From the Archives: Women from the Archives & Special Collections exhibit

Archives-WomenBeginning February 3rd and running through May 29, 2015, the Archives & Special Collections is showcasing women authors, scientists, and artists whose works are found in the Archives & Special Collections at the University of Puget Sound.

The exhibit includes groups such as Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first Greek-letter sorority established by African-American college women, and the Woman’s Peace Party, organized in response to the beginning of World War I, as well as individuals, including Dr. Vinnie Pease, the University of Puget Sound’s first female graduate to earn a Ph.D.; Mary Dodge, a suffragist and advocate for gender equality; Stella Lily, a local English teacher; Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th century advocate of women’s rights and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; and many more important figures at Puget Sound, the United States, and internationally.

Women from the Archives & Special Collections was curated by Kara Flynn ’15 under the direction of Archivist & Special Collections Librarian, Katie Henningsen. Enjoy this video highlighting a small portion of the exhibit, put together by Morgan Ford ’17.

The exhibit may be viewed on the second floor of the Collins Memorial Library outside the Archives & Special Collections. All are welcome.

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Sound Ideas Reaches a Quarter of a Million Downloads

sd_finalimage2Sound Ideas, the University of Puget Sound’s institutional repository, reached the milestone of 250,000 full-text downloads since it was established in the summer of 2011. As an institutional repository, Sound Ideas increases access to and impact of a variety of creative and scholarly works created by University of Puget Sound’s students, staff, and faculty members.

The largest collection in Sound Ideas is its Faculty Scholarship series, with more than 3,000 records of faculty member’s previously published scholarship, but intellectual property issues limit the amount of full-text content that can be made available.

Student work that hasn’t been previously published is also well-represented in Sound Ideas. Some of the most popular collections are student research, like Occupational Therapy Theses, International Political Economy Theses, Economics Theses, and Summer Research. Student publications like The Trail, Black Ice, and Sound Neuroscience.

Those interested in getting more information about submitting content to can check out our Sound Ideas Guide or contact your liaison librarian.

By Ben Tucker

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Primo Search Simplified

Stork_PrimoTipsInterested in a specific volume of a multi-volume set?  Or want to see if Collins Library has access to the specific date of a journal you’re interested in.

Finding a green dot means your material is available.

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But sometimes, as in the example below, material with a yellow dot is also available, so be sure to check.

For print materials, be sure to get in the habit of clicking on “Availability and Request Options,” or for online materials be sure to click “View It.”

You’ll find a wealth of availability and content information by opening the various tabs in a Primo record.

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For additional search tips, check out the Primo Search FAQ.

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Celebrating African American History Month

 

Martin Luther KING on the Selma March for racial equality and voting rights. Alabama. 1965.

Martin Luther KING on the Selma March for racial equality and voting rights. Alabama. 1965.

This week’s blog post about Black History Month highlights collections of images in the ARTstor Digital Library. Some of the excellent resources on the African American experience are documented by photographs, paintings, illustrations, cultural objects, sculpture, and prints from museums, archives, and private collections.

 
To commemorate the 1963 March on Washington, I have compiled a collection of 34 photographs from ARTstor. The powerful images show the faces of demonstrators who gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, and demanded civil rights and economic equality for African Americans. You can also get a sense of the size of the crowds which numbered some 250,000, one of the largest demonstrations in Washington, DC.
 
In addition, Wallace Weston has created a folder of 52 images by prominent African American artists. Among the works, you’ll find a painting by Jacob Lawrence, mixed media by Betye Saar, and a photograph by Gordon Parks.
 
–Lori Ricigliano, African American Studies Liaison Librarian

 

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From the Archives: Back to the Books

OldLibraryNow that classes have started back up, we must begin to conquer homework, schedules, and everything else. Take advantage of the many great resources at UPS and visit the Archives & Special Collections. In addition to rare books there are photographs, journals, letters, university records, and artists’ books. This photo is of the Old Library in the basement of Jones Hall, taken in 1924.

By Sierra Scott

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In the Popular Collection: “The Man Who Touched his own Heart” by Rob Dunn

ManWhoTouchedHeartThought of as the seat of our soul, the heart is still more a mystery than it is understood. The Man Who Touched His Own Heart tells the history of the heart, from the first heart “explorers” who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts’ chambers to heart transplants and the latest medical efforts to prolong our hearts’ lives. The author’ readable and engrossing style will answer questions you did not even think to ask!

