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Discover our unique research materials that document the diverse human and natural history of the Colorado Plateau and Northern Arizona.

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Featured collections Ellsworth Kolb with woman in a canoe on the Colorado River

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Featured topics Profile of Young Navajo Mother and Child, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona. Wearing their traditional costume, they become part of the fascination of this redrock land. [Photographer's caption]

NAU Archives Graduating class of 1914 outside of Old Main, Northern Arizona Normal School


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Meet Michelle Boyer-Kelly, U. of A. Intern and SCA's latest example of "Elevating Excellence."

Posted by Cindy Summers on December 08, 2022

As fall semester comes to an end, we will soon say goodbye to an up-and-coming archival professional and wonderful intern, Michelle Boyer-Kelly.   Michelle’s internship came about when Archivist for Discovery, Sam(antha) Meier received a generous grant from the Arizona Archives Alliance to provide matching funds for a paid SCA intern.  Working with the University of Arizona’s Master of Library and Information Science, Knowledge River program, Sam created a structured, for- credit, paid internship that would offer an exceptional learning opportunity,…

Monthly Tours of SCA's Exhibit - Images of a Lost World

Posted by Cindy Summers on November 29, 2022

Special Collections and Archives exhibit entrance Join curator Hank Hassell Dec. 1 at 4 p.m. for a tour of the “Images of a Lost World” exhibit in Special Collections and Archives. This mile-by-mile journey through fabled Glen Canyon features stunning photographs from the archives that illuminate the spectacular scenery, history and archaeology of a lost but never-to-be-forgotten world.  All are welcome!  Can’t join this time?  Your next opportunity will be Jan. 5 at 4 p.m. Can’t…

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Special Collections and Archives
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Building 28
Cline Library, 2nd floor
1001 S. Knoles Drive
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
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