Abstract
This article is a case study of a collaboration between the Oregon Multicultural Archives of Oregon State University, Portland State University Library's Special Collections, the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA), and the Northwest News Network to preserve and make accessible a recovered box of Oregon Chinese disinterment documents. By examining what influenced and engaged each partner, this case study offers an opportunity to better understand the motivations of diverse stakeholders in a "post-custodial era" project that challenges traditional practices of custody, control, and access.
Author Biography
Natalia Fernández is the Oregon Multicultural Librarian for the Oregon Multicultural Archives at Oregon State University’s (OSU) Special Collections & Archives Research Center. Prior to joining OSU in November of 2010, she interned at the Arizona Historical Society and worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Arizona Library Special Collections. Fernández holds an M.A. in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona. Cristine N. Paschild has been the Head of Special Collections and the University Archivist at Portland State University Library since 2008. Before joining Portland State, she spent seven years with the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles as an archivist and the director of the collections management and access unit. Paschild holds an M.A. in English and an M.L.I.S. with an archives specialization, both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Recommended Citation
Fernández, Natalia M. and Paschild, Cristine N.
(2013)
"Beyond a Box of Documents: The Collaborative Partnership Behind the Oregon Chinese Disinterment Documents Collection,"
Journal of Western Archives: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26077/90e9-fad3
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol4/iss1/5
