The folks at the Collins Library want to wish you a wonderful and peaceful Winter Break. Good luck with your finals, and safe travels!
Images from the Archives & Special Collections: Bernard, Jean Louis. Tours d’arithmétique : divisé par leçons en dialogue. 1810. This book and others will be featured in our upcoming exhibition, Scripts, Scribes and Scribbles.
This exhibit is all about hand lettering including medieval manuscripts, hand written books, 19th century penmanship textbooks, pens and inkwells, examples of contemporary calligraphy, personal handwritten journals and letters, writing desks, a "doodle wall," and much, much more! Click to read more.
Jane Carlin, Library Director, had a chance to connect with Bristol, England based artist Linda Parr this past summer. As a result, Collins Library is pleased to share Parr’s work in the Collins Library. The display (in the Reading Room) showcases the project Postcards for Perec. Georges Perec was a French novelist and filmmaker. Click to read more.
In a previous Collins Library Links, we shared information on University Archives and Manuscripts. Today we share information on our special collections. The University of Puget Sound Archives & Special Collections is home to hundreds of linear feet of books, including rare materials, artists’ books, and zines. Click to read more.
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Mon. - Thurs., 8am - 7pm
Fri., 8am - 6pm
Sun., 1pm - 7pm
Collins Library Book Collecting Contest 2023.
Deadline: 3/24/2023.
Prizes: $500, $250, $250.
For more information and to apply, please visit our Book Collecting Contest page.
