Category Archives: history

What Goes Around…

Posted on June 8, 2020 by

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. … comes around. As we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, it might be instructive to look to the past to see how others dealt with such disasters. One such … Continue reading →

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Intersections

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. It’s interesting how people’s lives can cross paths, the lives and purposes of two people you’d never expect to intersect do so, albeit briefly. One such story features a … Continue reading →

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Arch Madness 2020: Championship Round

Posted on April 6, 2020 by

Welcome to the Championship Round! If you need to see the artifact descriptions, go the blog post, “Arch Madness 2020: Meet the Artifacts“. *Reminder: The Championship poll close on April 12 at 11:59 PM CST.* *For artifact descriptions, go to … Continue reading →

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Arch Madness 2020: Meet the Competing Institutions

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. University Archives and Special Collections 3rd floor of the David L. Rice Library In the summer of 1972 the Lilly Endowment, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana awarded the then Indiana … Continue reading →

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Arch Madness 2020: Meet the Artifacts!

Posted on March 2, 2020 by

*Post written by James Wethington, senior library assistant of the University Archives and Special Collections. The crowds are going crazy! Pure pandemonium! Arch Madness is back and we have some stiff competition. The University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) is … Continue reading →

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