Date: 1507-10
Technique: Engraving
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Celebrate the Freedom to Read
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| Banned Books Exhibit, 2nd floor, Albertsons Library |
This month, Albertsons Library celebrates the freedom to read with the American Library Association. Check out the Banned Books exhibit on the 2nd floor. Check it out - literally! The books on display can be checked out with your BSU ID or Special Borrower's Card. Cassi Warren, student assistant in the library's Curriculum Resource Center, designed and installed this exhibit. Thank you, Cassi. The exhibit will be up through the end of October.
This week, we hope you can enjoy some leisure reading in between your course assignments.
Margie Ruppel
Reference Librarian/Assistant Professor
Liaison to College of Education
Le Mysterieux Carnival
I'm late in the game but this was too much fun to pass up. I already have an idea for my ticket! As for the booth, that will take some thinking...hmm
Rhubarb and Lime Cafe
It's always interesting to me to hear how owners come up with the names of their coffee shops. I was especially intrigued by this week's shop's name... Rhubarb and Lime Cafe. At our Coffee Crawl visit last Thursday, Rhubarb and Lime owner, Bergen Gill, told me that she's a real rhubarb fan and definitely wanted the word, "rhubarb," in the name of her coffee shop. She tried a number of "Rhubarb and ?'s" until "Lime" came around and just seemed to work.... simple as that.
So, as another rhubarb lover, I arrived at this week's Crawl site with the expactation of breraking the No- Food-On-The-Crawl Rule with a scrumptious rhubarb "something." Well, as Rhubarb and Lime, located at 7 Park Lane near St. George's Park, had only opened two weeks prior to our visit, Bergen was still working on what is to be the signature dessert at the shop... Rhubarb, Pear and Custard Tart. I'm making plans for a return visit soon to sample Bergen's creation.
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| Meet the Owner Bergen Gill |
Bergen's background as a chef started out with her studies at Warwick's Chef School in Hermanus followed by a year of training with the Red Carnation Group in London. Upon her return to South Africa she decided to open Rhubarb and Lime. What a treat for PE coffee and food lovers!
First things first.... for the coffee lovers.... Rhubarb and Lime features Truth Coffee, which is roasted then shipped to the shop from Cape Town. My usual order, a cappuccino then an Americano, was prepared by barista, Leeroy. Both coffees were very nice and either would be excellent with the rhubarb tart that I'll be coming back for! Now, for the food lovers.... as I had my heart set on breaking the No Food Rule, I perused the Rhubarb and Lime menu which includes breakfast (served all day), salads, pastas, sandwiches and quiches along with a variety of pastries and confections. I decided on the bacon/mozzarella/spinach quiche which was outstanding. Others in Thursday's Crawl group enjoyed apple pancakes, carrot cake, and the chilli/butternut/feta quiche, all of which got a thumbs-up from the rule-breaking Crawlers. If the quiches and cakes are any indication of the quality of the rest of the menu then I can see Rhubarb and Lime quickly becoming a PE favorite!
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| Meet the Barista Leeroy |
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| Meet our Waiter Trevor |
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| Meet our Waitress Ayabulela |
For the philosophers among you.... Bergen has painted the walls with a chalkboard surface on which she has written random words, whimsical phrases and philosophical quotes. She told me that these will change regularly just to keep things interesting. Cool idea.
Okay, so what you need to know.... Rhubarb and Lime seats about fifty patrons inside and on the outside patios. The shop's hours are Mon-Fri, 7:30-4 and Sat, 8:30-2. Take aways are available and WiFi is free to all customers. Parking is on street only.
After a toast to my son, Christopher's birthday, South African politics, Canadian politics and the upcoming U.S. elections dominated the conversation among Thursday's Crawlers, Colleen LeRoux, Leanne Waller, Kathy Roppel, June Nash, Beth Vieira, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Margaret Zoetmulder, Gail Darne, Fran de Beer. Though I'm not much into the political scene I do make a concerted effort to be aware of politicians' platforms/idealogies in order to make an informed decision when voting. I'm just glad that in this U.S. Presidential election year I'm not being inundated with political poster all about and the endless barrage of TV ads! I'll vote by absentee ballot and just hope it reaches the U.S. in time. May the best man win!
