Usually my (Arlene’s) office is a pretty accurate barometer of my work life. The more things going on, the more disastrous–and I mean that word very literally–my office looks. But today was cleaning day. Not because I had anything less …
Today’s entry is by Arlene.
I’m feeling a little self-indulgent today as my vacation time is coming to a rapid end. Since Nicole has shared some of her favorite excerpts from the Edwin Glenn diary, I’d like to share mine. …
Today’s guest artist: Nicole.
An early global warming advocate, as recorded by Captain Edwin F. Glenn, Oct 21, 1898:
I told him [Hanmore] of the country traversed by me and particularly of the Madanuska [sic: Matanuska] Valley as an …
Today’s guest artist: Mariecris.
Growing up as a little girl I loved watching musicals! I hoped one day to go to New York City and see a real Broadway musical. While I lived in Boston I only made two trips …
Today’s guest artist: Nicole.
Merriam-Webster’s defines talebearer as “one that spreads gossip or rumors; also: tattletale,” while the Oxford English dictionary frames it as “one who officiously carries reports of private matters to gratify malice or idle curiosity.” Captain Glenn…
Today’s guest artist: Nicole. The following are some of Nicole’s favorite excerpts from Edwin F. Glenn’s journal from the 1898 expedition through the Cook Inlet area. Lt. Glenn, while clearly writing his journal with the intent of compiling his …
We here at A&SC get a lot of help from the students who work for Access Services in the Consortium Library. They help us deal with cleanup from disasters, even when they’re not our own, rehouse new accessions, digitize, describe, …
Every once in a while, somebody in A&SC gets a wild hair to document us. We spend a lot of our time working with documentation of other people and groups and such and encouraging people to document, but we’re not …
It’s been kind of a busy week for us here in A&SC, so it’s time for a Friday break. We’re going to share with you a favorite photo from our collections.
This one was taken somewhere along Cook Inlet (we …
