Date Created
1-2021
Abstract
First-generation college students have a profound impact both inside and outside the classroom on the strategic goals of universities, yet in-depth, firsthand information about their experiences are difficult for researchers and university administrators to find. Oral histories are a data-rich method of collecting narratives that legitimize the perspectives of underrepresented communities whose stories are often absent from the written record. This article provides a brief overview of first-generation populations, a review of literature relating to the increasing involvement of libraries and archives in capturing and preserving the stories of underdocumented communities in the twenty-first century, and shares three case studies of first-generation initiatives at public universities in California, Colorado, and Nebraska.
Publication Title
College & Research Libraries
Document Type
Article
Rights Statement
Attribution-NonCommercial (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) CC BY-NC
Extent
15 pages
Digital Origin
Born digital
Organization
University of Northern Colorado
Recommended Citation
Graham, Blake; Baldivia, Stefani; Cuthbertson, William; Leon, Kendall; Monson, Jane; and Trask, Jay, "Collecting First-Generation Voices in Academic Libraries and Archives" (2021). University Libraries Faculty Publications. 126.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/libfacpub/126
