Enjoy the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair 2014, at the Seattle Center, Exhibition Hall. So far, 90 Book Dealers from 13 States, Canada, England and Italy have registered. The site includes a floor plan of the booths and information on what you will see.
Saturday, October 11th – 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday, October 12th – 11 am to 4 pm
Contents of the 1889 college cornerstone, photographed in 1924
October is here again, and with it comes Halloween, pumpkins, ghosts, and frankenbooks! Oh, and National Archives Month.
The Behind the Archives Door lecture series continues today at 4:00p.m. (second floor of the Collins Library) with a “At-Home” Preservation by Gudrun Aurand, a local conservation professional. Gudrun will share the basics of caring for your personal collections, including books, photographs, and papers. So if you’re an old book aficionado like we are, or maybe you have some old documents, or maybe you’d just like to learn how to keep your books happy and healthy, feel free to stop in!
Our exhibits this month are the Book Power Redux, open until October 15th. If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss it! The next exhibit coming through is the Brandywine Workshop: Prints from Six Contemporary Artists, which will stick around until November 28th.
So give your Archives some love and learn a little about Professor Boring or Professor Grumbling (yes, those are real professors). We can help direct you towards the senior thesis titled “Chem Analysis of Tacoma’s Ice Cream,” or maybe towards the story of old President Todd getting caught falling on his face while walking around campus.
Open Hours every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Archives & Special Collections!
By Morgan Ford
You may have seen this guy around the library, even all over campus. Ben Franklin AKA “Where’s Ben” visits different places (the photos below are just a fraction of where he’s been!) trying to get the word out and invites you to our upcoming Sparking Imaginations exhibit, on display October 27, 2014, through January 15, 2015. Join Ben and the crowd to learn all about electrical science through library book collection resources, artifacts, interactive demonstrations, and discussion.
From the author who brought you IQ84, comes his latest novel about growing up and a quest for human connection.
Tsukuru Tazaki is the only member of his group of 5 friends whose name lacks a color. When colorless Tsukuru is abruptly and arbitrarily exiled by the other colorful 4, he is sent into a sort of limbo, unable to form meaningful relationships with anyone; that is, until he meets Sara.
The anticipation for Murakami’s latest masterpiece is over! Check out this title and many more in Collins’ Popular Collection.
Scientists say deep reading helps neurons and cells connect and remain functional while also reducing stress. Watch the Local10.com video, Why ‘deep reading’ is good for your health.
Constructed between 510 and 500 B.C., the base of a funerary kouros in Athens is decorated with the image of wrestlers fighting. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Fingalo)
This papyrus, found in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and dating to A.D. 267, is apparently the first known bribery contract in ancient sports. In the text, recently deciphered, translated and interpreted by Dominic Rathbone of King’s College London, Demetrius agrees to throw the match for 3,800 drachmas, about enough to buy one donkey. Read more in the Smithsonian article, “Wrestling was fixed even in ancient Rome“.
The 2014 Race & Pedagogy Conference has ended, but that’s no reason to stop thinking and learning about the many topics brought up by the keynote speakers, other presenters, and conference attendees! I definitely have a lot to mull over from the sessions I attended. There are so many valuable teaching and learning materials available in Collins Library and beyond; but here are a few starting points:
– Check out these LibGuides to look for books, articles, videos, and assignment ideas related to the conference: 2014 Race & Pedagogy Conference Keynote & Spotlight Speakers: A Resource Guide and 2014 Race & Pedagogy Conference Teaching Resources (Includes books written by the Keynote and Spotlight speakers – I know what I’ll be delving into over Winter Break!)
– Also presented during the conference were these free 4th-8th grade teaching materials, developed by the Strategic Education Research Partnership to engage students in relevant and important conversations while maintaining Common Core standards. Includes units on topics such as “Where is the justice in our justice system?” and “How do we right the wrongs of the past?” Available at http://wordgen.serpmedia.org/. (I wish my elementary and middle-school curriculum was like this!)
After spending d
ays in the Archives & Special Collections organizing copies of the Trail, I came across many interesting articles about the University of Puget Sound. Being a freshman, I am unaware of many of the traditions that occur on campus and even more clueless about the history of UPS. However, after reading multiple Trail stories, I can now say that I have gained knowledge on both of those topics.
One of the most entertaining historical traditions I came across was the beard growing contest. This event would take place during homecoming week when the men on campus would put down their razors for seven days and try out a new look. When the week was up, judges would regard the “Redbeards, Blondbeards, and Blackbeards” and the “redest, blackest, heaviest, and scrawniest” would be awarded prizes. The man with the blackest, thickest beard would receive a kiss from the homecoming Queen.
In the 1950 beard-growing contest, the scruffy men caused some trouble when a photographer attempted to take their fraternity pictures. Every fella that sat down to get his picture taken was denied by the photographer because of the slight fuzz that had begun to grow on his face. The fraternity pictures all had to be rescheduled for a later date when the men were clean shaven.
Maybe this homecoming week the guys should try out this old tradition to see who has the best beard of them all.
By Sierra Scott
Browse the Book Patrol site – featuring the latest on books, libraries, including a section for green thumbs!
A debut novel by Claire Kendal
A psychologically suspenseful story about what happens when the lines between love and obsession, fantasy and reality, become treacherously blurred.
Clarissa, a people-pleasing 38-year-old, only wishes to forget the dramatic events that occur one night with her clearly disturbed coworker named Rafe. Rafe, on the other hand, has plans of his own; plans to make Clarissa his possession.
After a series of unwanted gifts, phone calls, and visits, Clarissa finally decides to take the issue to the police, and, in doing so, must endure the truth that is Rafe’s grand plan.
Check out this utterly chilling title in the Popular Collection.
