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From the Archives and Special Collections: Don’t Throw it Away!
When I got assigned to work with the Ephemera collection I really had no idea what ‘ephemera’ was. Two years ago I was given the job of re-foldering, re-boxing, and scanning the University of Puget Sound Ephemera collection. It didn’t … Continue reading
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Who will get everything they deserve?
Amber Patterson is tired of being invisible and plain she deserves more–a life of money and power, she wants the life Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne and her estate mogul husband, Jackson, are … Continue reading
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From the Archives & Special Collections: American Paradox
American Paradox: The Conflict of Thought and Action by Merle Curti is a book in the Archives and Special Collections about the tradition of anti-intellectualism in the United States. It highlights the ironic relationship between how America highly prioritizes education, … Continue reading
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Behind the Archives Door: Teaching with Primary Source Materials, Monday, November 13, 4 p.m., A&SC Seminar room, Collins Library
Archives & Special Collections Librarian Adriana Flores will discuss opportunities to use primary source materials from the Archives & Special Collections in the classroom and for scholarly research by both faculty and students. Examples of how we have used archival … Continue reading
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Music in the Library: HARPISTS – Friday, December 1, 2017, 2:30 p.m., Library West Reading Room
Please join us! HARPISTS Friday, December 1, 2017 2:30-2:50 p.m. Library West Reading Room Performances by: Christina Sumprer and Ariane Farris For more information contact: libref@pugetsound.edu
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Collins Library Links: Peer Research Advising edition
Peer Research Advising edition College-level library research can be intimidating or overwhelming for many first-year students. Recent work in the Project Information Literacy longitudinal study documented that many students, when stressed, revert to using research techniques they learned in high school, rather than learning and … Continue reading
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The Club that Rewrites Personal Stories
M.J. Stark has the picture-perfect life in New York City, but behind this life is a sense of debilitating loneliness. When her boss backstabs her and her boyfriend offers her a new life in California, she takes it. Once there, … Continue reading
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From the Archives & Special Collections: Tamanawas
At our Open House for Homecoming and Family Weekend, we got a question about the origin of the title of the yearbook, Tamanawas. Volume 1 of Tamanawas was published for the 1920-1921 school year. According to the UPS website, Tamanawas … Continue reading
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Collins Library Links: Welcome Back – Part II
Welcome Back – Part II The Library provides access to a number of resources that support life-long learning. Consult this LibGuide prepared by librarian Andrea Kueter which highlights useful news, health, financial, leisure, and consumer resources: http://research.pugetsound.edu/c.php?g=304589&p=2030739 And don’t forget … Continue reading
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Lecture: “Nonviolence Ain’t What It Used to Be: Unarmed Insurrection and The Rhetoric of Resistance”, October 26, 6:30 p.m., McIntyre Hall, Rm. 103
U.S. social movements face many challenges. One of their most troublesome involves the question of nonviolence. Civil disobedience and symbolic protest have characterized many struggles in the U.S. since the Civil Rights era, but conditions have changed. Corporate media has … Continue reading
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