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This past summer (remember when it was hot)? we received a request from a researcher who wanted to see our collection of old football programs, especially the ones from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. He said he wanted to make a calendar of some of the covers, and he spent several days looking through and... Continue reading “Archives’ materials featured in new calendar” ›
Finding aids for collections from the Department of Special Collections & Archives are now fully search- and browse-able through a new interface! Check out zsr.wfu.edu/findingaids to see features including: A look and feel like the ZSR website Fully searchable contents, including container lists Browse by keyword and title Collection summary at the top of each... Continue reading “Findable finding aids!” ›
Finding aids for collections from the Department of Special Collections & Archives are now fully search- and browse-able through a new interface! Check out zsr.wfu.edu/findingaids to see features including: A look and feel like the ZSR website Fully searchable contents, including container lists Browse by keyword and title Collection summary at the top of each... Continue reading “Findable finding aids from Special Collections!” ›
We’ve unearthed over 20 scrapbooks from the Clarence Herbert New Collection. These scrapbooks are from trips Mr. New took from 1890-1926 as he vacationed in Maine and around the world. Many of the scrapbooks also have his collections of cartoons, theater programs and newspaper articles he liked. He was very organized and even typed up... Continue reading “Restoration of the Clarence Herbert New Scrapbooks” ›
After a week of off-site storage warehouse work, the following are my tips & tricks for survival. These did much to help me throughout the week, but great credit for my own survival must go to my fab teammates: Mary Beth, Susan, Erik, Scott and Jean-Paul. You guys ROCK!! 1. Wear layers, preferably with the... Continue reading “Off-site Survival Guide” ›
Of the five Christmas books that Charles Dickens published in the 1840s, the first, A Christmas Carol (1843), is by far the most famous. The following year Dickens came out with The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In. Although the book sold well... Continue reading “Rare Book of the Month: The Chimes: A Goblin Story, by Charles Dickens” ›
Everyone loves free food. But no one likes standing in line. Want your free midnight WTL snack without the wait? Win a “golden ticket” to skip the line by going out with Gowalla. ZSR is holding a contest for up to five students to each win a “golden ticket” to skip to the front of... Continue reading “Students, want to skip the midnight WTL snack line?” ›
Check out ZSR’s newest addition to Wake The Library — the Video Station, located near the Circulation desk. Think of the Video Station as a video graffiti wall. Much like you’d paint all over the graffiti wall when you’re taking a study break, the video station is an outlet for your thoughts. Tell us what... Continue reading “Wake The Library Video Station” ›
Wake the Library is off and running! Susan, Travis and I served up (messy) sub sandwiches to (mostly) grateful students at midnight and watched two (very polite) students put up hammocks on the third floor who thanked us for letting them do it. Right after a beautiful Love Feast, it was a lovely way to... Continue reading “Wake the Library Fall 2010” ›
You may have noticed lines of T-shirts hanging from the atrium railings. These shirts are part of a campus Human Rights project and will stay up through Wake the Library. The Human Rights Clothesline Project, is sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and organized by WGS 377B Human Rights: Theory and Practice students.... Continue reading “Human Rights T-Shirt Project in ZSR” ›