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| This Week's Crawlers Colleen, Leanne, Kathy, June, Beth, Stella, Beryl, Trevor, Margaret, Gail, Fran |
~Thank you and good luck to our hostess and Rhubarb and Lime's owner, Bergen Gill
~Thank you to our waitstaff, Trevor and Ayabulela, for the speedy service with a smile!
~Happy Birthday to Leanne Waller - Sept 28
~Happy Birthday to my nephew, Pete, in Edinboro, PA - Sept 30
~A belated Happy Birthday to Fr. Joslan - Sept 25
Until next week,
Ellen
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| Front Patio |
Where do Special Collections and Archives come from?
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| Map of Minidoka Relocation Center in Hunt, Idaho. Mildred Pieters Papers, Special Collections and Archives. |
On the second floor of the library you’ll find exhibit cases that currently feature memorabilia
celebrating Boise State’s 80th anniversary. Behind those windows are hundreds of boxes and
cabinets full of memorabilia, papers, diaries, publications, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, oral
histories, and other unique items that document the university’s history as well as the history of
Boise and Southwest Idaho.
So how do those materials end up in Special Collections and Archives? The University Archives
is the repository for university publications and the official records of the President, Faculty
Senate, ASBSU, administrative offices, and academic departments. Materials include the student
newspaper, university catalogs, budgets, yearbooks, photographs, audio and video, books,
posters, and other ephemera. There are many departments on campus who automatically donate
material to the University Archives but we also actively ask people for items as well.
The collections about Boise and Idaho are different. Most often, I receive a call or email from
someone asking if we are interested. There are a variety of reasons why people contact me:
an organization is moving an office and no longer has room; an individual is cleaning out a
basement or attic; or perhaps a family member passed away and left material behind. I often visit
homes and offices to look at the collections and see if they are what we would like.
Our goal is to collect material that documents history and provides a resource for students,
faculty, genealogists, documentary filmmakers, journalists, authors, the community, and anyone
interested in research. We want to have material that will be used!
Recent acquisitions:
Political buttons
Posters of Cecil Andrus
Record albums of band concerts from the Southern Idaho Conference, Boise, and Ada County
Articles about Japanese internment camps
A manuscript and screenplay by Idaho author Michael Corrigan
Materials from the Nordic Voice Cross-Country Ski Association
Records of the Episcopal Diocese
Diaries from 1912-1984 of a Boise woman
Student papers about Latinos in Idaho
Search our collections: http://nwda-db.orbiscascade.org/nwda-search/advanced.aspx
Search select photographs: http://digital.boisestate.edu/
Search University Documents: http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/uni_docs/
Cheryl Oestreicher, PhD
Head, Special Collections and Archives/Assistant Professor
Familiar Etsy Treasury
In honor of my new cat, Aleister, I made an Etsy Treasury that any Witch ready for Halloween should enjoy.
The Witch's Familiar treasury list
Includes everything from jewelry to signage to candle holders from Etsy artists
The Witch's Familiar treasury list
Includes everything from jewelry to signage to candle holders from Etsy artists
Familiar Familiars
For those of you who do not know, moving to Alaska was a very difficult process for my husband and myself. Not only did we sell almost everything we had to afford the move, uprooted and went to a place we had never been before in our lives, but on top of this we had to give away our beloved cat, Halloween.
Halloween was very special to us. Not only was she an amazing furry companion but she was also my husband's familiar.
He's been grieving her, even though she hasn't passed and is living with a friend, chasing mice and content, and has mentioned a few times that he would like another cat.
