The people and partners behind Reveal Digital
Reveal Digital is powered by a community of libraries, archives, and cultural organizations working together to make primary sources freely available on JSTOR. From early visionaries to current collaborators, our partners share a commitment to open access, equity, and preservation.
Collaborative leadership, shared mission
Reveal Digital is guided by a small, dedicated team of curators and program leads who work hand-in-hand with libraries and contributors to bring overlooked histories online.
Emilie Hardman
Senior Content Curator
Guides the curation of new collections and partnerships, with expertise in archives, special collections, and digital strategy.
Jasmine Wilson
Program Administrator, Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements
Coordinates partnerships with libraries and community archives, ensuring materials are described, digitized, and made accessible with care.
Jeelan Bilal-Gore
Collection Development Specialist
Focuses on developing a collection strategy and relationships with the AAPI community in support of acquiring content for Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements.
Guidance from the library community
Reveal Digital is supported by an advisory committee of library leaders and scholars from institutions across North America. They help shape collection development, advise on emerging opportunities, and ensure Reveal Digital remains aligned with the needs of libraries and researchers.
The current committee includes representatives from a wide range of institutions—public and private, large and small—across the United States and Canada, reflecting the diversity and collaboration that define the Reveal Digital community.
Libraries and consortia making open access possible
Every Reveal Digital collection is funded through contributions from individual libraries, library consortia, and philanthropic foundations. Together, these institutions make it possible to publish open primary source collections for the benefit of scholars everywhere.
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- Allegheny College
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Arizona State University
- Arkansas State University
- Auburn University
- Bard College at Simon’s Rock
- Bates College
- Big Ten Academic Alliance
- Birkbeck College
- Boston College
- Bowdoin College
- Bowling Green State University
- Brandeis University
- Brandon University
- California Digital Library
- California State University, East Bay
- California State University, Northridge
- Carleton College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Claremont Colleges
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- College of William and Mary
- College of Wooster
- Colorado College
- Colorado State University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Davidson College
- Denison University
- DePaul University
- Dickinson College
- Duke University
- East Carolina University
- Emory University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- George Mason University
- Georgetown University
- Gettysburg College
- Gonzaga University
- Grand Valley State University
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton College
- Hampshire College
- Harvard University
- Hollins University
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- Iowa State University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Juniata College
- Kalamazoo College
- Kent State University
- Kenyon College
- Lafayette College
- London School of Economics & Political Science
- Loyola University Chicago
- Luther College
- Macalester College
- Marquette University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Michigan State University
- Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
- Mount Holyoke College
- Muhlenberg College
- New York University
- Northwestern University
- Oakland University
- Oberlin College
- Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Oregon State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Presbyterian College
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Reed College
- Rice University
- Rutgers University
- San Diego State University
- Santa Clara University
- Seton Hall University
- Simon Fraser University
- Smith College
- Stanford University
- Swarthmore College
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Texas Christian University
- The State University of New York at Binghamton
- Trinity College, Connecticut
- Tufts University
- University College London
- University of Arizona
- University of Arkansas
- University of Bristol
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Cambridge
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Denver
- University of East Anglia
- University of Florida
- University of Illinois
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas
- University of Kentucky
- University of Manchester
- University of Maryland
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- University of North Carolina – Charlotte
- University of North Texas
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oregon
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Reading
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Rochester
- University of Salford
- University of San Diego
- University of San Francisco
- University of Sheffield
- University of South Dakota
- University of Southern Indiana
- University of Sussex
- Washington University
Content contributed by archives and collections worldwide
Reveal Digital’s collections are built from the contributions of hundreds of archives, libraries, and historical societies—large and small—whose holdings bring depth and diversity to each project.
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- American Baptist College
- Ann Arbor District Library
- Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records
- Ascension Parish Library
- Atlanta History Center
- Austin History Center (Austin Public Library)
- Bates College
- Beloved Community Center
- Berkeley Historical Society
- Bowling Green State University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University
- Bucknell University, Ellen Clark Bertrand Library
- California Historical Society
- Catholic Research Resources Alliance
- Civil Rights Movement Archive
- College of William & Mary
- Colorado State Publications Library
- Colorado State University
- Colorado State University, Pueblo
- Compassion
- Connecticut State Library
- Davidson College, Van Every/Smith Galleries
- Denver Public Library
- Duke University, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture
- Eastern Michigan University Archives
- Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
- Ethan Persoff, The Realist Archive Project
- Florida State University
- Free Speech Movement Archives
- Georgia State University
- GI Press Project
- Gidra/Densho Digital Repository
- GLBT Historical Society
- Graduate Theological Union
- Grand Valley State University
- Haverford College
- Harvard Law School Library
- Homosexual Information Center
- Idaho State University
- Illinois State University
- Indiana State Library
- Indiana University South Bend, Civil Rights Heritage Center
- Indiana University, Bloomington
- Interference Archive
- Iowa State University
- John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives at the William Way LGBT Community Center
- La Salle University
- Library of Michigan
- Library of Virginia
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Louisiana State University
- Mabel Gazette H.E.R.O.
