CSU collects materials documenting the marijuana legalization movement

This summer, Colorado’s State University’s Archives and Special Collections Department started gathering materials to create the Amendment 64 Collection.

This archival collection will consist of any documents related to the legalization of marijuana in effort to preserve this historical event.

Janet Bishop, the coordinator for Archives and Special Collections at CSU, introduced the idea of finding materials for an archive on this topic.

“I guess it’s fair to say it was my idea, but I did get input,” Bishop said. “I thought this would be good, even though perhaps controversial.”

The Amendment 64 Collection is part of the Agricultural and Natural Resources archive, one of several archives the department manages. It will be made up of text-based materials, photographs, video footage and Stories of Amendment 64, an oral history project based on the legalization of marijuana.

“Usually it’s a reflective, thoughtful thing,” Bishop said about Stories of Amendment 64. “Where they’re...

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