We since discussed getting a pet rabbit instead. A friend of ours has a yard overrun with rabbits, the multitudinous prodigy of 2 rabbits of a previous renter. She saved on from an owl and it has since been dubbed Owl Bait and is now a house rabbit.
However, while looking at free furniture and other things on Craigslist, my husband came across an ad
Free Cat to Good Home. He couldn't resist and took a peek. The owners were moving away the very next day and it was either find a home ASAP or poor "Kit Kat" would have to go to the shelter.
The cat came with his own litter box and feeding bowls. Is 5 months old and hasn't had his shots or been neutered yet.
I sighed, looked at the calender and nodded. It was this time three years ago that Halloween came into our lives and hearts. It seemed fated and the situation was so much like our previous one I agreed.
We are now the owners of a long haired gray and white tom cat we have renamed Aleister.
I made the mistake of giving him catnip last night, to aid with the transition and he kept me up the rest of the night with snuggles. I ended up having to hide my hands from the pettings in order to get any rest. Hubby slept the night through with no notice that anything was different.
He has also proved to be an energy sync and has since tried to tear down and snuggle the objects on my altar, my tarot cards and anything else with any residual energy from magical working.
Welcome to the family Aleister
Pictures to come as soon as I have access to a camera.
Halloween was very special to us. Not only was she an amazing furry companion but she was also my husband's familiar.
He's been grieving her, even though she hasn't passed and is living with a friend, chasing mice and content, and has mentioned a few times that he would like another cat.
We since discussed getting a pet rabbit instead. A friend of ours has a yard overrun with rabbits, the multitudinous prodigy of 2 rabbits of a previous renter. She saved on from an owl and it has since been dubbed Owl Bait and is now a house rabbit.
However, while looking at free furniture and other things on Craigslist, my husband came across an ad
Free Cat to Good Home. He couldn't resist and took a peek. The owners were moving away the very next day and it was either find a home ASAP or poor "Kit Kat" would have to go to the shelter.
The cat came with his own litter box and feeding bowls. Is 5 months old and hasn't had his shots or been neutered yet.
I sighed, looked at the calender and nodded. It was this time three years ago that Halloween came into our lives and hearts. It seemed fated and the situation was so much like our previous one I agreed.
We are now the owners of a long haired gray and white tom cat we have renamed Aleister.
I made the mistake of giving him catnip last night, to aid with the transition and he kept me up the rest of the night with snuggles. I ended up having to hide my hands from the pettings in order to get any rest. Hubby slept the night through with no notice that anything was different.
He has also proved to be an energy sync and has since tried to tear down and snuggle the objects on my altar, my tarot cards and anything else with any residual energy from magical working.
Welcome to the family Aleister
Pictures to come as soon as I have access to a camera.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, The Defense of the Sampo (Sammon puolustus)
Turku Art Museum (Turun taidemuseo)
Date: 1896
Technique: Tempera on canvas, 125 x 122 cm
The Defense of the Sampo is a Romantic nationalist painting by Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The painting illustrates a passage from the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century.
The scene portrayed is taken from the 43rd song of the epic, where the hero Väinämöinen, seen wielding a sword, has stolen the precious artifact Sampo from the evil witch Louhi, and she, having taken the form of a giant bird, is trying to reclaim it. The battle for the Sampo is also given a deeper connotation as a battle for the soul of Finland.
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Tuskegee and Cornell: A Shared Legacy in PhD Education for African-American Veterinarians
By Donald F. Smith, Cornell University
Posted September 22, 2012
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013).
While visiting Tuskegee University this week to present a paper on One Health, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Eugene W. Adams, one of the college's pioneers and most distinguished faculty.
Now in his 90s, the youthful-appearing Dr. Adams regaled me with stories of his days at Cornell, where he received his PhD in pathology in 1961. He was one of three Tuskegee faculty who received PhDs at Cornell in that era, the other two being Dr. W. C. Bowie (physiology, 1960) and Dr. R. C. Williams (anatomy, 1961). All three men became major leaders of the college. Dr. Bowie served as dean for 18 years.
