Join us in the Archives & Special Collections space for light refreshments and an informal lecture.

When did our university begin discussions about adding courses on African American culture? What were campus discussions in 1965 about racial integration of fraternities and sororities?  Who participated in those discussions?  How did the Black Student Union come about? These are some of the questions that students are asked to consider during a class in the Archives & Special Collections for Introduction to African American Studies. Join assistant professor Renee Simms as she shares this lesson and how it prepares students for institutional analysis in later class assignments.

“Food for Fines” is an event where members of the campus community can donate non-perishable food items in lieu of paying library fines for overdue materials. Usually, we allow $1 per 1 item. The fines must be from materials that have already been returned (no replacement fees for lost items).

Since the fall of 2000, we held “Food for Fines” events once every few years. As of spring 2012, we began holding these events each fall and spring semester.

Over the years, we’ve partnered with the Mortarboard Society, JuST (Justice & Service in Tacoma), CICE (Center for Intercultural and Civic Engagement) and donated to the Tacoma Rescue Mission, The Emergency Food Network, and St. Leo’s Food Network.

We raised 7,044 donations which is equivalent to waiving $7,044 in library fines.

We would like to thank each of the organizations we’ve worked with throughout the years including all the student coordinators who decorated many boxes and bins and to the students and Food Network staff who picked up the donations. We would also like to thank the campus community for coming together with their time and donations for such a worthy cause. We have been thrilled that we could support our local food networks.

Image of the Shelmidine Stained Glass

Each month, the Archives & Special Collections will hold a series of informal presentations on current research, unique resources, and rare books. Join us for informal discussion, refreshments, and the opportunity to handle documents and artifacts hundreds of years old! Events are 4:00-5:00 p.m., Archives & Special Collections on the 2^nd floor of the Collins Memorial Library.

• 2/2: Documents of Cultural Shift: Reading our Campus Letters, Student Newspapers, Yearbooks, and Course Catalogues from 1965 to 1971 – Renee Simms, African American Studies.
  When did our university begin discussions about adding courses on African American culture? What were campus discussions in 1965 about racial integration of fraternities and sororities? Who participated in those discussions? How did the Black Student Union come about? These are some of the questions that students are asked to consider during a class in the archives for Introduction to African American Studies. Join assistant professor Renee Simms as she shares this lesson and how it prepares students for institutional analysis in later class assignments.  All are welcome.

• 3/1:  Murray Johnson collection on the Cape Thompson Environmental Impact Report, 1946-1978 – Kathryn Stutz ’17, Classics and SOAN.
  Kathryn received a 2015 AHSS Summer Research Award to work on the archival material transferred from the Slater Museum of Natural History to the Archives & Special Collections. These letters, biological records, and other historical documents center around a significant event in the history of the modern environmental movement: the development and eventual rejection of ‘Project Chariot,’ a proposal by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to use nuclear blasts to create a harbor in northern Alaska. Kathryn arranged and described the Murray Johnson collection on the Cape Thompson Environmental Impact Report, 1946-1978, as well as conducted research in Alaska this past summer. Join us as Kathryn discusses the collection and her research. All are welcome.

• 4/4:  Washi Arts – Linda Marshall. Washi Arts sole focus is Japanese papers, tools and supplies for creative artists and businesses, with papers in an incredibly wide range of fibers, colours, patterns, weights and sizes. Japan has a culture that honors excellence in craftsmanship and the 1,400 years of continuous paper-making meaning the quality is excellent and dependable. Japanese paper-makers traditional practices and methods are highly sustainable with the papers made from renewable fibres, in small communities and family businesses. Join us in learning more about washi paper.

Pugetsound.edu/library

The University of Puget Sound will be closed from December
24-31, 2015.

We look forward to the start of classes on January 19^th and encourage everyone to attend the 30th Annual Martin Luther King Celebration.  The keynote address is by Jasior X, artist and activist:
“Why #BlackLivesMatter is the Fulfillment of Dr. King’s Dream.”

Visit Jasior X site:  http://jasirix.com/?page_id=67