May 16, 2017
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Comments Off on Announcing the 2017 Elizabeth M and PT Reilly Intern – Shannon Sassone
The Cline Library Special Collections and Archives is excited to announce Shannon Sassone as the 2017 Elizabeth M and PT Reilly intern. Some of you may remember Shannon as a Cline Library student assistant a few years ago when she was an undergraduate at NAU. … Continue reading
March 14, 2017
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Comments Off on Lake Mary Runneth Over
In the middle of a workday in the middle of last week you could find a crowd of people gathered at Lake Mary to witness a rare sight; the spillway was overflowing. To non-locals this might sound like a ridiculous reason for … Continue reading
February 9, 2017
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Comments Off on Victor H. Green’s Negro Travelers’ Green Book
Usually when I sit down at the keyboard to add a story to this blog, the story focuses upon a collection, or the status of an exhibit or it is something vaguely humorous (archival humor, that is). What I present … Continue reading
January 6, 2017
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August 30, 2016
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Comments Off on Saying Goodbye to the “Fred Harvey: Branding the Southwest” Exhibit
This time last year, we were sweating the details on completing and putting into place what would turn out to be one of the most influential exhibits ever. “Fred Harvey: Branding the Southwest” was built out of Cline Library, Special … Continue reading
April 15, 2016
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Comments Off on Archive Ale
…..Perhaps it happened because we began the planning conversation around our current exhibit “Fred Harvey: Branding the Southwest” at Mother Road Brewery. Maybe it was because Michael Marquess of Mother Road Brewery likes using the old historic images from our … Continue reading
January 5, 2016
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Comments Off on Archives and Instruction
Happy New Year to all. This past year Special Collections and Archives at Northern Arizona University has embarked on a little experiment involving class instruction and the use of primary source materials. To that end we began partnering with willing … Continue reading
May 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Scholarship in the Archives: Route 66…Navigating the Archives
We have a guest post from an NAU graduate student from the anthropology department, Olivia Charest. What’s a socio-cultural anthropology student doing writing a blog for SCA, you might wonder. Well, here goes. I am a second year graduate student … Continue reading
May 17, 2015
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Comments Off on Congratulations Class of 2015 and Class of 1965
It’s that time of the year when all the hard work and studying is magically transformed into a diploma. Graduation weekend saw nearly 5,000 NAU students graduate beneath a light blanket of rain, snow, and hail. Graduation is also the … Continue reading
May 4, 2015
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Comments Off on Our New Elizabeth & P.T. Reilly Intern!
The Cline Library and Special Collections and Archives would like to introduce the 2015 Elizabeth M. and PT Reilly Summer Intern, Ofelia Zepeda. Ofelia is an NAU graduate (class of 2000) and brings a wealth of experience and insight to … Continue reading