December 4, 2014
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Comments Off on Martin Litton: Ran his last rapid on November 30, 2014
It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Martin Litton on November 30, 2014 at the age of 97. Martin Litton fit several lifetimes in his 97 years. He graduated from UCLA in 1938 with a … Continue reading
November 24, 2014
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Comments Off on The Ghosts from Exhibits Past….
Technically, summer is over, and winter is coming. In the short span we call “fall” here, is when we change over from the past exhibit to the current one. Such change almost always makes us here at Cline Library, Special Collections and … Continue reading
October 13, 2014
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Comments Off on Offerings to the Gods of Light and Shadow: Selections from the John Running Collection. Exhibit Opening, October 20, 2014
The Cline Library and Special Collections and Archives are excited to announce the opening of the John Running exhibit, “Offerings to the Gods of Light and Shadow: Selections from the John Running Collection,” on Monday, October 20, 2014. The exhibit … Continue reading
July 23, 2014
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Comments Off on SCA Receives Two Important Grants
Writing grants can be a time-consuming process, one that isn’t for the faint of heart. Aside from adhering to a prescribed style of writing, there is research, data collection, and collaboration that all form critical parts of the grant-writing process. … Continue reading
July 10, 2014
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Comments Off on Special Collections Gets Its Kicks along ARC Route 66
I just returned from Los Angeles. My name is Sean Evans and I am the archivist at the Cline Library Special Collections and Archives. This post will reflect on a driving trip I took with a colleague from the Arizona … Continue reading
July 1, 2014
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Comments Off on Reaching Out to our Canadian Colleagues
Hello and Happy Canada Day! My name is Jonathan Pringle and I am Curator of Visual Materials for Cline Library’s Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department. I myself am Canadian, having moved here in 2008 to pursue an opportunity at … Continue reading
June 27, 2014
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Comments Off on 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 20, 2014
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Comments Off on 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 9, 2014
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Comments Off on 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
May 27, 2014
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Comments Off on DamNation and Katie Lee
It’s been a little over a month since DamNation made its world premiere at the SXSW film festival in Austin, Texas. DamNation, a documentary film, explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering … Continue reading