Have you visited the Sound Ideas page recently? If you haven’t, you should. The Digital Commons Readership Activity Map is a real-time visualization of downloads across the globe. Just click here: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ and scroll to the bottom on the page and watch the map populate. And we are close to almost a million downloads of Puget Sound Research!
Congratulations to all contributors.
The Collins Library is pleased to announce that the University yearbooks are now available online and open freely to the public through the Historical Publications section of Sound Ideas, our institutional repository. Klahowya was the first yearbook published for the University of Puget Sound in 1913 and only had one volume. The yearbook resumed publication in 1920 under the title Tamanawas, and published annually until 2016. It has kept this title through various changes in the name of our institution: College of Puget Sound, 1914-1960; University of Puget Sound, 1960-present. The yearbooks provide a glimpse into the academic and social life of Puget Sound.
The Yearbooks complement existing collections such as A Sound Past, our historical photo collection as well as Puget Sound’s student newspaper, The Trail. These resources not only provide alumni with the opportunity to celebrate and reminisce about their years at Puget Sound, but also provide our community with an important portal to our institutional history. According to Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Adriana Flores, “Providing access to the yearbooks online will enable our community to view our history in a whole new way. These primary historical documents teach us about the students who attended Puget Sound and what was important to them.”
The yearbooks provide a unique student perspective and will also serve as an important resource for research projects as we continue to explore the history of our university and look at changing cultural trends, attitudes and programs.
This project was coordinated by Hilary Robbleloth, Systems & Discovery Librarian and Library student employees Hollie Bray and Kendyl Chasco. Scanning the yearbooks and developing the interface was a year long project and it is especially gratifying to showcase this resource at the upcoming Homecoming and Family Weekend.
The Library coordinates a number of projects through a Digital Collections team, currently chaired by Social Sciences Librarian & Coordinator of Sound Ideas Institutional Repository Ben Tucker. This fall Ben is completing a review of print and digitized historical copies of The Trail, in order to identify and fill gaps in our digital collection. Ben will be coordinating the scanning of these issues to complete the online historical student newspaper collection.
For more information about our collections visit: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ups_yearbooks/ or contact Jane Carlin, jcarlin@pugetsound.edu
Resources:
Puget Sound Yearbooks
https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/ups_yearbooks/
A Sound Past
https://digitalcollections.pugetsound.edu/digital/collection/upsimages
Collins Library Links – Focus on Financial Literacy
Many of our students are just beginning to learn about managing their own finances. Collins Library has a number of resources that can help students better understand the complex issues associated with finances.
Library Guide on Financial Literacy: Developed by librarian Ben Tucker, this guide provides information on credit, student loans, renting and general financial resources.
Student Life Collection Resources: Librarian Katy Curtis maintains this resource page. She provides links to print resources, some listed below, that help navigate the complex issues of paying for college.
Call Number: HG179 .S54 2016 Life Skills
Includes eight important lessons focusing on 99 principles that will quickly and memorably enhance any individual’s money management acumen.
Call Number: HG179 .K59 2009 Life Skills
If you’ve been meaning to get your finances in shape but have no idea where to start, this is your playbook. From tracking your spending to finding deals on insurance to navigating the new world of homebuying, this easy-to-understand, comprehensive guide provides an up-to-date road map of the world of personal finance.
Call Number: LB2337.4 .C465 2015 Life Skills
Helps students and their families maximize financial aid eligibility, follow line-by-line strategies on forms, and understand long- and short-term saving tactics.
Call Number: HG179 .L3378 2010 Life Skills
Presenting a broad array of financial knowledge, this interesting, easily understandable book will aid students and young adults in achieving their desired levels of wealth, success, and overall financial and personal fulfillment.
Need Information? Don’t forget the Collins Memorial Library – Library Guides
Questions? Contact your liaison librarian
Comments: Contact Jane Carlin, library director
Remember – Your best search engine is a librarian!
When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten: by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish Highlands, and by this picture-perfect family.
What she doesn’t know is that she’s stepping into a nightmare—one that will end with a child dead and herself in prison awaiting trial for murder.
Find menace and suspense in the Popular Reading Collection!
My name is Julia Schiff and I’m one of the new Peer Research Specialists in the Archives & Special Collections. I’m a junior double majoring in Comparative Politics and Studio Art. Though I have spent many hours studying in the library, this will be my first semester working here and I’m so excited! I first discovered the A&SC as a freshman. I was writing for The Trail and my editor assigned me a story about the history of activism at Puget Sound. I stumbled into the archives in search of a story and left with an appreciation for our history and the ways we document it.
I believe it is essential for members of this community to understand our history and to investigate our past as a university. Knowing where we have come from is such an important aspect of our growth. I didn’t quite realize this until I read a Trail article in the May 7, 1992 issue. It was about the campus response to the Rodney King verdict and the Black Student Union rallying around King. Looking into past protests, young organizers, and social movements on campus led me to question our future. What will activism look like in the next 20 years? What will it look like in the coming weeks?
This process is what inspired me to work in the A&SC. I want community members to look into our past and use the collections to inform the future. I want students, like myself freshman year, to be inspired by our history and use it to navigate their time at Puget Sound. My main goal as a Peer Research Specialist is to share my passion for our history, show students how crucial it is to understand how far we have come and to be knowledgeable about our institutions. Everyone deserves access to our history and everyone deserves the opportunity to learn about who we once were. The past is inspiring and that is why I work in the Archives & Special Collections.
The Archives & Special Collections has drop-in hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM or is open by appointment.