In the early 1930s another Tuskegee veterinarian, Frederick Douglass Patterson, did graduate studies at Cornell in poultry pathology. He was the first faculty member at Tuskegee to receive the PhD and soon thereafter became the third president of the university. He founded the veterinary college in 1945, and also was the lead architect in establishing the United Negro College Fund (1946) as well as the Tuskegee airmen program during World War II.
Dr. Adams credits the warm relationship between Cornell's Dean William A. Hagan and Tuskegee's Dean T. S. Williams for paving the way for Tuskegee faculty to go to Cornell in the 1950s for graduate training (there were several others who followed in the 1960s and 1970s). The two men had much in common. Both Hagan and Williams had received their DVM degrees from Kansas State University, and Hagan had been the chairman of the AVMA's first institutional review team that eventually recommended the full accreditation of Tuskegee in 1954.
Dr. Adams recalled his days at Cornell very fondly. He studied for his PhD alongside future Cornell professors Drs. John King and Dan Tapper and never recalls hearing a racial slur nor a negative comment from anyone at the university. That was unlike some other universities at the time, and he attributes Cornell's welcoming atmosphere to the leadership of Dean Hagan. Dr. Adams also received a research stipend from the college that equaled his fellowship from Tuskegee. Together, they gave him a salary equivalent to what he had as a full faculty member before his educational leave.
During his first year in Ithaca, Dr. Adams rented a room on Linden Avenue, then later when his family joined him, they stayed in Cascadilla Hall..
Several veterinary colleges, notably Kansas State, Iowa State, Michigan State and the University of Pennsylvania (as well as Cornell), were instrumental in enrolling African-American students into their DVM programs prior to the opening of Tuskegee in 1945. However, the Tuskegee-Cornell partnership for PhD education in the early years of the institution stands alone and highlights the role that committed leadership --- in this case, Deans Williams and Hagan --- made in establishing and advancing the reputation of the new college.
Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
Posted September 22, 2012
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013).
While visiting Tuskegee University this week to present a paper on One Health, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Eugene W. Adams, one of the college's pioneers and most distinguished faculty.
Now in his 90s, the youthful-appearing Dr. Adams regaled me with stories of his days at Cornell, where he received his PhD in pathology in 1961. He was one of three Tuskegee faculty who received PhDs at Cornell in that era, the other two being Dr. W. C. Bowie (physiology, 1960) and Dr. R. C. Williams (anatomy, 1961). All three men became major leaders of the college. Dr. Bowie served as dean for 18 years.
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| Professor Emeritus Eugene W. Adams, DVM, MS, PhD Tuskegee University Photo by Author, 2012 |
In the early 1930s another Tuskegee veterinarian, Frederick Douglass Patterson, did graduate studies at Cornell in poultry pathology. He was the first faculty member at Tuskegee to receive the PhD and soon thereafter became the third president of the university. He founded the veterinary college in 1945, and also was the lead architect in establishing the United Negro College Fund (1946) as well as the Tuskegee airmen program during World War II.
Dr. Adams credits the warm relationship between Cornell's Dean William A. Hagan and Tuskegee's Dean T. S. Williams for paving the way for Tuskegee faculty to go to Cornell in the 1950s for graduate training (there were several others who followed in the 1960s and 1970s). The two men had much in common. Both Hagan and Williams had received their DVM degrees from Kansas State University, and Hagan had been the chairman of the AVMA's first institutional review team that eventually recommended the full accreditation of Tuskegee in 1954.
Dr. Adams recalled his days at Cornell very fondly. He studied for his PhD alongside future Cornell professors Drs. John King and Dan Tapper and never recalls hearing a racial slur nor a negative comment from anyone at the university. That was unlike some other universities at the time, and he attributes Cornell's welcoming atmosphere to the leadership of Dean Hagan. Dr. Adams also received a research stipend from the college that equaled his fellowship from Tuskegee. Together, they gave him a salary equivalent to what he had as a full faculty member before his educational leave.
