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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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Government shutdown curbs academic research at many levels

A wide range of academic research across the country was being interrupted Wednesday as the federal government shutdown continued for a second day — with no clear path to a resolution. Read more in the Inside Higher Ed article, Locked … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Featuring the Douglas Edwards papers

As was mentioned earlier this week, October is Archives month; it also happens to be Archaeology Month.  To celebrate Maya Steinborn ’14 and Morgan Ford ’17 put together a small display of notebooks, photographs, and artifacts from the Douglas Edwards … Continue reading

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Recommended Reading – American Gods: A Novel

Gaiman, Neil. 2001. American Gods: A Novel. New York: W. Morrow. Brought to you by the twisted imagination of Neil Gaiman, this tale draws from old world mythology and pits it against new gods in a modern world, all taking place … Continue reading

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From the Archives: Celebrating Archives Month!

October is Archives Month and the Archives & Special Collections are celebrating! We continue our Behind the Archives Door series with talks on October 1st and 15th by Amy Fisher, Professor of Science, Technology and Society who will discuss our … Continue reading

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