Monthly Archives: January 2019

Don’t Mess with Mother Nature, Part 1: The Blizzard of 1978

Posted on January 29, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Today we’d call it a snowpocalypse, or maybe snowmageddon. Those terms weren’t yet coined when the blizzard of 1978 hit, but they would have been appropriate. First, let’s define … Continue reading →

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It’s Bedlam Here!!

Posted on January 21, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Everyone knows what this means—that all is chaos.  But do you know where the word came from? In 1247, monks began to care for the sick and indigent in … Continue reading →

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The Nuremberg Trials

Posted on January 14, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Holocaust. The very word conjures up unimaginable horrors. “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time …

Posted on January 7, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. ….there was a little girl named Kathleen Morrison who grew up to be an actress called Colleen Moore.  After she retired from the silver screen, she indulged her second … Continue reading →

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