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June 27, 2014
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Los Recuerdos del Barrio en Flagstaff

Los Recuerdos del Barrio en Flagstaff is a partnership between Northern Arizona University Cline Library and Flagstaff’s Basque, Spanish, Mexican, and Mexican-American families. In 1997, with the encouragement of Hispanic community leaders, local scholars, and NAU historians, Delia Ceballos Muñoz, … Continue reading

June 27, 2014
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Throwback Thursday

  Built in 1912, this campus building served many roles during its life. It was razed during the summer of 2005, but portions of the exterior were preserved and incorporated into the new building that sits on this location. What … Continue reading

June 20, 2014
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Hello Cinda Nofziger! – The 2014 Elizabeth M. and P.T. Reilly Intern

I’m excited to be the Reilly Intern at the Cline Library. My family and I arrived in Flagstaff a week ago after bicycling from Ann Arbor, Michigan–where I’m a Masters student at the School of Information–to Colorado. We drove the … Continue reading

June 19, 2014
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Happy 100th Birthday – Jerry Emmett!

Mrs. Jerry Emmett sitting for her oral history with Eric Dueppen, 2014. Photo courtesy of the Gary Emanuel Collection SCA is highlighting a very special graduate of NAU. Jerry (Geraldine) Johnson Emmett was born in 1914 and graduated from Arizona … Continue reading

June 13, 2014
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Louie’s Legacy: The North Quad QR Code Project

    Louie’s Legacy: The North Quad QR Code Project is a collaborative effort of the Northern Arizona University (NAU) History department, its first Public History class, and Cline Library Special Collections and Archives. Over the spring 2014 semester, five … Continue reading

June 9, 2014
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What’s a Doggerel Log?

  Before I get to the definition of a doggerel log, a little backstory might be helpful. In 1937, researchers from Carnegie Institute of Washington and the California Institute of Technology joined to together to study the igneous and metamorphic … Continue reading