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At Collins library you have access to experienced staff, including librarians, student peer research advisors, and subject experts. We are happy to help you learn to use the library and find materials for your research papers and course assignments. We … Continue reading
Building a Diverse and Inclusive Library: Academic year 2022-23
The Collins Memorial Library staff actively support the University in advancing equity, diversity, creating inclusive experiences for all members of our community and confronting institutional bias and structural racism. Together with our partners in the Orbis Cascade Alliance of Academic Libraries … Continue reading
Collins Library recognizes Native American Heritage Month
Collins Library recognizes Native American Heritage Month. Check out our display of books in the front of the library and browse through this resource: https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/ that provides links to a number of important primary sources. Wilma Mankiller Quick overview: Wilma Mankiller … Continue reading
Changing the Conversation: Watch this inspirational video from artist Alisa Banks.
Alisa recently gave a ZOOM presentation to kick off the events associated with our amazing new exhibition in the library called Changing the Conversation. She talks about her work, her family legacy and the CROWN Act: which stands for Creating … Continue reading
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Kenneth McGill Totem Pole Collection
In 2012 the University of Puget Sound received fourteen model totem poles from the Kenneth McGill Family Collection. Carved between 1890 and 1950 for commercial trade, these poles represent Northwest First Nations Material Culture. They were collected by Edith and … Continue reading
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Black History Month – Recommended Resource: Black Craftspeople Digital Archive
From 1619 to beyond, Black craftspeople, both free and enslaved, worked to produce the valued architecture, handcrafts, and decorative arts of the American South. The Black Craftspeople Digital Archive seeks to enhance what we know about Black craftspeople by telling … Continue reading
Black History Month – Recommended Resource: The Hiphop Archive
The Hiphop Archive and Research Institute at Harvard University curates all forms of Hiphop material culture including recordings, videos, websites, films, original papers, productions, conferences, interviews, publications, research, etc. While the Archive is a record of all specific-to-Hiphop activity, it … Continue reading
Black History Month – Recommended Resource: Black Film Archive
Black Film Archive celebrates the rich, abundant history of Black cinema. They are an evolving archive dedicated to making historically and culturally significant films made from 1915 to 1979 about Black people accessible through a streaming guide with cultural context.BFA … Continue reading
Puyallup Tribe Lushootseed Land Acknowledgement
University of Puget Sound is on the traditional homelands of the Puyallup Tribe. The Puyallup people have lived on and stewarded these lands since the beginning of time, and continue to do so today. We recognize that this land acknowledgement … Continue reading
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Collins Library receives INSPIRING WOMEN PORTFOLIO
INSPIRING WOMEN PORTFOLIO was created in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The women featured here are from many time periods, all possessing a radical spirit of creating change in the world. The portfolio was printed during … Continue reading