By Julia Schiff
Tues. 9/24: Zine Reading Hour, 5:00-6:00pm, Archives Seminar Room
Drop by to browse our collection of over 300 zines! We have zines on issues of identity, social justice, politics, fan culture, and much more.
Thurs. 10/2: Making Zines, 5:00-6:00pm, Makerspace
Come learn about the creative tools & resources in the Makerspace and join us in making a collaborative zine!
Tues. 11/12: ZAPP Zine Presentation by Seattle Public Library’s Abby Bass, 5:00-6:00pm, Archives Seminar Room
The ZAPP (Zine Archive & Publishing Project) Collection, part of the Seattle Public Library, contains over 30,000 zines, rninicornics, and other self-published and small press titles. Arts, Recreation & Literature Librarian Abby Bass will share more about this amazing collection.
Room locations in Collins Memorial Library:
Archives Seminar Room is located on the 2nd floor. Makerspace is located in the basement.
Puget Sound is committed to being accessible to all people. If you have questions about event accessibility, please contact 253.879.3931 or accessibility@pugetsound.edu
From their web site: http://www2.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/
Imagine living in a tiny home and moving across the country to share your art? That is exactly what the wandering book artists, husband and wife, Peter and Donna Thomas do. They will be visiting Collins to share their story and it should be an interesting one for sure! Watch his music video with his ukulele – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygN-VMCSr0A.
Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists, who live and work in Santa Cruz, California but also travel around the country as “Wandering Book Artists” in their “Gypsy Wagon Artist’s Bookmobile.” Their journey to becoming wandering book artists began in the 1970s, when, dressed like Robin Hood and Maid Marion, they sold blank books at the Renaissance Pleasure Faires in California. They constructed a small gypsy wagon to use as their booth, a colorful and charming vehicle that they always dreamed of taking on a road trip around the country. But pulling that wagon was a white-knuckle adventure…it wobbled and rocked like a ship at storm. That wagon served them well for many years, until 2008 when it burned in a wildfire, leaving only a pile of melted metal and memories. They cleaned up the wreckage then, with the assistance of Raucina Cabinets in Midpines, CA, they started building a new and more roadworthy trailer, modeled after a “Reading” wagon, one of the many styles of horse drawn homes, or vardos, made for Romany travelers in England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Hannah Turner is a new student at Puget Sound and we are delighted she is working in the Library. Recently Hannah had the chance to learn more about our children’s literature collection and below is a review of some of our most recently purchased books and an introduction to our new “book basket” that is now in the Pacific Northwest Room – or as some call it the Rocking Chair Room.
Drop by and check out our basket of recent acquisitions in our Rocking Chair Reading Room (Pacific Northwest Room)! Below are descriptions of just a few of our many wonderful new books for kids, from picture books to middle-grade novels.
Me and My Fear by Francesca Sanna: A picture book aimed at children dealing with fear and anxiety, Me and My Fear follows a girl who moves to a new country. Her fear, embodied by an imaginary friend, grows bigger to protect her. It tries to convince her to be alone and scared, and she’s sure that no one feels the same way. But she learns that by sharing her fear, she can manage it and become less alone. Call number: PZ7.1.S3553 M3 2018
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender: Twelve-year old Caroline was born on Water Island during a hurricane – considered bad luck in her culture. She has always been different, getting bullied at school and seeing apparitions that no one else can. Caroline is alone until Kalinda comes to her school from Barbados. As Caroline and Kalinda grow closer, they set off in a hurricane to search for Caroline’s missing mother. Call number: PZ7.1.C317 Hu 2018
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon: Brothers Caleb Franklin and Bobby Gene are excited to spend their summer exploring the woods behind their house in Indiana. Caleb dreams of traveling, but his father likes to stay close to home. Over the summer, the two boys meet Styx Malone – a mysterious teenager who seems to have been everywhere. Styx tells the boys that together they can accomplish “The Great Escalator Trade” – exchanging one thing for something better, over and over until they get what they want. However, the trades start to get out of control and the brothers realize that Styx might not be what he seems. Call number: PZ7.M2739 Sum 2018
Skyward by Sally Deng: This historical fiction tale, set in 1927, follows three very different girls who all dream of being pilots: Hazel, from San Francisco; Lilya, from Russia; and Marlene, from England. The three girls each get a chance to fly as war threatens their respective countries. Though faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, they follow their dreams with bravery and passion. Call number: PZ7.1.D4646 Sk 2018
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson: When Candice Miller finds an old letter in Lambert, South Carolina, addressed to her Grandmother, she discovers a puzzle that could lead to a great fortune. Candice’s grandmother had tried and failed to solve the mystery, but maybe Candice can do it. With the help of her shy neighbor, Brandon, Candice begins to work out the clues… clues that shed light on Lambert’s complex and often dark history and threaten to unveil family secrets. Call number: PZ7.J63844 Par 2018
Home economics laboratory, circa 1914.
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 place to start exploring our collections is our website. The website highlights both the physical and digital resources available to you in the Archives & Special Collections.
Physical Resources:
Since we do not lend out the items in our collections, you’ll need to visit us to see most of our materials. Don’t worry, we are friendly and we love getting research questions – so don’t hesitate to stop by! If you are interested in a particular subject or item, send us an email at archives@pugetsound.edu to set up a research appointment.
Online Resources:
We have multiple digital resources that make it easy for you to do research from home!
Want to contact the Archives & Special Collections? You can:
The Archives & Special Collections has drop-in hours on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM or is open by appointment.
By Adriana Flores, Archivist & Special Collections Librarian
Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
Check this out in the Popular Reading Collection!
