Category Archives: From the Archives

As was mentioned earlier this week, October is Archives month; it also happens to be Archaeology Month.  To celebrate Maya Steinborn ’14 and Morgan Ford ’17 put together a small display of notebooks, photographs, and artifacts from the Douglas Edwards … Continue reading →

October is Archives Month and the Archives & Special Collections are celebrating! We continue our Behind the Archives Door series with talks on October 1st and 15th by Amy Fisher, Professor of Science, Technology and Society who will discuss our … Continue reading →

On September 27, 1963 President John F. Kennedy visited Tacoma and gave a speech on education and conservation at a joint convocation held by Presidents R. Franklin Thompson of the University of Puget Sound and Robert Nortvedt of Pacific Lutheran … Continue reading →

Amongst our rare book collection is a translated book of short poems written by poet, mathematician, and astronomer Umar Khaiyám in the eleventh century. The poems (four-liners called rubáiyát or quatrains) are very mystical, a quality attributed to Khaiyám’s roots … Continue reading →

Among the student papers in our Archives & Special Collections is the Sociology I paper of Georgina Rowland, a freshman at the College of Puget Sound in 1932. The document is intriguing because the writer simultaneously expressed prejudice towards non-white … Continue reading →

So as a new archivist here at the library, I’ve gotten to spend a few days shelving books, and of course I managed to start reading the first one I picked up. In my defense, the title is Wife no.19, … Continue reading →

A copy of Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler is available in the Archives & Special Collections. Today marks the birth of Hungarian-born English author and journalist, Arthur Koestler (1905-1983).  Koestler began writing to support himself while living in Palestine, … Continue reading →

In years past, ASUPS would put out a “freshmen handbook” which included descriptions of campus events, student activities, traditions and songs, and appropriate attire for every event!  Ladies, if you wanted to know whether evening gloves were appropriate at a … Continue reading →

Beginning this semester, the Archives & Special Collections will be open Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 7:00pm and Thursdays from 9:00am to 11:30am.  Stop by or make an appointment.

Stop by and explore the treasures of the Archives & Special Collections.  In addition to documenting life at the University, the collections represent regional, national and international issues.  For research assistance, developing a class session, or scheduling a class visit, … Continue reading →