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- Identifier
- wwu:42782
- Title
- Al Poynter interviewed by Nancy Holt
- Date
- ~1978
- Description
- Sculptor Nancy Holt interviews stonemason Al Poynter about his craft and about their collaboration on Holt's 1977-78 sculpture "Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings" at Western Washington University.
- Digital Collection
- Western Gallery Files
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Records of Western Gallery
- Local Identifier
- 4660_2022-0024-0000_HoltPoynter, 4660_2022-0024-0000_HoltPoynter.pdf
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- AL POYNTER , INTERVIEWED BY NANCY HOLT (TRANSCRI PTION BEGINS AT COUNTER NUMBER 146 , TAPE ONE , SIDE TWO . ) A. P .: ..... Well , there were just certain things about i -t that I didn' t like . The man lays stone like ••• I would , say the average stonemason per se , his stone looks just like
- Identifier
- wwu:42791
- Title
- The Fly-Fishing Legacy of Lewis A. Bell
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Article on a noted fly fisherman and conservationist. Based on interviews with family, friends, and associates.
- Digital Collection
- Fly Fishing Oral Histories
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- Special Collections Fly Fishing Oral History Program
- Local Identifier
- FFOH_BellLewis
- Text preview (might not show all results)
- The Fly-Fishing Legacy of Lewis A. Bell Introduction The collection of oral fly-fishing history transcripts at Western Washington University was established with the goal of assembling a broad perspective of the history, development and growth of fly fishing in the Pacific Northwest, as told by lead
- Identifier
- wwu:42789
- Title
- WWU COVID story 66: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-11-30
- Description
- In the early days of the pandemic, I was still on campus. Life was incredibly hectic, I was super-focused on my MGMT271 final, it was cumulative, and the professor had a rep for being a very hard grader. I had done well so far in his class, but so many were st... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_66
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- at windmills during 45’s time, but I’m really not convinced that the milquetoast replacement was an adequate solution for such a pivotal moment in history. I have never missed a vote in two decades, but I’m not sure that it counts for much. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 66 - Anonymous #
- Identifier
- wwu:42790
- Title
- WWU COVID story 65: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-11-21
- Description
- I think it safe to say that when we hear “covid” or “pandemic” most of us would have instant negative associations, and I’m no exception. It’s been pretty terrible. But, I also want to shed some light on how this pandemic experience has been beneficial to me. ... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_65
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- completely because of the pandemic, but what’s nice to know is that I am not alone in it. I suppose that’s another way covid has helped me. It gave me a stronger sense of community and support from the ones I love, because this isn’t something we should have to experience alone. ## End of contribut
- Identifier
- wwu:42695
- Title
- WWU COVID story 64: Seda Foley
- Date
- 2021-11-19
- Description
- I don’t think I ever really realize when something big is happening around me, something that is bigger than myself. At least I didn’t really think much of it when we got the text that classes were going online, in fact I was a little excited. I assumed this whole ... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_64
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- contribution I don’t think I ever really realize when something big is happening around me, something that is bigger than myself. At least I didn’t really think much of it when we got the text that classes were going online, in fact I was a little excited. I assumed this whole mess would be over by
- Identifier
- wwu:42689
- Title
- WWU COVID story 61: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-11-17
- Description
- When we left school the week before spring break to mitigate the spread of a new disease, we didn’t realize the ways it would affect our educations, careers, and livelihoods. We went online at the end of my first year and in many ways, I still feel like a Freshman ... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_61
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- , it is something I missed so much during Covid, and I am still doing it to myself, for one reason or another. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 61 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
- Identifier
- wwu:42687
- Title
- WWU COVID story 63: Dom Bryan
- Date
- 2021-11-17
- Description
- It was the end of February in 2020, I was sitting on some concrete steps on a stranger’s stoop in North Carolina. The air around me was muggy, clinging to my clothes. Forming beads of sweat on my brow. Spring was coming quickly. It was ... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_63
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- overcome your own challenges as a result of today’s list of grievances. Thank you for sharing this space. Here’s to tomorrow being a little bit better tomorrow when we wake than it is today. ## End of contributed text from Dom Bryan ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Pr
- Identifier
- wwu:42688
- Title
- WWU COVID story 62: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-11-17
- Description
- I took a few years off school after I graduated from high school and didn’t apply to Western until I was absolutely sure I wanted to be back in school. Unfortunately, I was to start my first year in the Fall of 2020, when the COVID-19 situation was bleak as ever. T... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_62
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- that my first quarter of in-person classes is almost over, I can safely say I've just been fumbling along. I’m making it up as I go, both being a person in in-person classes and meeting so many new people every day. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 62 - Anonymous ## University Archives - H
- Identifier
- wwu:42690
- Title
- WWU COVID story 60: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-11-16
- Description
- I must say, COVID-19 did give me a rare opportunity to live with my family again for a year. It felt as though I had taken an educational gap year, emphasis on the gap year. I got to eat the food they cooked, live under their roof, hang out with my siblings again a... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_60
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- is that this is almost finally over. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 60 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
- Identifier
- wwu:42691
- Title
- WWU COVID story 59: Brandt Shelden
- Date
- 2021-11-11
- Description
- I have been lucky enough to financially survive the pandemic (thus far) and so my experience with the pandemic has been centered much more on the social and political aspects than on the economic aspects. I have never really been a social person; I've never gone ou... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_59
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- opportunities. ## End of contributed text from Brandt Shelden ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
- Identifier
- wwu:42692
- Title
- WWU COVID story 58: Michelle Kjolso
- Date
- 2021-11-11
- Description
- I’m here, in the middle of this mess we call a Pandemic. We are living in Covid times; it’s not great. We are ok. We are pressing on. We are strong, resilient, and fighting. We are also assholes. Selfish, selfish assholes. Science tells us how to be safe and we don... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_58
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- of contributed text from Michelle Kjolso ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed 11/17/2021 Page 1 of 1
- Identifier
- wwu:42693
- Title
- WWU COVID story 57: Megan Terrell
- Date
- 2021-11-08
- Description
- The most challenging thing for me during COVID would have to be the fact that it makes it a lot difficult to stay on track during my online classes. I always get distracted by something, and then I miss something important that my professor may have said, which lea... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_57
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- in the shower or if you're brushing your teeth or washing your face; so different. I feel like I get no "me-time" because both my roommate and I are stuck in our room doing Zoom meetings for our classes, and the only time I get to myself is when I walk to work-which is a 15 minute walk. I work open
- Identifier
- wwu:42718
- Title
- Ann Morris interview [transcript]
- Part of
- Ann Morris interview--August 12, 2021
- Date
- 2021-08-12
- Description
- Ann Morris is a noted American artist and sculptor of bronze and found objects that explore the human spirit and our relationship to nature. In 2017, the Morris family donated her Lummi Island estate, “Sculpture Woods” to Western Washington University for the benefit of the university and surrounding community.
