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Posted inEditor's Pick

Getting Lost in the World’s Largest Stack of Menus

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 9, 2023January 8, 2023

“Menus provide a window into history, a vital connection to our foodways.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Haunting the Archive

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 23, 2022December 12, 2022

“The media’s obsession with my mother changed my relationship to grief.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

How a California Archive Reconnected a New Mexico Family with Its Chinese Roots

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 4, 2022October 19, 2022

Amid a surge of anti-Asian hate in America, Aimee Towi Mae Tang, a fourth-generation Chinese New Mexican, wanted to know more about of her own identity and how her family settled in Albuquerque. Born in China and new to Albuquerque himself, journalist Wufei Yu decided to help the Tangs learn more about their history, and […]

collage of archived materials, from handwritten letters to vintage photographs
Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Reading List, Story

What We Remember: A Reading List on Archives

by Hallel Yadin March 23, 2022October 19, 2022

Why do we keep what we keep — and who decides? An archivist digs and collects longreads on how objects and materials shape public memory.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Movable Feast

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“Food media, archival repair, and what we expect from recipes.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Living Memory

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 30, 2021October 19, 2022

“Who, then, are the chroniclers of Black lives in the pandemic?”

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Writing

The Secrets of a Hidden Diary

by Seyward Darby December 4, 2020October 19, 2022

A hidden diary, a love story, and a mystery.

Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Concealing a Catastrophe: ‘The Day the Music Burned’

by Krista Stevens June 12, 2019October 19, 2022

“The vault fire was not, as UMG suggested, a minor mishap, a matter of a few tapes stuck in a musty warehouse. It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business.”

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Story

The Internet Isn’t Forever

by Maria Bustillos February 20, 2018October 19, 2022

When an online news outlet goes out of business, its archives can disappear as well. The new battle over journalism’s digital legacy.

Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes

Did You Happen to See the Most Interesting Man in the World? (He’s In Room 328)

by michelleweber September 26, 2017October 19, 2022

Libraries contain more than books — they have archives, and the archivists want to help you explore them.

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