Monthly Archives: July 2014

From the Archives: Mable Electa Buland Campbell

Posted on July 31, 2014 by khenningsen

This week as I was researching a past president of the University of Puget Sound, I stumbled upon someone I found a bit more interesting in a 1909 edition of The Trail: Mable Electa Buland. The Trail article introduced Buland … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: The Irrepressible Reverend Henry Brown

Posted on July 24, 2014 by khenningsen

I would like to open this blog post with a quote from my friend from this week’s archival research, Dr. Henry Brown: “Indeed our common Christianity is in jeopardy from the universal prevalence and insidious attacks of the forces of … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: The Frank Williston papers

Posted on July 17, 2014 by khenningsen

This week I’ve begun processing the Frank Williston papers, which I actually used for a Wikipedia article last week. Williston was a professor of “Far East Studies” at both the University of Puget Sound and at the University of Washington, … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Exploring China at the Turn of the Century, the Albert Bash papers

Posted on July 10, 2014 by khenningsen

Postcard (left), and unidentified photo (right) from the Albert W. Bash Papers This week I’ve been working with a particularly fun collection- the Albert W. Bash papers- for an article I was writing for Wikipedia about the American China Development … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: Arranging and describing the Walter S. Davis papers

Posted on July 3, 2014 by khenningsen

I’ve just returned to the library after a wonderful trip abroad and am embarking on a new stage of my work in the Archives & Special Collections. While I’ve previously been editing and writing articles for Wikipedia based on our … Continue reading →

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