Archive Journal
Roundtable

Archiving Social Protest

By Martha Briggs, Catherine Grandgeorge, Alison Hinderliter, Eric Gonzaba, Julie Herrada, Yvonne Ng, Joe Tropea
December 2017

Representatives from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan Library, the Trump Protest Archive, the Chicago Protest Collection at the Newberry Library, WITNESS and the Preserve the Baltimore Uprising Archive discuss archiving social protest, based on their practices and experiences working with and building various contemporaneous as well as historical collections.  We invite you to read through the responses by author or by question.

  1. What social-protest materials does your institution or organization collect, and how do you acquire material?

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  2. What particular opportunities and challenges do social-protest archives face?

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  3. How do people use your material? What uses do you hope to enable?

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  4. What is the relationship between social protest and social-protest archiving?

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Martha Briggs, Catherine Grandgeorge, Alison Hinderliter

Briggs: Lloyd Lewis Curator of Modern Manuscripts
Grandgeorge: Processing Archivist
Hinderliter: Manuscripts and Archives Librarian
– Newberry Library

  • Martha, Catherine, & Alison's Responses:
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Eric Gonzaba

Doctoral Candidate – George Mason University Creator – Trump Protest Archive

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Julie Herrada

Curator of the Joseph A. Labadie Collection, Special Collections – University of Michigan

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Yvonne Ng

Senior Archivist – WITNESS

  • Yvonne's Responses:
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Joe Tropea

Curator of Films & Photographs – Maryland Historical Society Project Manager – Preserve the Baltimore Uprising Archive

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Source: http://www.archivejournal.net/roundtable/archiving-social-protest/