Monthly Archives: July 2014

From the Archives: Mable Electa Buland Campbell

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

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

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

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

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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