/ Peru Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /curiosity/blog/how-do-you-safeguard-endangered-peruvian-history <div>&nbsp;</div><p><img alt="archival work" src="https://lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk15406/files/styles/sf_landscape_16x9/public/media/images/ARCHIVAL%20WORK-HISTORY-51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏDAVIS-CCP%20ARCHIVE%20PERU-CHARLES%20WALKER.jpg?h=e910c1de&amp;itok=a0_bP645" loading="lazy" width="1280" height="720"></p><div><div><div><p><em>Research team led by Charles Walker, professor of history at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis, (not pictured) and Ruth Borja Santa Cruz (center), professor of history at the University of San Marcos in Peru, digitizes documents in Peru. (Courtesy/ Charles Walker)</em></p></div></div></div> July 09, 2024 - 12:40pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/blog/how-do-you-safeguard-endangered-peruvian-history /curiosity/news/historians-digitize-endangered-peruvian-archive <p>For years, the historical papers of a Peruvian peasants’ rights group sat heaped in piles on the floor of a house in downtown Lima — threatened by pests, political foes, thieves and natural disasters, but largely off limits to scholars and the public.</p> <section class="wysiwyg-feature-block u-width--half u-align--right"> <div class="wysiwyg-feature-block__figure"> <p><img alt="Portrait photo of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis historian" src="https://lettersandscience.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk4021/files/inline-images/Chuck_Walker.jpg"></p></div></section> October 09, 2020 - 4:04pm Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/historians-digitize-endangered-peruvian-archive