{"id":8894,"date":"2016-11-30T11:36:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T19:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=8894"},"modified":"2016-11-30T11:36:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T19:36:25","slug":"from-the-archives-special-collections-ch-ch-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-ch-ch-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Archives &amp; Special Collections: Ch-Ch-Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/archives-changes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8896\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/archives-changes.jpg\" alt=\"archives-changes\" width=\"275\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/archives-changes.jpg 275w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2016\/11\/archives-changes-134x300.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>Good news! For those of you who haven\u2019t already visited the Archives &amp; Special Collections this year, we got a makeover! Walls have been added, windows, doors, the whole shebang\u2026 but it doesn\u2019t stop there! We just recently received our new reading room furniture! Spacious tables and comfy chairs brought to you in order to enhance your archival experience. But wait, there\u2019s more! In the reading room you will find a new collection as well!<\/p>\n<p>Our former President, Ronald R. Thomas, has donated some of his personal library to the Archives &amp; Special Collections. This collection focuses on what RonThom calls \u201c\u2019the long nineteenth century,\u2019 the period stretching from the Victorian Age through Modernity.\u201d A period of big ideas, RonThom describes how these pieces of literature have peaked his curiosity, shaped his thoughts regarding life and literature, and informed his scholarly work. \u201cLiterature is everything,\u201d he says, referring to this collection as the \u201cX-ray of the heart of my collection. But there is always so much more to see.\u201d So please come check it out and see what you can find!<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pugetsound.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/collins-memorial-library\/archives\/\">Archives &amp; Special Collections<\/a> is open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 12:00-3:00 p.m. or by appointment.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Monica Patterson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news! For those of you who haven\u2019t already visited the Archives &amp; Special Collections this year, we got a makeover! Walls have been added, windows, doors, the whole shebang\u2026 but it doesn\u2019t stop there! We just recently received our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/from-the-archives-special-collections-ch-ch-changes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8897,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8894\/revisions\/8897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}