivesSpace, between late 2013 and late 2015. It briefly summarises ArchivesSpace’s development and capabilities, describes ASC’s data management systems at the time of the migration, discusses local factors affecting migration and implementation, details ASC’s transition to ArchivesSpace, analyses the positive and negative results of migration, compares ASC’s experience to that of other organisations utilising the software, and reflects on the "lessons learned" during the migration process.

The American Archivist, 2014

As American society becomes more diverse, archivists increasingly work with multilingual collecti... more As American society becomes more diverse, archivists increasingly work with multilingual collections and patrons. In Arizona, this situation occurs most frequently with materials created by individuals and communities using Spanish as their primary language. This case study discusses Arizona State University's creation of English and Spanish finding aids for six collections processed as part of a Council on Library and Information Resources grant. It describes the process of creating a Spanish finding aid template; reviews the challenges encountered and solutions designed while translating, encoding, and publishing Spanish guides; and analyzes use of the final documents.