{"id":8637,"date":"2016-10-12T11:20:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T18:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=8637"},"modified":"2018-10-22T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T18:48:23","slug":"from-the-archives-special-collections-october-is-american-archives-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-october-is-american-archives-month\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives & Special Collections: October is American Archives Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"archives_oct_1\"<\/a>And how better to celebrate than by giving you some behind-the-scenes tours?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say there\u2019s a class coming in tomorrow. The lesson plan was drawn up, the material was chosen, and the students were already notified that they\u2019re going to paying us a visit. What do we do from here? The first order of business is always pulling that material and getting it ready to be set up into groups.<\/p>\n

Depending on the subject, our material can either come from the archives or special collections (or both). Special collections is always a bit easier to find for me, since most of our collections are books with call numbers, but the archives is a bit more complicated. Everything comes out of its own collections, whether that\u2019s the President\u2019s Papers, the Photo Collections, the Office of the Dean, the Trail, Ephemera, Alumni Archives, Department Records, the Board of Trustees Minutes\u2026 there\u2019s a lot of information stuffed into a single room up here.<\/p>\n

For example, we do a session for STS 202 (Science, Technology, and Society II: Since 1800) that discusses women in science at the university. This session is entirely based on archival material. Among the material we use for this class, there\u2019s a \u201cletter to Dr. Vinnie Pease, 1938.\u201d This isn\u2019t enough information to find the letter, and though we do have a searchable database, it\u2019s not quite like Primo.<\/p>\n

So in this case, we have a list of documents and each has a note on where it can be found. The letter to Dr. Vinnie Pease can be found in the Alumni Association collection, Box 1, Folder 15, and there\u2019s an extra note saying that it\u2019s the last document in that folder. Once we\u2019ve found the document, we put a marker in that specific folder, exactly where the document was, and label it with an identifier so that when we have to put the letter back, it\u2019s really easy to find its place again. Wash, rinse, repeat for anything else that\u2019s a letter.<\/p>\n

Things that aren\u2019t necessarily single documents but instead are bound volumes are pulled in their entirety. Bound volumes of the Trail usually span an entire academic year, so they\u2019ll get a bookmark for the appropriate edition. Tamanawas (the yearbook) and bulletins are pulled, but they don\u2019t get bookmarks. Students usually have a good idea of what to look for in these.<\/p>\n

After everything has been collected and divided into their respective groups (we typically have anywhere from three to six groups), the next day we\u2019ll set them all out on the tables, arrange them in an aesthetically pleasing manner, set out handouts if needed, and wait for the class to arrive! If your class has ever been to the archives, you\u2019ll know what to expect from there.<\/p>\n

N.B.: These pictures aren\u2019t of our new space, as we haven\u2019t taken any pictures of class set up in our new space, and our storage room is still a bit cluttered.<\/p>\n

The Archives & Special Collections<\/a> is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n

By: Morgan Ford<\/em><\/p>\n

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