During his first year in Ithaca, Dr. Adams rented a room on Linden Avenue, then later when his family joined him, they stayed in Cascadilla Hall..
Several veterinary colleges, notably Kansas State, Iowa State, Michigan State and the University of Pennsylvania (as well as Cornell), were instrumental in enrolling African-American students into their DVM programs prior to the opening of Tuskegee in 1945. However, the Tuskegee-Cornell partnership for PhD education in the early years of the institution stands alone and highlights the role that committed leadership --- in this case, Deans Williams and Hagan --- made in establishing and advancing the reputation of the new college.
Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu.
New York City's Five Veterinary Colleges
Guest Blog
By Samantha Rivera, DVM candidate, 2014 Cornell University
Posted September 22, 2012
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013).
In 1857, eight years before Cornell University was founded, an act was passed in the State capital of Albany to establish the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons. The veterinary practice of a French veterinarian-physician by the name of Alexandre Liautard was eventually selected for the site of the college, and clinical instruction began on November 23, 1864. This was only the second veterinary college in the country at the time.
Liautard was dean of the college for about a decade when internal disturbances resulted in his resignation. Joined by several faculty members, he left the institution and founded the American Veterinary College, which provided clinical instruction at 139 West 54th Street for the next 25 years.
Dean Coates died in 1916 after a long illness. Dr. Horace Hoskins served as dean until 1921, when he too passed. The institution was devastated by the loss of their beloved deans. Sadly, the challenge of funding and continued leadership, and the loss of the horse as the dominant means of city transportation, took its toll and the college suspended operation in the following year.
By Samantha Rivera, DVM candidate, 2014 Cornell University
Posted September 22, 2012
This historical blog is in recognition of the 150th anniversary
of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1863-2013).
As a New Yorker born and bred in the Bronx, I have deep cultural ties with my city. New York really has it all – a complex transportation system, numerous hospitals and medical schools, and restaurants that reflect our rich cultural diversity. So why did I reluctantly pack my bags during the summer of 2007 to travel all the way upstate for my pre-professional and professional education?
Because New York City does not have a veterinary college.
When I took Dr. Donald Smith’s course in veterinary history as a first-year student, I was shocked to learn that at one time in the past, there were several veterinary colleges in the heart of Manhattan. What happened to these colleges? Why did they not survive? How did these veterinary institutions change and evolve? These questions have bothered me during the last two years, so, I finally decided to learn their history.
This is their story.
In 1857, eight years before Cornell University was founded, an act was passed in the State capital of Albany to establish the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons. The veterinary practice of a French veterinarian-physician by the name of Alexandre Liautard was eventually selected for the site of the college, and clinical instruction began on November 23, 1864. This was only the second veterinary college in the country at the time.
Liautard was dean of the college for about a decade when internal disturbances resulted in his resignation. Joined by several faculty members, he left the institution and founded the American Veterinary College, which provided clinical instruction at 139 West 54th Street for the next 25 years.
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| A Graphic Outline of New York City's Five Veterinary College (1857-1921) |
Problems between the board and staff persisted at the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, and another group of faculty resigned in 1878 to found the Columbia Veterinary College. Also called the College of Comparative Medicine, the governing body of this institution contained several MDs with veterinarian Erskine Bates serving as dean.
The three veterinary institutions existed simultaneously in New York City for several years, providing instruction to hundreds of prospective veterinarians. By most accounts, Liautard was the most prominent spokesperson for the veterinary profession in the United States at this time. He continued his role as dean of the American Veterinary College, while Harry D. Gills led the New York City College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Charges of impropriety in 1884 forced Bates to resign from his leadership of the Columbia Veterinary College, and college merged with the American Veterinary College. Despite its short history of only seven years, Columbia’s 80 veterinary graduates comprised almost ten percent of the total graduates of the five colleges over their six-decade history.
