This May, Albina Music Trust and OSU’s Special Collections Archives and Records Center presented an afternoon of historic regional arts activation. The OSU community joined in this celebration the recent release of a community archive documenting the artistic and cultural legacy of Portland’s historically Black neighborhood of Albina, many years in the making.

This was a self-guided event. Attendees engaged with this rich digital repository that includes photography, film, audio, and assorted ephemera through archive kiosks and listening stations at their own pace. Albina Music Trust provided a curated selection of regional vinyl records from their record label for guests to set on the turntable. Archivists and OSU faculty were on hand to answer questions about Albina’s past, present, and future and the emergent practice of operating a community archive.

Posted - June 06, 2024