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- NEH Grant Provides Free “Security in the Archives” Workshop to Tri-State
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- In with the New: Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections and Archives exhibit opens
- NEH Grant will help NKU Preserve Region’s History
- Finding Falmouth, by guest writer Austin Wolfe
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NEH Grant Provides Free “Security in the Archives” Workshop to Tri-State
Steely Library’s Eva G. Farris Special Collections and Schlachter University Archives was recently awarded its second National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant. This grant will bring an archival security specialist, Ms. Mimi Bowling, to NKU to conduct a … Continue reading
Archives hosts primary source workshop for teachers
What is a primary source? What questions can be used to analyze primary sources? How can students learn about the historical record from primary sources? These are just a few of the questions we explored in a recent Using Primary … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Education, event, primary sources, Special Collections
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In with the New: Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections and Archives exhibit opens
Visit the archives research room in Steely Library room 106 to get a sneak peak at new archival collections in our latest exhibit In with the New: Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections and Archives. This exhibit takes visitors through the … Continue reading
NEH Grant will help NKU Preserve Region’s History
Northern Kentucky University has received a $50,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections planning grant to evaluate the environmental climate in which the W. Frank Steely Library’s Eva G. Farris Special Collections and Schlachter University Archives stores … Continue reading
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Finding Falmouth, by guest writer Austin Wolfe
As part of the ENG 366 / HNR 394 course, we were heavily involved with NKU’s own special collections and archives as we learned about the treatment and handling of special and rare documents. Over the course of the semester, … Continue reading
NKU Hosting Significant Exhibit of Original Paul Sawyier Works
Northern Kentucky University will celebrate the works of Paul Sawyier, a Kentucky son and one of America’s great impressionist painters, with “Kentucky Impressions: Paul Sawyier Original Works,” an exhibit of original Sawyier paintings, through Dec. 7 in the Schlachter University … Continue reading
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The Bruce Family Papers: Local Perspective of National History
We’re delighted to share with our blog readers a guest post from Julia Slone, an NKU student, on her experience in Special Collections: My spring semester course Romancing the Archives called to mind an “Indiana Jones- type” adventurer braving exotic … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Civil War, correspondence, covington ky, henry bruce jr., letters, Special Collections
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Special Collections on Historypin!
Wonder what Newport, Ky. looked like in the early 20th century? Want to compare Monmouth Street of the past with Monmouth Street of the present? Special Collections and Archives recently added content to Historypin, an interactive website designed by the … Continue reading
Celebrating Dreams: The Presidency of James C. Votruba
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Tagged exhibit, James C. Votruba, NKU, Northern Kentucky University
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General James Taylor Family Papers now available for research use
Do you know where Taylor Mill got its name from? Do you wonder who settled northern Kentucky in the late 18th century? The General James Taylor Family Papers, now available for research, shed light on the area’s early land settlement … Continue reading
