Author Archives: Arizona Archives Alliance

February 2023 Welcome to the Arizona Archives Alliance (AzAA) blog! If you would like to be featured on the AzAA blog regarding the archival work you or your institution is doing please contact us at azarchivesalliance@arizonaarchives.com February is Black History Month. This month we asked to hear from Phyllis Grimes, President Emeritus the of Black Family GenealogyContinue reading “AzAA Blog Post February 2023”

Welcome to the Arizona Archives Alliance (AzAA) blog! If you would like to be featured on the AzAA blog regarding the archival work you or your institution is doing please contact us at azarchivesalliance@arizonaarchives.com As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, we have one more post from Christine Marin, Professor Emeritus, Historian and Archivist,Continue reading “AzAA Blog Post October 2022”

September/October 2022 Welcome to the Arizona Archives Alliance (AzAA) blog! If you would like to be featured on the AzAA blog regarding the archival work you or your institution is doing please contact us at azarchivesalliance@arizonaarchives.com For September and October, Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15, 2022), we will feature two posts written by ChristineContinue reading “AzAA Blog Post September 2022”

August 2022 Welcome to the AzAA Blog August 2022 August blog is a day late, apologies! August was National Dog Month, appointed by the makers of Milk Bone treats. And what archivist doesn’t love finding photos of beloved dogs amid the photographs they care for? Arizona Historical Society Archivists love our dogs! Tell us aboutContinue reading “AZAA Blog Post August 2022”

July 2022 by Kaitlin D’Amico, MA, MLIS, CA, GARA, Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records July marks the start of when many Arizonians start receiving their mail-in ballots. Unsurprisingly, Arizona is one of the states with the highest percentage of mail-in ballots across the country. Voting and politics are deeply intertwined as the submittedContinue reading “AzAA Blog Post July 2022”

The History of Juneteenth in Tucson Perri Pyle, archivist, Arizona Historical Society On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, bringing word that the war had ended and the enslaved people of the Gulf Coast island were free. Celebrations of June 19th – known early on as “Emancipation Day” or “Jubilee Day,” andContinue reading “AzAA Blog Post June 2022”