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Up Western! Special Collections Book of the Month

Posted on: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 12:23pm

Topic(s): Resources, Updates

As Western faces strenuous fiscal challenges,
it may help to remember that
the institution has met and  surmounted such situations before, notably  in the mid-1970s. At that time, budgetary cutbacks resulted in invocation of the dread Reduction in Force (RIF) policy resulting in numerous lay-offs.

Western’s faculty engaged in vigorous debate with then-President Jerry Flora, a peppery leader with a distinctly confrontational style. Out of this environment came Up Western, a slim volume illustrating the viewpoint of the then-faculty union (AFT Local 2084) through cartoons and sharp caricatures of Flora created by faculty members Bob Balas and Bob Urso, professors of French and Art, respectively.

Balas, who taught from 1969 to 2001, passed away in 2006; Urso came to Western in 1969 and retired in 2008. Together, they created indelible images of the interactions between equally passionate parties at a pivotal moment in Western’s history. As Up Western demonstrates, a little humor at such times never hurts.

Author: Robert Balas
Publication Information:Bellingham, Wash. : AFT Local 2084, 197-?
Location:Special Collections -- The Western Collection
Call Number: Balas, R.
December, 2010

~Marian Alexander, Special Collections

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Fine Facsimile Publisher Visits Special Collections

Posted on: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 10:19am

Topic(s):

On October 8, 2010, a representative of the fine facsimile publisher M. Moleiro, based in Barcelona, visited Special Collections while participating in the 2010 Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. The M. Moleiro company specializes in the reproduction of codices, maps, and works of art usually made on parchment, vellum, paper, or papyrus created between the 13th and 16th centuries. Many national as well as major museum libraries hold facsimiles created by the company. Here, Jeanne Armstrong of the library faculty and Kathryn Vulic of the English department examine examples of Moleiro’s outstanding work.

   

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Fall newsletter from CPNWS

Posted on: Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 11:39am

Topic(s): Newsletters

Read the latest collection and program news from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

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Book of Beasts: Special Collections Book of the Month

Posted on: Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 2:31pm

Topic(s): Resources

Book of beasts: a facsimile 
  Book of Beasts: a facsimile of MS Bodley
  764 /
introduction by Christopher de Hamel.

  Full facsimile reproduction of a 13th century illuminated
  manuscript, a bestiary, created in England, perhaps in
  Salisbury, possibly commissioned by Roger de Mohaut.

  Location:
  Special Collections -- Rare Book Collection -- Oversize

  Call Number:
PR275.B47 H36 2008


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