This post does eventually relate to archives.

I live in California’s Central Valley, just 90 miles away from San Francisco. The Valley is a conservative part of the state. This weekend, I was amazed by our hometown. My husband and I had planned to march in Sacramento, but he got off work very late on Friday, so we opted to go to the march in our own city. The march was sponsored by The Progressive Voice and the Democratic Women’s Club of Stanislaus County. My good friend Joey from Merced joined us with her two teenage daughters, and when we got there, we met with other friends and family members. I did not expect 1,000 people to participate. I did not expect the huge show of support from people in cars as we walked down one of the busiest streets in town. Here is an article from our local paper, “Signs, Chants, Honks, and Cheers Mark Large, Upbeat Women’s March Modesto.”

When I got home from the march, I spent some time looking at photographs people were posting of marchers and their posters. Here are some interesting articles related to posters from marchers and photographs round the world and within the United States.

• The Atlantic’s “Photos of the Women’s Marches Around the World“
• BuzzFeed’s “32 of the Most Powerful Photos of Women’s Marches Around the World“
• BuzzFeed’s “61 of the Greatest Signs from Women’s Marches Around the Country.”
• BuzzFeed’s “The White House Fence is Covered with Signs from the Women’s March“
• Hyperallergic’s “Required Reading: Women’s March Posters“
• The New York Times’ “Pictures from Women’s Marches on Every Continent“
• NPR’s “Women’s Marches Go Global: Postcards from Protests Around the World“
• Slate’s “The Best, Nastiest Protest Signs from the Women’s March on Washington“

The Society of American Archivists’ Women Archivists Section is interested in archiving materials, including posters, photographs, and oral histories from the women’s marches. Their project is called the Women’s March on Washington Archives Project. Click here to find the Project’s Facebook group and here for their Twitter account.

I plan to contribute photos. Some friends also gave me their posters. I just have to find out if California has a repository for the physical materials. Please feel free to share about this archival project. This could be a potentially rich source of primary material for those studying about the marches in the future.

Here are some photos I took this weekend.