Americans Before Columbus: collections that help us think about collecting
In preparation for an event we’re helping with this weekend at the Museum of Art and Design, we’ve been digging through our newspaper collections — specifically, our collection of Indigenous newspapers. A special edition of Americans Before Columbus caught our eye because of an article of “Sacred Objects and Secular Laws,” which discusses repatriation of […]
October 7, 2021
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10th Anniversary Picnic
Interference Archive celebrated 10 years with a picnic in Prospect Park. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us, and everyone who has helped us get this far!
September 26, 2021
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Just arrived in the mail: From Nightwatch to Now
We love getting things in the mail! And, this week we receive a copy of From Nightwatch to Now: How the History of Policing Affects Modern Day Law Enforcement. From Nightwatch to Now is a project by Julia Howard; it brings together her research on the history of policing, which you can also access on […]
September 5, 2021
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New collection highlight: Mammy, a Third World Women’s Publication
While our collection of underground newspapers includes many issues of RAT, including several related to the women’s takeover of the newspaper, we were excited to recently receive a copy of the October 1972 issue of MAMMY, produced by RAT. The editorial inside the front cover explains more about the newspaper: Today many things are being […]
August 21, 2021
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High School Student Organizing
In 2020, we launched an exhibition reflecting on over five decades of student activism, Walkout: a brief history of student organizing. We’ve recently received a donation of material that paints an even clearer picture of high school student involvement in that movement, and we thought we’d share an update here. New York’s High School Student […]
August 8, 2021
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