Monthly Archives: November 2021

ArchivesFest 2021: UASC and Posey County Historical Society

Posted on November 17, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian, and James Wethington, senior library assistant at the University Archives and Special Collections. Though #AmericanArchivesMonth is over, the University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) thanks all of this year’s … Continue reading →

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“Water, Water, Everywhere, nor any Drop to Drink”

Posted on November 15, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Samuel Taylor Coleridge penned this in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, but I’m going to co-opt it for this blog about the 1937 flood of the Ohio River. You … Continue reading →

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ArchivesFest 2021: Willard Library and Newburgh Museum

Posted on November 1, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian, and James Wethington, senior library assistant at the University Archives and Special Collections. As #AmericanArchivesMonth comes to a close, the University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) thanks this year’s … Continue reading →

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Evansville State Hospital

Posted on November 1, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Mental illness. That’s a term that has long scared us, that has terrible stigma attached to it. I delved into this in a January 21, 2019 blog entitled “It’s … Continue reading →

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