Esteban Torres: From Margin to Center

April 3, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Prior to his career in government, Esteban Torres was a labor organizer and activist. CSRC archives specialist Doug Johnson explores how Torres sought change by working from the progressive margins of the system, yet later served terms in the US House of Representatives.

Digital Archives Meets UX Research

March 1, 2019.Reading time 16 minutes.

Over 25,000 never-before-seen images were recently digitized and described by the CSRC, which were made available on two digital platforms. Former CSRC research assistant Michael Aguilar discusses the research that drove this project.

Working with Selena at the CSRC

March 1, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

CSRC archival processing intern Lupe Sánchez discusses her work at the CSRC, where she processed production materials related to the 1997 biopic Selena.

The Jaguar

March 1, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

In 1996, artist Laura Molina created and self-published a startlingly prescient comic book. She envisioned a world in which right-wing politicians, cynically lamenting a lost America target minorities and immigrants, and advocate building a border wall.

Sound familiar?

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