PRISM

Desert Modernism is an architectural and design style combining elements of Modern and Midcentury Modern architecture with features adapted for living in climates with extreme heat, intense solar radiation, and water scarcity. Although buildings in this style demonstrate wide variation in form and appearance, typical elements include:

Over the years the Arizona State University Alumni Association has produced various publications aimed at keeping alumni connected to and engaged with current programs, students, staff, and faculty.

This collection houses born-digital publications held in Arizona State University's Archives.  New materials are added as they become available.

This collection houses born-digital materials received with the J. Eugene Grigsby Jr.

This copy of Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin’s Phoenix, 1870-1970, in Photographs includes handwritten notations showing each photograph’s identifier in their photo collection.

The Ragsdale Family Papers house photographs, correspondence, articles, clippings, interviews, and other materials documenting Lincoln and Eleanor (Dickey) Ragsdale and their families; businesses run by Ragsdale family members, including the Ragsdale Mortuary, the Universal Memorial Center, and the Valley Life Insurance Company; Lincoln Ragsdale’s service with the Tuskegee Airmen; and Lin