Archival Research and the Importance of Physical Documents
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Archival Research and the Importance of Physical Documents
Archival research offers a unique and invaluable experience beyond the digital realm, providing a tactile connection to the past. This post by Glenn Summers delivers a tactile and analytical discussion of some sources on the 1913 strike at Leith Docks, a key event during the UK’s Great Labour Unrest.
Fight or Die Trying – Indigenous Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Blog post by Robin Keagle
“Kimberly in Red” from Artist Nayan Lafond, A Journal of the Plague Year ArchiveGenocide, stolen lands, and broken promises. Indigenous Peoples have a long history of being silenced. Their voices are muted and are often missing from the archives.
“Kung Flu,” the Power of Words, and the Impact on AAPI Identity
Blog post by Kathryn Jue
Asian and Pacific Islanders are fighting two pandemics – COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism.[i] The rise of anti-Asian crimes is now a focal point in a pandemic year, but this is not something that came out of nowhere.[ii]
“Rural Voices” Pandemic Collection Shares Quiet Stories of Loss and Hope During COVID-19
Blog post by Clinton P. Roberts
As the nightly news rattled off statistical numbers, my grandmother sat quietly in her house, mourning a loss, unable to see her husband’s grave. Her daily visits to the cemetery marked an otherwise unbroken routine for over five years.