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Rebecca Montgomery hands a flower to senior Lilia Rangel at the P.E.O. table on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2023. Jan Riccio is also pictured.

What does International Women’s Day mean at Augie?

Krystina Slack March 16, 2023

Anyone walking into the Gävle rooms on March 8 saw a room bustling with people walking around decorated tables dedicated to gender and equity. Talking and laughter carried through the open doors, inviting...

Special collections records absent in discussion of labor rights

Special collections records absent in discussion of labor rights

Aubrey Lathrop May 13, 2022

Every day of the week, millions and millions of people clock in and out of work. The United States relies on every type of job under the sun to keep the gears of life turning and moving forward. On a local...

Special Collections and how it can help you

Special Collections and how it can help you

Krystina Slack April 22, 2022

On the right, when you first walk into the Special Collections area/reading room, there is a row of cases that have a constantly changing theme. Right now they have an incredible collection of different...

Quad Cities Archive Crawl

Michelle Quinn October 4, 2018

The first annual Quad Cities Archive Crawl will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6. The Archive Crawl is a three-part educational experience that will lead participants through three archival collections...

Inside the Archives: Special Collections provides more than just memorabilia

April 22, 2016

Thomas Tredway Library serves as a resource for students all across campus. Within its walls lies Special Collections. The seemingly small facility on the first floor is full of manuscripts, volumes of...

Girish catalogues artist's life

October 9, 2014

Rukmini Girish has taken on a task never completed before. The senior is working to organize and catalog 7,000 glass slides, each containing a piece of Quad City artist and photographer John Hauberg's...

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