Category Archives: From the Archives

I’m pretty bad at endings. The conclusion is always the hardest part of a paper for me to write. I’m rubbish at goodbyes. This blog post has taken me the longest to write. But, I still have to deal with … Continue reading →

Those following the blog this summer will be aware of the work Jillian has been doing.  If you would like to hear more about Jillian’s project, please join us on Friday, August 9 at 10:00am, in the new Archives & … Continue reading →

I was out of town AGAIN this past week so I don’t have too much to report. But here, have another funny ad! This is for the 1965 Dodge Coronet. The smaller text says: “Chuck’s a swinger,” says she. “His … Continue reading →

This week, I’m wrapping up the indexing piece of my project and beginning to actually format my Excel spreadsheets so they’ll be easier to transfer when I have to start putting the information online. Right now, this is what my … Continue reading →

I’ve just returned from a ten day vacation, so I haven’t had time to really prepare a juicy blog post for this week. But I would like to present to you this gem of an advertisement from a 1964 issue … Continue reading →

With each year, the columns in The Trail changed as old writers and new writers came in. At the beginning of the 1964-1965 academic year, one of the new columns/features was the provision of comedic “proverbs” as if they were … Continue reading →

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed diving into the history of the University of Puget Sound. While I’ve learned a lot about the University through my indexing work (reading every single article from one and a half years’ worth of The Trail so … Continue reading →

If last week was about me figuring out what the heck I’m actually doing, this week was about me figuring out just how to do that. I had a difficult time deciding where to start with my indexing, because while … Continue reading →

This summer, I’ll be indexing all of the issues of The Trail from the 1960s. Even though it’s just one decade of the run of this student newspaper, that means indexing approximately 500 issues all by myself so I’m sure … Continue reading →