HUMBOLDT AREA PEOPLES ARCHIVE

The Humboldt Area Peoples Archive was founded in early November 2016 by retired Humboldt State University (now Cal-Poly Humboldt) archivist Edie Butler and artist Scott Holmquist, at Holmquist's urging. Holmquist soon recruited Southern Humboldt community leader Douglas Fir, geographer Dr. Dominic Corva and Northern Humboldt activist Richard Salzman. It became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in late 2017... HAPA is opening its Civil Liberties Monitoring Project (CLMP) collection to the public. CLMP (pronounced "climp") was founded in southern Humboldt County in 1983 to defend civil liberties in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity counties. During the height of the War on Drugs it documented police abuses and advocated for citizens rights. It hosted dozens of events to promote public awareness of constitutional rights, promoting direct community dialogue with police and county authorities... Over the past 5 years, HAPA has acquired over 250 cubit feet / 120 boxes of archival material including..

Also known as: HAPA, Humboldt Area

Primary location: Bayside United States