Modern Endangered Archives Program
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A @UCLALibrary granting program funded by @ArcadiaFund.
Digitizing and making accessible at-risk archival materials through UCLA Library Digital Collections.
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UCLA Library's program Modern Endangered Archives Program is supporting the digitization of endangered archives from three major human rights organizations in Peru, preserving documents that chart the country's history. Read about the UC Davis and @UNMSM_led project: lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-techno…
An incredible example of how endangered archives, when organized and described, can shift scholarly conversations and historical understanding. Congratulations to Sauda. And, thank you to MEAP Board Member Derek R Peterson for showcasing her work.
In honor of #NelsonMandela's birthday, these #UCLADigLib materials highlight South Africa's first democratically elected president, who was an anti-apartheid activist & The Nobel Prize laureate. Digitized by Intl Digital Ephemera Project & Modern Endangered Archives Program with Arcadia Fund support.
A humanist to the core, that’s Nelson Mandela” (February 21, 1990), Kenya Times no. 630, p. 4, @McMillanLibrary Newspaper Collection, UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program. Modern Endangered Archives Program
New in Early View💡 Drawing on a radio station archive, Aïssatou Mbodj analyses the songs sang by women about (im)mobile men in 20th century Mali. She argues that these 'non-migrant' songs can help us reimagine processes of migration & gender roles alike. 👇 bit.ly/3zWCL4J
Funded by UCLA Library’s program Modern Endangered Archives Program, a new project aims to bridge historical divides, foster cultural preservation and illuminate how the Partition of India continues to shape the stories of the country and its people.
Thousands of photographic negatives & prints by American photographer Willis E. Bell have been digitized with support from UCLA Library’s Modern Endangered Archives Program. Bell documented life in Ghana, West Africa, during the post-colonial period (1957-1978). See more: bit.ly/ucla-willisbell
➡️➡️➡️Funding for Cultural heritage preservation projects via Modern Endangered Archives Program