Category Archives: From the Archives

The Archives & Special Collections is pleased to welcome its third summer research fellow, Kara Flynn ’15!  Kara, a double major in English and Sociology and Anthropology, will serve as Wikipedian in Residence.  Kara’s work will focus on increasing access … Continue reading →

I bet you didn’t know that the Archives & Special Collections has several boxes of what are known as “glass plate negatives.” These are literally photo negatives on pieces of glass, and they are extremely delicate (being thin glass). Most … Continue reading →

The artistic and literary quarterly Verve was published in 1930s Paris by director Teriade (born Stratis Eleftheriades). Its mission was described as the following: “VERVE proposes to present art as intimately mingled with the life of each period and to … Continue reading →

Homer T. Bone served Washington State as an attorney, house representative, and state senator.  Included in his papers is an original work seen here, painted on canvas. Interested in getting a close-up look at some full size history? Stop by … Continue reading →

…That the archives aren’t entirely old, dingy books and stuff. It’s also old, dingy letters and school memorabilia! I’m sure that when you write a letter (or as is more common nowadays, an email), you don’t consider it to have … Continue reading →

If your first answer to that question was “not today,” you’d be entirely in the right. Additionally, if your first answer was “the birthdate of Wyatt Earp, legendary lawman of the Wild West,” you’d also be correct. However, there is … Continue reading →

The staff of the Archives & Special Collections recently voted to purge the collection of all material containing sentences that begin with the letter ‘A.’ This decision was adopted in response to the growing need for sentences beginning with ‘S.’ … Continue reading →

Autumn Floods is a collection of photographs and philosophical quotations published by Peter Yung Wal-chuen in 1989. The book documents the artist’s visual interpretations of Chuang Tze’s traditional Chinese fables. He expresses his motivation behind the collection as both political … Continue reading →

The 1920s were an exciting time for the University (at the time, College!) of Puget Sound. A new campus, new endowments, and students lining up to get into classes meant that the future of Puget Sound was looking bright. However, … Continue reading →

Check out the Archives & Special Collections Tumblr!  Images from the collections are usually posted every other weekday.  Enjoy!