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September 30, 2022 4:45 pm
William Royal diary and bible census, 1858-1864
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryDiary of William Royal (1796-1870), and notebook he used to record information about bible ownership in Portland, Oregon. Royal was a Methodist minister who came to Oregon in 1853, and who lived in Portland in the 1860s.
September 30, 2022 4:33 pm
C. C. McClendon letter to siblings, 1857 August 24
Oregon Historical Society Research LibraryLetter from C. C. McClendon (1832-1922) to his siblings in Arkansas. The letter discusses McClendon's recent purchase of land and the Oregon Constitutional Convention.
September 30, 2022 12:33 pm
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsA colonial-era summons (1739). Jacob Sheaf, a Boston brewer, is summoned to appear in court on a charge of trespass brought by John Jekyl of Cambridge.
September 30, 2022 12:17 pm
Olympia Book Arts Society collection, 2001-2016, undated
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsThe Olympia Book Arts Society (OBAS) was a book arts group in Olympia, Washington. This collection contains 17 artists' books donated by OBAS member Helen Keiser.
September 30, 2022 10:27 am
America First Committee ephemera, 1940-1941
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsThe America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. This collection consists of 3 pamphlets and 1 broadside distributed by the AFC.
September 30, 2022 10:02 am
Black Lives Matter calendars, 2015-2022
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsThe Black Lives Matter calendars are a not-for-profit project of Juli McGruder, a retired adjunct professor in the School of Occupational Therapy at Puget Sound, and John Leach, a photographer and retired small business owner. The chief purpose of the calendars is to document Black citizens killed by police officers in the United States.
September 30, 2022 9:48 am
Ray W. Thompson letter to his father, 2 July 1898
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsA letter from Tacoma resident, Ray Thompson, to his father. Thompson writes to tell his father that he is now a reporter for the Tacoma Ledger and an employee of the Tacoma Mill. Included with the letter is a clipping of Thompson's first article
September 30, 2022 9:01 am
The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History materials, 1948, undated
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsThe Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, was established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in Chicago, Illinois on September 9, 1915. This collection contains pamphlets and a letter signed by Dr. Woodson.
September 29, 2022 4:15 pm
Students for a Democratic Society leaflets, 1968-1969 and undated
University of Puget Sound, Archives & Special CollectionsStudents for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization established in Chicago, Illinois in 1960. This collection contains 3 leaflets related to race and racism issued by SDS in the late 1960s.
September 29, 2022 3:47 pm
Mike Burkett Papers, 2000-2009
Boise State University Library, Special Collections and ArchivesContains legislative research, correspondence, and text of draft bills, amendments, and resolutions from Mike Burkett, Idaho State Senator, for the 2004-2008 Idaho legislative sessions.
