Chez Bland
To celebrate Public Health Week (April 7-13) we in the Archives decided to do a medical exhibit in the great room of the Library entitled “What Medicine Used to be” using rare books. One of the books...
View ArticleWeekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here....
View ArticleWeekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here....
View ArticleWeekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here....
View ArticleWeekly round-up! Where in the world is Jack?
It’s time again for the weekly round-up of answers to the Where in the world is Jack? contest we have running on our Facebook page. And if you’re trying to figure out the contest rules, they’re here....
View ArticleCalling Alaskan Library Historians
We’re continuing to convert our legacy finding aids into a more standardized form and in doing so with some trading post records (Wiseman Trading Company) recently, I came across a neat little ledger....
View ArticleAlaska Lunch
Our current exhibit in the great room of the Library is all about food in Alaska, with items from the Rare Books collection including cookbooks from the state. After the success (or at least...
View ArticleArchival pet peeves
Did you know it’s Pet Peeve Week? (We didn’t, but we do now). So in that spirit: Okay, we admit, most of these are pretty low on the annoyance scale. But we were commiserating over a few collections...
View ArticleColor our collections!
Have you been enjoying following all the “color our collections” posts from archives this week on Twitter? #ColorOurCollections is the hashtag to search and lots of great coloring opportunities have...
View ArticleLunch on the SS Provenance
It’s that time of year for another Archives’ potluck based on an exhibit. Our first ever exhibit potluck, Convalescent’s Banquet, while a learning experience, was pretty tasteless, and last year,...
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