- Michigan State University
- Minnesota Correctional Facility-Rush City (Minnesota Department of Corrections)
- Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
- Mississippi State University Libraries
- Mule Creek Post
- Nash News
- National Guardian (William Ryan, former editor)
- Native American Rights Fund
- Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse at the Nebraska Library Commission
- New Journalism Project
- New York State Library
- Northwestern University, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Oberlin College Archives
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries and Archives
- Oklahoma Historical Society
- Oklahoma State University
- Prison Action News Editorial Collective
- Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Queens College Benjamin Rosenthal Library
- Sacramento State University
- Samford University Library
- San Francisco History Center
- San Quentin News
- Shaw University
- Simon Fraser University
- State Library of North Carolina
- State Library of Oregon
- The Long Haul, Berkeley California
- The Open Road
- The Rebirth Tribe
- Tulane University
- Tuskegee University Archives
- United Farm Workers Movement
- University at Buffalo Libraries
- University of Arkansas, Special Collections
- University of California Libraries
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, San Diego
- University of Connecticut, Archives and Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
- University of Hawai’i
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library
- University of Kentucky
- University of Maine
- University of Michigan
- University of Missouri
- University of New Mexico
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Oregon
- University of South Alabama
- University of South Florida
- University of Texas at Austin, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
- University of Texas at Austin, The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- University of Texas, Arlington
- University of Vermont
- University of Victoria
- University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library,
- University of Washington
- University of Washington, Bothell (Washington Prison History Project)
- University of Wisconsin – Madison
- University of Wyoming Libraries
- Vanderbilt University
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
- Washington State Library
- Wayne State University
- West Virginia University
- Whitman College
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Yeshiva University
Diversity & Dissent Fund
Reveal Digital’s first multi-year open access publishing program, the Diversity & Dissent Fund brings libraries and archives together to create digital collections that preserve the voices of marginalized, radical, and activist communities of the 20th century.
Launched in 2017, the fund has been fully supported by 61 contributing libraries, enabling the development of four open collections now available on JSTOR: American Prison Newspapers, Black Periodicals, HIV, AIDS & the Arts, and Student Activism.
Funding partners also guide the work. The program’s editorial board—made up of archivists, curators, and subject experts from participating institutions—helps select new projects and ensure that each collection reflects community priorities and scholarly needs.
Your institution can help shape the next phase of open access publishing by joining the libraries powering Diversity & Dissent.
View editorial board members
Reveal Digital’s editorial board is composed of representatives from funding libraries. The board plays a pivotal role in the selection of new digital projects and provides oversight as each selected project is developed.
Current members
- Jessica Ballard, Archivist for Multicultural Collections & Services, University of Illinois
- Conor Casey, Labor Archivist, Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries
- Lillian Castillo-Speed, Head of Ethnic Studies Library, University of California, Berkeley
- Thai Jones, Curator, U.S. History, Columbia University
- Nick Okrent, Coordinator for Humanities Collections, University of Pennsylvania
- Michael Rodriguez, Coordinator for Digital Humanities, Michigan State University
- Karla Strand, Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin
- Katrina Windon, Accessioning and Processing Archivist, University of Arkansas
Former members who helped shape our publishing program
- Lori Birrell, Associate Dean for Special Collections, University of Arkansas
- Jeff Moyer, Founder, Reveal Digital
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Many thanks to the following libraries that have committed funding:
Major funding provided by:
- Michigan State University Libraries
Sustaining members:
- Big Ten Academic Alliance
- California Digital Library
- Indiana University
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- University of Illinois
- University of Maryland
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nebraska
- University of Wisconsin
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Merced
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- Vassar College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Washington
- Davidson College
- Princeton University
- Kenyon College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Yale University
- University of North Texas
- University of Arkansas
- Grinnell College
- New York University
- Bowling Green State University
- Santa Clara University
- Dickinson College
- Kent State University
- Lafayette College
- Wesleyan University
- Harvard University
- Whitman College
- Colorado College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Iowa State University
- University of Kentucky
- The Claremont Colleges
- University of Oregon
- Stanford University
- Columbia University
- Macalester College
- Hampshire College
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Connecticut
- San Diego State University
Contributing members:
- Bard College at Simon’s Rock
Become part of the Reveal Digital community
Libraries, archives, and funders are invited to help shape the next generation of open collections.
Whether through funding, content contribution, or partnership, your participation ensures that important histories remain preserved and accessible to all.
Our community in action
Reveal Digital’s impact comes to life through the work of our contributors and the stories uncovered in our collections. Explore how libraries and archives are bringing these materials into classrooms, scholarly research, and public understanding.
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Phiz Mezey. View between Picketers of Child and Person with Smoking Pipe Holding “We Want Equality” Sign. January 1, 1964. Phiz Mezey Photographs and Papers (San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library), Part of Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movements, Reveal Digital. https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.39882092.