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May 22, 2024
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Introducing Alex Williams – Our 2024 Elizabeth and P. T. Reilly Intern

It is with great pleasure that we introduce Alex Williams as the Elizabeth and P.T. Reilly Intern for the summer of 2024. Alex will be working closely with Special Collections and Archives staff to develop a physical and virtual exhibit … Continue reading

May 20, 2020
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Finding a forgotten virologist in the archives

On March 24, 2020, Professor Padmanabhan Balaram found himself facing the same question facing so many other instructors around the world: how to move his course online. That day, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21 day national lockdown … Continue reading

January 31, 2020
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Green Book Era Motel on NAU’s Campus?

It is sometimes funny how a process that sets you off in one direction winds up sending you down a completely unanticipated path. Here in Special Collections and Archives, Cline Library at Northern Arizona University, we are currently reappraising J. … Continue reading

November 14, 2018
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NAU Student Veterans Oral History Project

The Cline Library Special Collections and Archives partnered with NAU Student Veterans Services to develop an oral history project. The purpose of this oral history project is to record and preserve the unique perspectives of our diverse student veterans as they … Continue reading

October 8, 2018
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Besties in the Archives!

SCA student assistants, Ryan Hitt and Zach Mauck, model the latest and hippest fashion in the archives. Ryan designed this limited edition, exclusive Special Collections and Archives sweatshirt. If you don’t have one, well, I guess you’re not cool enough…or … Continue reading

September 27, 2017
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Another Route 66 Collection

Last Friday we left Flagstaff and Northern Arizona University, and were off to Kingman, Arizona to pick up a new Route 66 collection from the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona. The collection was stored in the Powerhouse in Kingman, … Continue reading

September 12, 2017
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Fun with History 205-Public Presentations in Cline Library

Every semester Dr. Linda Wood’s History 205 learns about historical research by investigating the disappearance of Glenn and Bessie Hyde. To facilitate this, Special Collections and Archives participates by providing mass access to: MS 33 The Glen Hyde Collection MS … Continue reading

July 21, 2017
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The Day Louie the Lumberjack Visited Special Collections and Archives

It isn’t often we get celebrities in the archives, but we had a special one on Monday July 1th. He came striding in, Ax in hand just like he owned the place!   Louie the Lumberjack came to the Cline Library, … Continue reading