Category Archives: From the Archives

And how better to celebrate than by giving you some behind-the-scenes tours? Let’s say there’s a class coming in tomorrow. The lesson plan was drawn up, the material was chosen, and the students were already notified that they’re going to … Continue reading →

Greetings music majors and music lovers alike! I’d just like to take a quick minuet to conduct some music related business. Little do people know, the Archives & Special Collections has a vast collection of material pertaining to the music … Continue reading →

File → Print. Today, that’s all it takes to print a document. Going back sixty-three years, though, it wasn’t that easy. Pictured below is the College of Puget Sound’s copy center in 1953. According to A Sound Past, the lady … Continue reading →

The Canse pamphlets are a lot of fun to wander around in. According to our finding aid on Archives West, John M. Canse was a pastor for the University Methodist Episcopal Church in Seattle in 1909. Most of his collection … Continue reading →

If you’re like many UPS students, then you find yourself spending a large quantity of time in the Wheelock Student Center. From discussions to dining, meetings to mail, colds to coffee, and performances to pizza, the Wheelock Student Center has … Continue reading →

Once a Logger always a Logger. But according to Guy Williams, there is more to being a Logger than just wearing maroon and white. Williams’s book, Logger-Talk: Some Notes on the Jargon of the Pacific Northwest is a dictionary for … Continue reading →

Some of you may remember the Puget Papers, a serial we published on a weekly basis on our Tumblr. In the fall semester, our chosen theme was “the ‘University’ in University Place,” which documented our school’s adventures from 1893-1903 while … Continue reading →

Welcome to campus, new and returning loggers alike, and a warm “Hack hack, chop chop!” to all! For you newcomers, are you wondering where this phrase comes from? Well, it could have something to do with our school relic, The … Continue reading →

Soon enough we will be going back to school. All the stores are stocked with school supplies and dorm decorations. Empty rooms are waiting to be filled with posters, mini fridges, lamps, and rugs. How easy it is today to … Continue reading →

New Spaces:  Renovations in the Archives & Special Collections! This project has been three and a half years in the making and we are so excited to see it begin. Over the past few weeks we have relocated all of … Continue reading →