Community Work: Community Organizing Archive
The new Archive of Community Organizing at Brown University – preserve the record of your activism today!
Brown alumni working as community organizers are actively seeking to preserve for the future the record of community organizing and activism in the late 20th century. In an exciting collaboration, the John Hay Library at Brown University, home of the Manuscripts section of the Brown University Library as well as the Brown University Archives, has agreed to accept, archive and store for posterity personal papers and organization records pertaining to community organizing. While actively recruiting the papers of Brown alumni, the ACO will accept records and papers of any community organizing activities. We will particularly welcome records and papers pertaining to community organizing in Rhode Island and Southeastern New England.
Specifically, we are asking you to consider, either now or in the future, sending relevant materials to the Archive of Community Organizing. Whether this occurs when you clean your office, prepare for retirement or transfer, or need to remove the clutter from your house – please save these pieces of history for future generations. Go to "Learn How to Donate to the Archive" for more details and answers to frequently asked questions.
Sincerely yours,
Ad Hoc Archive Committee
Ken Galdston ’68
Jim Dickson ‘68
Marion Orr
Fred Lippitt Professor of Public Policy
Department of Political Science, Brown University
Roger Nozaki
Director, Swearer Center for Public Service
Alan Flam
Senior Fellow, Swearer Center for Public Service
Jay Gaidmore
University Archivist
Brown University Archives and Manuscripts
Holly Snyder
North American History Librarian
Brown University Library