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From the Archives: Archives& Special Collections Experiments with Tumblr!

This semester the Archives & Special Collections are experimenting with Tumblr.  Our goal is to post an image from the collections every other weekday.  Check it out! http://pugetsoundarchives.tumblr.com/

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Camp Stories Exhibit, Jennifer Kennard, Nov. 16, 2013, 2 p.m.

Shows runs November 6, 2013 – January 14, 2014 November 16, 2013, 2 p.m. Collins Memorial Library, Tacoma Camp Stories, an exhibit of work by two Northwest native artists, Gladiola Flowers and her daughter Jennifer Kennard, will be held at … Continue reading

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Did You Know? Laptop printing

Laptop printing is available exclusively through vDesk!

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Friday Fun – Recommended Film: “Hustle & Flow”

You may enjoy this inspiring film: Hustle & Flow, PS3602.R48 H87 2006. DJay, a very smalltime streetwise Memphis hustler and pimp, lives a dead-end life at the fringes of society. A chance encounter with Key, a sound engineer, spurs DJay … Continue reading

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From the Archives: October is Archives Month!

Throughout the country, we celebrate Archives Month in October.  This is an opportunity to celebrate our written and oral history.  Visit the Washington State Archives Month website and browse President Thompson’s oral histories with Puget Sound faculty from the 1940s-1970s.  … Continue reading

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From the Archives: National Treasure, EVEN WRONGER THAN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS

The white-gloved historian is a staple of popular culture. After all, old things are delicate! You can’t touch them with your dirty, dirty, fingers. Who knows what kinds of oils or flakes of skin could be there to cause untold … Continue reading

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How many have you read? From Goodnight Moon to Harry Potter…

How many have you read? From Goodnight Moon to Harry Potter, The New York Public Library’s 100 greatest children’s books of the past 100 years The list includes picture books for preschoolers as well as books for older readers like … Continue reading

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Finding your way around the shutdown and to useful statistical and data sources

We’re entering the second week of the federal government shutdown that’s a result of the lack of a federal budget. While critical services such as Social Security benefits, the Postal Service, the military, and air traffic control continue functioning, many … Continue reading

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Did You Know? Carletta Carrington Wilson Lecture, October 10, 4 p.m.

On October 10, Carletta Carrington Wilson will be visiting Grace Livingston’s class in the early afternoon and presenting in the Archives space at 4:00 p.m.. Coffee and conversation from 3:30-4:00 p.m.

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Friday Fun! Recommended Film – “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter — and Spring”

You’ll enjoy Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter– and Spring a chronicle of the life of a Buddhist monk from childhood to the end of his days.

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