In another merger, the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons and the American Veterinary College consolidated in 1899 to create an entirely new veterinary institution associated with New York University (NYU). The name of this new institution was the New York University New York-American Veterinary College, with W.J. Coates as dean. New York College of Veterinary Surgeons had almost 300 graduates between 1857-1899, while the American Veterinary College had twice that many graduates between 1875-1899.
Though Cornell University had offered limited instruction in veterinary medicine since 1868, it was not until 1894 that the State passed a law authorizing the establishment of a veterinary college at the university in the rural upstate town of Ithaca.
In 1905, eleven years after Cornell was designated as a state-supported veterinary college, a bill was introduced to the New York State Assembly that would fund a veterinary college in New York City. Cornell vigorously opposed the bill, but the law was passed and New York University became home to a state-supported veterinary college in 1913. The institution was known as NYU New York State Veterinary College. It had a total of 116 graduates between the years 1899-1913.
In 1905, eleven years after Cornell was designated as a state-supported veterinary college, a bill was introduced to the New York State Assembly that would fund a veterinary college in New York City. Cornell vigorously opposed the bill, but the law was passed and New York University became home to a state-supported veterinary college in 1913. The institution was known as NYU New York State Veterinary College. It had a total of 116 graduates between the years 1899-1913.
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| Period Veterinary Publication Advertising Two New York State Veterinary Colleges, one at Cornell University (L) and one at New York University (R), circa 1916 |
Dean Coates died in 1916 after a long illness. Dr. Horace Hoskins served as dean until 1921, when he too passed. The institution was devastated by the loss of their beloved deans. Sadly, the challenge of funding and continued leadership, and the loss of the horse as the dominant means of city transportation, took its toll and the college suspended operation in the following year.
Formal veterinary education ceased to exist in New York City ninety years ago, in 1922. Ironically, it was about the same time as Cornell’s medical school was pulling up its roots in Ithaca and moving to New York. The nation’s most populous city has been without a veterinary college ever since.
Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu
Dr. Smith invites comments at dfs6@cornell.edu
Special Collections joins the Northwest Digital Archives
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| Idaho governor Len Jordan with nine other western governors and a campaigning Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower. The Len Jordan Papers now have a detailed, folder-level finding aid in the Northwest Digital Archives. Boise State University, Albertsons Library, Special Collections and Archives, Len B. Jordan Papers, MSS6, Box 53, Photographs. |
Boise State University Special Collections and Archives, with the assistance of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, has joined the Northwest Digital Archives, also known as NWDA. The NWDA database provides enhanced access to archival collections and facilitates collaboration with archives, libraries, and museums in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Boise State has joined the ranks of over 35 other archives in the Pacific Northwest Region and, at the time of this writing, have 132 searchable finding aids on the NWDA website.
In addition to the Finding Aids which already existed on the Special Collections website, there is a wealth of new information that is now available online. For example, the research files of the Herstory Calendars of the 1980s, which contain biographical material about over 500 women of the Pacific Northwest: from Dorothy Arzner, motion picture director of California; to Emma Russell Yearian, sheep rancher of Idaho.
The NWDA project has made it possible to post full-text finding aids with detailed folder-level and sometimes item-level description for some of our largest collections, including the 776 linear feet of papers from Idaho’s four-term Senator and 1976 presidential candidate Frank Church as well as former Idaho governor and Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, Senator Larry LaRocco, and former Senator and Governor Len Jordan.
One real worldexample of the advantage of having online Finding Aids is a past query for a Congressional committee report about Bangladesh’s independence titled “The Road to Jessore.” This report has not been published by the United States Superintendent of Documents or the Congressional Information Service, and no copies can be found in the OCLC’s WorldCat, the worldwide library. However, this unpublished report is available in the Frank Church Papers and easily findable by entering ‘Jessore’ in the search box of NWDA or by entering ‘“Road to Jessore” “Frank Church”’ into Google. This is the only discoverable - and possibly the only surviving - copy of this important document.
