Category Archives: From the Archives

Happy Halloween, Loggers! We’re sure everyone is very excited to see President Crawford’s costume at the campus Halloween party in the Rotunda today, so in honor of our current president’s favorite holiday, we’re looking back at another president’s Halloween celebration … Continue reading →

Did you know that the Archives & Special Collections is home to over one thousand rare books? These special collections items include truly unique works such as Peter Apian’s Cosmographia, published in 1524, and Plutarch’s Lives, published in 1538. While … Continue reading →

On Thursday, October 18th (that’s tomorrow!), Dennis Flannigan, a member of Puget Sound’s Class of 1961, will join us in the Archives Seminar Room on the second floor of the library for our “Behind the Archives Door” lecture series. In … Continue reading →

We recently completed a finding aid, or inventory, for a significant manuscript collection that we acquired several years ago – the African American Communist Party Pamphlets. This collection contains 53 pamphlets created between 1928 and 1974 by the Communist Party … Continue reading →

October is Archives Month and we are excited to celebrate! According to the Society of American Archivists, “Since 2006, American Archives Month has given the profession an opportunity to tell (or remind) people that items that are important to them … Continue reading →

Beginning this Thursday evening, the University of Puget Sound and the Race & Pedagogy Institute will be hosting the fourth Race & Pedagogy National Conference. This year’s conference is centered on the theme of “Radically Re-Imagining the Project of Justice: … Continue reading →

We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and has settled back into life at Puget Sound! Since many of you are new to campus, we thought we’d take a moment to highlight what the A&SC has to offer. A great … Continue reading →

Earlier this summer, it was our pleasure to host Charles Wright Academy senior Piper Coyner for an internship in the Archives & Special Collections. Charles Wright requires all of their graduating seniors to complete an internship, and Piper’s interest in … Continue reading →

Happy last day of classes! For our last blog post of the school year, I thought we’d cover some of the highlights of the past year. Our Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Adriana Flores ’13 has been with us for … Continue reading →

“Studying the Home: Women and Home Economics at University of Puget Sound” is an exhibit that focuses on the transformation of the Home Economics department from its beginnings in 1910, when it was known as Domestic Science, to its final … Continue reading →