Out of the Hollinger Box and into the Streets: Activists, Archives, and Under-Documented Populations

In recent years, archivists in the United States and abroad have engaged in a process of reevaluation aimed at bringing diverse new voices into archival holdings, which have long been focused on the papers and records of the dominant culture. One possible source for this documentation is the records of non-profit organizations that are responsive to the needs of under-documented populations. This national survey-based research of 499 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations asks two questions. First, to what extent do non-profit organizations whose work centers on under-documented populations use archival materials in their activism and research? Second, to what extent do these non-profit organizations maintain documentation of their activities, and what intentions do they have for the future of this documentation