Walla Walla University Libraries

Your study home in the center of campus!

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Human: You said you were just getting ONE book.⁣ 

Me: what no⁣ 

Me: I had to get its friends too ⁣ 

Me: I’m not separating them?? I’m not a monster.⁣

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Why yes, we do have a few Star Wars items in our collection and no, this does not include all the action figures in one librarian's office. #wallawallauniversity #wallawallaulib #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou (at Peterson Memorial Library)

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Armchair Books, Edinburgh.

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From @smithsoniannmai ・・・ Simon van de Passe (1595–1647), "Pocahontas," 1616. Illustration from "Baziliologia A Booke of Kings," London, 1618. 🌞 Although the broad strokes of Pocahontas’s life are well known—unusually so for a 17th-century Indigenous woman—her history has long been shrouded by misunderstandings and misinformation, and by kitsch representations of her supposed likeness. Those familiar with the facts of Pocahontas’s experience, however, are only too aware that her thoughts surrounding the events that impacted her and her people are largely unrecorded by history. 🌞 To read more about the actual young woman called Pocahontas, and about the Pamunkey tribe's perspective on the many ways her name has been invoked—including to create an exemption within the 1924 Racial Integrity Act, which sought to legislate Virginia’s Indian tribes out of existence—see the link in profile or http://bit.ly/2zOGPns 🌞 #Pocahontas

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C.S. Lewis was born #onthisday in Belfast, Northern Ireland (1898). Of interest to many was his long friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien. A wide variety of Lewis’s writings are available at #PetersonMemorialLibrary #shelfie #otd #wallawallauniversity #wallawallaulib #cslewis #narnia #screwtape

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Some #Thanksgiving themed #Periodical covers from over the years. The #GoodHousekeeping and #Life covers are both from 1930 while the #NewYorker is from 1992. #petersonmemoriallibrary #wallawallaulib #wallawallauniversity #CoverArt #magazine #Turkey (at Peterson Memorial Library)

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The Library will be open by appointment only Monday and Tuesday. If you need to pick up Summit or ILL items please call (509.527.2134) to schedule a time. Also remember that items can be returned any time at the book drop. Have a great Thanksgiving! (at Peterson Memorial Library)

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External DVD/Blu-Ray drives can now be checked out at #PeterMemorialLibrary . Loan period is 1 week and while you’re here be sure to check out the movies down on Blue Level. #wallawallaulib #wallawallauniversity #CheckItOut #MovieNight #dvd #bluray #StudyBreak #CollegeLife (at Peterson Memorial Library)

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From @aswwu ・・・ Join ASWWU Outdoors this weekend at Smith Rock for an epic rock climbing experience! (Friday 11/2-Saturday 11/3) To learn more or to sign up just go to aswwu.com and find the Outdoors tab. Also, don't dally because spots are limited and all climbers must get checked off for belay certification. See you out there! #aswwu #outdoors #climblife (at Walla Walla University)

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Noted climber Fred Beckey died Monday in his Seattle home at the age of 94. How many of you have used his route descriptions in your own climbs? At #PetersonMemorialLibrary we have his 3 volume “Cascade Climbing Guide” (GV199.42 C37 B4) as well as his historical work “Range of Glaciers: The Exploration and Survey of the Northern Cascade Range” (F851.7 B43) .... “Other than Sasquatch, Fred Beckey is the most legendary in the lore of the Northern Cascades. Unlike Sasquatch, he is known to exist. (Murray Morgan, from the forward to “Range of Glaciers”) #wallawallaulib #wallawallauniversity #Climbing #Mountaineering #CascadeRange #ClimbingLegend (at Peterson Memorial Library)

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Lost Languages Discovered in One of the World's Oldest Continuously Run Libraries

The centuries-old texts were erased, and then written over, by monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt

Since 2011, researchers have photographed 74 palimpsests, which boast 6,8000 pages between them. And the team’s results have been quite astonishing. Among the newly revealed texts, which date from the 4th to the 12th century, are 108 pages of previously unknown Greek poems and the oldest-known recipe attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates.

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Today’s #mondaymotivationowl has a really great pep talk to get you going this lovely October morning!⠀ ⠀ PA3855 .E5 V4 1912⠀ ⠀ #mondaymotivation #motivationowl #owl #birds #illustration #rackham #nouveau #aesop #literature #bookstagram #booklover #bibliophile #specialcollections #rarebooks #mizzou #universityofmissouri #libraries #librariesofinstagram #iglibraries #ifttt

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The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.

T.S. Eliot (born on this day in 1888)

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Remembering Vietnam

A New Exhibit at the Archives Helps Us See the Causes and Impact of the War

“Remembering Vietnam” presents both iconic and recently discovered National Archives records related to 12 “critical episodes” (important events and turning points) in the Vietnam War. These historic documents, recordings, and images trace the policies and decisions made by the architects of the conflict and help untangle why the United States became involved in Vietnam, why it went on so long, and why it was so divisive for American society.

The Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, himself a Vietnam veteran, was determined to mark the 50th anniversary of the height of the Vietnam War with an exhibition.

Read more about the exhibit in the latest issue of Prologue online.

Prologue magazine brings readers stories based on the rich holdings and programs of the National Archives across the nation—from Washington, DC, to the regional archives and the Presidential libraries. Access our articles online, in print, or download high-quality issues for your e-reader or smart phone at Zinio. Prologue has been published quarterly by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) for nearly 50 years. The Winter 2018 issue will be the last printed edition.

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