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- Special Collections Oral History Program
- Local Identifier
- SCOHP_MorrisAnn_20210812_01
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- Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections Oral History Program Ann Morris ATTENTION: © Copyright Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections. "Fair use" criteria of Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 must be followed. The following materials can be u
- Identifier
- wwu:42717
- Title
- Ann Morris interview
- Date
- 2021-08-12
- Description
- Ann Morris is a noted American artist and sculptor of bronze and found objects that explore the human spirit and our relationship to nature. In 2017, the Morris family donated her Lummi Island estate, “Sculpture Woods” to Western Washington University for the benefit of the university and surrounding community.
- Digital Collection
- Special Collections Oral History Program
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- Special Collections
- Related Collection
- Special Collections Oral History Program
- Local Identifier
- SCOHP_MorrisAnn_20210812
- Identifier
- wwu:40582
- Title
- Tim DePoppe (he), custodian 1 (essential@Western project)
- Date
- 2021-04-07
- Description
- I appreciated the professionalism here at western at the beginning of and during the pandemic. I felt safe and very grateful to still have a job when so many were unemployed. Thank you to all of the supervisors and staff for keeping western going during difficult circumstances.
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Essential@Western During COVID-19
- Type of resource
- text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_essential_8
- Identifier
- wwu:40550
- Title
- WWU COVID story 56: Jaivier
- Date
- 2021-03-16
- Description
- My COVID experience has been very up and down from the start of the pandemic. In the beginning it seemed like a beneficial short break, as rules were being enforced, Winter quarter finals were coming up. Then once the pandemic got more intense, I found myself stuck... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_56
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- with a low chance of getting into my major has been the most challenging. And the most rewarding part of this experience would be the times that I was able to see my family and friends because it was never taken for granted. ## End of contributed text from Jaivier ## University Archives - Heritage
- Identifier
- wwu:40547
- Title
- WWU COVID story 54: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-03-14
- Description
- In August of 2020, my partner and I moved into our first home together. Honestly, I think this is the best thing I did to help myself succeed during the pandemic. Having a constant companion and support system has been incredibly helpful. I chose Western because it... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_54
- Text preview (might not show all results)
- in that environment, and some people will take a long time to adjust because they must completely restructure the way they learn. We’re all human, and a little grace will go a long way. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 54 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Li
- Identifier
- wwu:40548
- Title
- WWU COVID story 53: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-03-14
- Description
- Often, I feel like I’m living in the Sims. Toward the beginning of the pandemic, I actually went out and got a job, having just been a student for the year before. While it was stressful to be working in a food service job in an area where not a lot of people wear ... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_53
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- through all of the struggles we’ve faced as a species until now, but with some resilience and elbow grease, we can make sure we walk to a better place on the other side. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 53 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - Western Libraries Printed
- Identifier
- wwu:40546
- Title
- WWU COVID story 55: Hannah Durland
- Date
- 2021-03-14
- Description
- When COVID first started spreading in the US and was becoming an issue, I assumed it would be a somewhat more intense version of the flu and that it wasn’t really something to worry about. That changed pretty quickly when I got home after finals had all been cancel... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_55
- Text preview (might not show all results)
- they thought of the homework assignment. That’s how many of my friendships began and although I have joined clubs and attended meetings on zoom calls, it is still harder to make friends one-on-one when you’re always in a group. It’s sad to have lost that experience now and wonder who I could have b
- Identifier
- wwu:40549
- Title
- WWU COVID story 52: Anonymous
- Date
- 2021-03-13
- Description
- Currently, I am in my second year at Western, but this is the first time I have done a full year of school fully online. If you had asked me during my time on campus last year where I thought I would be next year, I would not have told you that I would be attending... [open story for full text]
- Digital Collection
- Telling Our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Type of resource
- Text
- Object custodian
- University Archives
- Related Collection
- Telling our Stories: Western's Response to COVID-19
- Local Identifier
- wwu_covid_story_52
- Text preview (might not show all results)
- within myself. Has the pandemic made things hard? Yes, but it has most certainly allowed for me to discover things I did not even think to see in myself, and I know that I am not done just yet. ## End of contributed text from Story ID: 52 - Anonymous ## University Archives - Heritage Resources - We