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From the Archives & Special Collections: Black Arts Festival

The Archives & Special Collections recently acquired this program from the 1973 Black Arts Festival. The Black Arts Festival was an annual event sponsored by the Black Student Union (BSU). The BSU was founded in 1968 and Puget Sound’s first … Continue reading

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A humorous memoir-in-essays

For Damon Young, existing while Black is an extreme sport. The act of having black skin while searching for space to breathe in America is enough to induce a ceaseless state of angst where questions such as “How should I react … Continue reading

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Collins Library Links: Leaving Elsevier, should we stay or should we go?

Leaving Elsevier, should we stay or should we go? Many of you have no doubt read about the recent decision made by the University of California System Libraries to cancel their Elsevier journal subscriptions. This was highlighted in a recent … Continue reading

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London Centre for Book Arts: a presentation by founders Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura, April 24, 3:00-4:00pm, Archives Seminar Room

Based in what was once the heart of London’s print industry, the London Centre for Book Arts (LCBA) is an artist-run, open-access studio offering education programs for the community and affordable access to resources for artists and designers.   The Centre’s … Continue reading

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HUM 399: Library as Collaboratory

Are you curious about careers in libraries, archives, or information science? Would you like to explore intersections of pedagogy, information ethics, and digital tools?  Consider taking Humanities 399: Library as Collaboratory, an activity credit course, in the Fall 2019 semester. … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Local Conditions: One Hundred Views of Mount Rainier (At Least)

We recently acquired Local Conditions: One Hundred Views of Mount Rainier (At Least), a stunning artist book by Chandler O’Leary, a Tacoma-based illustrator, letterer, and entrepreneur. O’Leary was inspired by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and his collections of woodblock prints … Continue reading

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A story that will transport you over the rainbow

Hollywood, 1938: As soon as she learns that M-G-M is adapting her late husband’s masterpiece for the screen, seventy-seven-year-old Maud Gage Baum sets about trying to finagle her way onto the set. Nineteen years after Frank’s passing, Maud is the … Continue reading

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From the Archives & Special Collections: Logbooks

Logbooks are one of my favorite resources in the Archives & Special Collections. Logbooks, also known as student handbooks, were printed every year for incoming students. They often included a message from the university president and the ASUPS president, and … Continue reading

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Diagonals and Parallels: Exploratory Intersections in Music, Archives and Feminist Praxis: Megan Mitchell, April 29, 3:00-4:00pm, Archives Seminar Room, Collins Library

Presentation By Megan Mitchell Audio Archivist, Puget Sound Class of 2012 Megan Mitchell traverses the intersections of music, gender, and social justice in various capacities. As proprietor of the index of female/trans/non-binary composers of experimental music, Many Many Women, she acts … Continue reading

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Celebration of Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Creative Work, April 17, 4:00-5:00pm, East Reading Room, Collins Library

The library is pleased to host the annual celebration of Puget Sound faculty and staff scholarship and creative works.  Publications spanning articles, books, edited journals, musical scores, artwork, as well as recognition of performances and other notable scholarship, will be … Continue reading

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