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Revising the Record: The Evolution of Describing Boarding School Collections

The young women in the faded photograph from 1909 all wore the fashion of the day: White or light tucked-in blouses with long sleeves, high collars, and identical, unidentifiable adornments pinned to the fronts. Skirts hung to the midcalf, ankles, or the ground. Hair curled into elaborate styles on the sides, then was pulled back, […]
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Resource Sharing Fills Patron Needs Amid Journal Cancellations

Gabriella Reznowski remembers when journals still came only in print. Her father, an English professor, would watch the mail deliveries waiting for two key journals that he had personal subscriptions to. “He waited in anticipation for each quarterly issue, and if they didn’t come by the expected date, he would go around the house asking […]
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Student Technology Fee Funding Awarded to Pullman Libraries

The WSU Student Technology Fee Committee recently approved two funding requests from the Pullman libraries, including replacement of laptops for checkout and the creation of a new Synth Lab. Students and staff worked on the committee proposals, which will receive funding in July. “I am so grateful for our students and our colleagues who work […]
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Virginia Woolf Scholar Presents Dec. 3 and 4 Lectures on Writer’s Books

Virginia Woolf scholar Emily Kopley will present two lectures on Dec. 3 and 4 at Washington State University’s Holland and Terrell Libraries. Kopley describes Woolf’s personal library, the writer’s exploration of poetry, and the cover art of To the Lighthouse, inspired by Woolf’s 1902 edition of English poet William Wordsworth. WSU purchased Woolf’s private library […]
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WSU Press Book Tells Stories Behind Washington Round Barns

Only a tiny percentage of the approximately 3,000 barns in Washington are round. Enchanted by their beauty, complexity, and historical significance, Tom and Helen Bartuska have been researching, visiting, and photographing the Pacific Northwest’s round barns since the 1960s, shortly after Tom accepted a teaching position at Washington State University’s architecture department. “Barns—especially round barns—are […]
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Undergraduate Research Halls Open in Terrell, Owen Libraries, Grand Opening Nov. 8

When newly minted Washington State University graduate Jasper Willson brainstormed ideas for her Honors College thesis, someone asked her what she would do if she could work on any project. As a multimedia journalism major, Willson wanted to focus on video production, she said, and she had always wanted to make a video of the […]
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Longtime Libraries’ Employee Bonny Boyan Retires

With over 30 years of serving the WSU Libraries, Bonny Boyan said she especially enjoyed conducting new employee orientations and getting to know all the staff, faculty, and student employees who joined the libraries in that time. “It was a pleasure to see their excitement over starting a new job and to provide them with […]
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Two New Releases Available through WSU Press

A poetry collection from Native American writers of western Washington and a Palouse Country history and pictorial artbook are among new available titles from WSU Press. A Muckleshoot Poetry Anthology: At the Confluence of the Green and White Rivers, curated by former Poet Laureate and journalist Susan Landgraf, originated from a grant and more than […]
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