Ask an Archivist

Ask an Archivist is a monthly editorial franchise produced by Choice that explores the research and production behind compelling special collections and exhibits through interviews with their curators, archivists, and directors.

The Colored Conventions Project
Interviewing the team behind the Colored Conventions Project (CCP), a collaborative research endeavor that documents the events and people of the Colored Conventions Movement and centers nineteenth-century Black collective organizing.
Posted on 09/14/2023 in Ask an Archivist
The LGBTQ Video Game Archive
A conversation with the archive's founder, Adrienne Shaw
Posted on 06/14/2023 in Ask an Archivist
The Woody Guthrie Center Archives
A Conversation with Kate Blalack
Posted on 04/29/2023 in Ask an Archivist
The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection
A Conversation with Shaneé Yvette Murrain-Willis
Posted on 02/17/2023 in Ask an Archivist
The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection
A Conversation with Laura Micham
Posted on 01/06/2023 in Ask an Archivist
The Henry Darger Room Collection
A Conversation with Alison Amick, Christina Stavros, and Claire Renaud
Posted on 10/28/2022 in Ask an Archivist
Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran
A Conversation with Archivist Azadeh Tajpour
Posted on 08/24/2022 in Ask an Archivist
The Queer Digital History Project
A Conversation with Avery Dame-Griff
Posted on 06/23/2022 in Ask an Archivist
The Portland Street Art Alliance
A Conversation with Founders Tiffany Conklin and Tomás Valladares
Posted on 04/22/2022 in Ask an Archivist
Gather Out of Star-Dust: The Harlem Renaissance and The Beinecke Library
A Conversation with Melissa Barton and Kassidi Jones
Posted on 02/03/2022 in Ask an Archivist
The American Left Ephemera Digital Collection
A Conversation with Edward Galloway, David Grinnell, and Richard Oestreicher
Posted on 12/20/2021 in Ask an Archivist
The A Is for Arab Exhibit
A Conversation with Amita Manghnani and Laura Chen-Schultz
Posted on 10/07/2021 in Ask an Archivist