Monthly Archives: December 2013

From the Archives: “A Sound Past”, 3,000+ images and growing!

As we wrap up the semester, the Archives & Special Collections is thrilled to announce that A Sound Past now holds over 3,000 images documenting the history of the University of Puget Sound.  The Archives & Special Collections holds about … Continue reading

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From the Popular Reading Collection: “Life After Life”

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson: What if we lived our life over and over again? Not reincarnation. But, the same life with different experiences and choices. What if you had a vague feeling about what choices you should make … Continue reading

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Winter Poems

The Poetry Foundation offers an annual helping of winter poems, from Denise Levertov, Thomas Hardy, and others.  Read and enjoy!  

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From the Archives: The Wars of the Words

Have you ever wanted to read a tiny book? How about a rare, tiny book? How about a rare, tiny book full of puns? If none of those trip your trigger, then I don’t know what to say except “this … Continue reading

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Popular Reading Collection – one of our newest titles!

A city is best defined by the people in it.  Those people have stories, stories of the commonplace and the strange, of love and crime, of ghosts and monsters. Communion Town by Sam Thompson is a city in ten chapters: … Continue reading

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Get Your Statistics with “Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference”

Collins Library recently added another resource for members of the campus community who are in search of statistics: Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference.  Brought to you by the same company as Data-Planet Statistical Datasets, Statistical Ready Reference provides access to the … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Do you have any idea how many pictures of things we have?

Because you probably don’t. While the archives is home to a whole array of historical and cultural materials, as well as the missives, meeting minutes, and miscellany that document the entire history of the University from 1888 to the present … Continue reading

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What are the limits of human knowledge?

Dave Eggers’ The Circle tells the story of Mae Holland who is hired to work for the world’s most powerful internet company called the Circle.  Holland is initially grateful to work for such an influential and groundbreaking company that possesses … Continue reading

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