The free Northwest Digital Archives database is located at http://nwda.orbiscascade.org . To find BSU Special Collections and Archives items, pull down the “Boise State University” option from the Advanced Search.
Kent Randell
Archivist, Albertsons Library Special Collections and Archives
Harry Clarke, Black and White
Illustration for The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry, New York, 1920 / Black and White by H. H. Abbott.
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Jesus Conference
Just a reminder.... Don't forget about our upcoming conference called, "Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity," to be held on October 4 and 5 at South Park United Methodist Church, near the University of Dayton. This is going to be a very fine event and a great opportunity to explore some of the core issues of historical Jesus scholarship. To learn more about the conference, click here.
Refresh Cafe
In looking back over the rough notes for all of my blog posts (you Crawlers have seen your share of those!), I noticed that almost one third of the coffee shops we've visited have been in the Walmer area. This past Thursday's Crawl (#70 if you can believe it!) contributed to that statistic.... the Crawlers all met at Refresh Cafe, 90 Albert Rd. in Walmer.
Refresh is not visible from the road, rather it is tucked away off to the side and behind the Harvest Christian Church, and across the road from the Harvest Christian Academy. A small sign points the way to the parking area for the cafe. Refresh is actually run by the church as a community outreach project. The coffee shop has been in existence for over four years, if Pastor Ed Walker's memory serves him correctly.
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| Pastor Ed Walker |
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| The Refresh Cafe Staff |
Refresh is a nice little shop where up to forty patrons can sit back, get comfortable in the high-back upholstered chairs and spend a few hours over breakfast, lunch or just muffins and coffee. That is exactly what this week's Crawlers, Vicki Minnaar, June Nash, Stella and Beryl Dawson, Gail Darne, Fran and Mandy de Beer, Colleen LeRoux, Kathy Roppel, Beth Vieira, did on Thursday. It was chocolate or bran muffins all around, baked by cook/chef, Millicent, accompanied by Masterton's filter or Urban Espress cappuccinos/Americanos prepared by baristas, Melody and Priscilla. My coffees (one cappuccino and one Americano) were perfect for my taste....hot and very strong.... loved it! Melody, Priscilla and Millicent were all welcoming and pleasant. Pastor Walker is fortunate to have the three of them running the shop. So, the next time you are out and about town, stop by the cafe, have some "Refresh"ments and say hi to this wonderful group of ladies. Refresh Cafe's hours are Mon-Fri, 7:30-3.
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| Meet the Barista Melody |
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| Meet the Chef Millicent |
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| Meet the Barista Priscilla |
Refresh supports up-and-coming local artists by displaying thier works at the shop. One painting in particular caught the Crawlers' attention. It happens to be a piece by a very talented PE resident, Banele Njadayi, whose works have been chosen to be exhibited at the Guichard Art Gallery in Chicago for the next two months. Banele is in Chicago (his first trip to the U.S.) at the moment for the start of this exhibit and will return to PE in a few weeks. Remember his name.... he could soon be taking the art world by storm!!!
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| This Week's Crawlers Beryl, June, Beth, Fran, Vicki, Mandy, Gail, Stella, Kathy not pictured - Colleen |
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| Banele's artwork |
After discussing the newest "pride of PE," our topic of conversation turned to the upcoming Christmas season... it will be upon us before we know it! It seemed that most everyone at the table has already determined their plans for the holidays. I better get moving on that.... suggestions from readers on cool African destinations for Christmas are more than welcome. But hurry, time is running short.
~Thank you to Pastor Ed Walker and the Refresh staff, Melody, Priscilla and Millicent for making the
Coffee Crawlers feel very much at home.
~Happy Birthday to my son, Christopher in Cleveland, Tennessee - Sept. 20
~Congrats to Banele on your art exhibit in Chicago
Until next week,
Ellen
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