A perfect read for Valentine’s Day month!

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Are you ADDICTED to books? Submit your collection to the 2015 Collins Library Book Collecting Contest!

2015_BCCposterDo you super-love superheroes? Got a deep love for romance? Enter your collection of books on a theme (up to 30 items – mostly books, but maybe also photos, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, or posters) in the Collins Library Book Collecting Contest!  This contest is open to full-time Puget Sound undergraduates.

Applications are due March 26, 2015, 5pm. 1st prize:  $750, Best Essay: $500, and Collins Choice: $250!

Collins library encourages your appreciation of reading and collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Contestants are invited to a reception at the Collins Memorial Library in April, where contest winners will be announced.

Past winners have included:

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Collections by Mark Vessey

MarkVesselFor British photographer Mark Vessey it’s all about creating art and order from everyday objects and for his ongoing series Collections, magazines and books take center stage.

Vessey says: My work is about trying to establish a sense of order. There is comfort in collecting things, studying things that people take for granted, grouping every day objects into such a way that they become something special, seeing how they fit together to become a thing of great beauty.

Read more of the Book Patrol online article,  Collections by Mark Vessey.

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Future of huge earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest?

EarthquakeJanuary 27th, 2015 was the 315th anniversary of a tsunami that struck the shores of Japan. Detailed historical records from the time indicated high waves in several locations around Japan, but with additional confusing note: there was no record of the ground shaking from a corresponding earthquake. How could there be a tsunami without a quake?

Painstaking research done by geologists, historians, and paleoseismologists over the past several decades has unraveled this mystery. The tsunami was the result of a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, the time of which can be pinpointed to January 26th, 1700 at approximately 9pm: about 10 hours before the large waves began to be recorded across the Pacific Ocean in Japan.

Thanks to the work being done by researchers and scientists, much more is known now about the huge earthquakes which periodically erupt along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an 800-mile long area off the coast of Northern California through Southern British Columbia where a massive earthquake fault exists between two tectonic plates. Collins library offers up a number of resources for learning more about these quakes.

The University of Washington geologist Brian Atwater wrote up his findings in the book The Orphan Tsunami of 1700, published the University of Washington Press in 2005. In 2013, local journalist Sandi Doughton, science writer for the Seattle Times, published a book called Full Rip 9.0, a fascinating and accessible account of how the evidence for these historical megaquakes was found, as well as a sobering account of the earthquake preparedness (or lack thereof) in the Pacific Northwest region. Robert Yeats, a professor emeritus of geology at Oregon State University, has also published several books about earthquakes in general and the Cascadia Subduction Zone in particular, including a comprehensive and scientific survey of active earthquake faults worldwide, Active Faults of the World, and the more locally-focused Living with Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.

After reading up on the history and future of huge earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest, you may want to head to the website of the Earthquakes Hazard Program, which provides data for recent and significant earthquakes around the world.  More locally, the Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup has created a Cascadia Subduction Zone Magnitude 9.0 scenario (opens as a pdf). This document lays out in clear language the details of one of these enormous quake, the likely resulting damages, and the options for predicting and preparing for such an event.

It’s not a matter of ‘if’ one of these major seismic events will strike the Northwest, but ‘when.’ The average time between magnitude 9 quakes along the Cascadia Subduction zone is about 500 years, but can be as little as 100-300 years. The recent observance of the 315th anniversary of the last giant quake is an important reminder that it’s time to start preparing for the next one.

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From the Archives: Sally Fitzpatrick letters

SallyFitzLetterOne of our new additions to the Archives & Special Collections is a collection of letters written by Sally Fitzpatrick. Sally was a graduate student in education at Puget Sound from 1948 to 1949 and was appointed the special supervisor of the new Gamma Chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Most of the letters in this collection were written to her mother, R.M. Fitzpatrick, and they document the student experience on a personal level. This includes class schedules, sporting events, outings with friends, and other personal details. Other correspondence is between her and sorority officials, documenting the status of the new chapter of Pi Beta Phi. Updates include buying a house for pledges, status of pledges and members, and budgeting. Also included in the collection are a telegram and a tuition check from 1949.

If you want to check out some more of this collection and maybe see how much tuition was in the 1940s, the Archives & Special Collections hours are 1-3 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

By Morgan Ford

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