Finding ASU History

Request these materials through Ask An Archivist. Include the call number and the date or year of issue for each item:

ASU Insight (staff newspaper)      Call Number: 0.5 Ar47 Folio 

ASU Insight West (staff newspaper)   Call Number: 1011.5 W52 (not folio)

State Press (student newspaper)   Call Number: 131.10 St29 Folio 

Note that recent State Press editions are available online, see the Research Tools tab.

Football Game Programs                              Call Number: 34.13 

Enrollment Summaries                                 Call Number: 33.10 

See also the Student Enrollment Data Compilations online collection.

ASU Statistical Summary/Fact Book             Call Number: 33.8 

These materials are available on a walk-in basis at the Wurzburger Reading Room, Hayden Library, Tempe campus:

Yearbooks, 1911-1997                                 Call Number: 131.15 

• Not available/not produced: 1918, 1920, 1935-37, 1973-75, 1979, 1981-86, 1998-present
• Brief editions: 1921, 1933, 1942-46, 1961, 1976-78

Football Media Guides                                 Call Number: 34.7 

Commencement Programs                           Call Number: 45.3 

Commencement Programs

The Graduation Office has provided digital copies of the Commencement Program from Fall 2012-present. Issues can be accessed here. 

Physical copies of Commencement Programs (1887-present) are available for viewing in-person at the Wurzburger Reading Room, Hayden Library, Tempe campus. (Call # 45.3)

Honorary Degree Recipients

The Graduation Office maintains a list of Honorary Degree Recipients which includes links to commencement speeches for some speakers.