September 27, 2017
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Comments Off on 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
February 6, 2015
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Comments Off on Rimmy Jim’s and Route 66
Somebody posted on Facebook a day or two back asking about where Rimmy Jim’s was on Route 66. In digging through our digital archives, we found that we have some images of places owned and operated by “Rimmy” Jim Giddings … 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
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
May 21, 2014
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Comments Off on Cline Library, SCA and Historypin.com
As a result of a presentation at an archival meeting back in January, we’ve been deeply pondering and exploring ways to use social media to drive some Internet-based traffic back to our SCA site and the 100,000 (or so) … Continue reading