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University Archives & Special Collections (UASC)

Independent Study Projects and Internships

These individualized learning experiences are designed and supervised in conjunction with teaching faculty advisors to fulfill departmental course requirements.

Current Projects

 

"Christian Identity" in the Northwest:
Where White Supremacy and Religion Intersect

Curated by Amelia Skiles, Fall Semester 2022

This exhibit explores the ways in which Christian Identity groups use religion to justify and defend their bigotry and violence. These groups selectively interpret and twist the Bible to support their white supremacy and other hateful ideologies. It also looks at some of the reasons the Northwest has become a magnet for self-identified Christian white supremacists and their impact on local communities, including the criminal and violent activity they have engaged in.

 

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Commercializing the Bible in Reformation-Era Germany

By Jonathan Hayes, Spring Semester 2022

Welcome to the dawn of printing. Gonzaga’s University Archives and Special Collections (UASC) houses hundreds of rare books dating back as early as the fifteenth century. The collection is invaluable to Gonzaga’s heritage and stands as the culmination of centuries of Jesuit libraries distilled into the vault in Foley’s third floor. In this exhibit, history major Jonathan Hayes has prepared a chronological tour from the first printed books through the seventeenth century

Online Exhibit                                    

Previous Projects

We have hosted student special studies projects since 2014, and most of these can still be viewed as online versions of that work.

Project Title Student Curator(s) Semester
Internment and Service: Japanese Americans from the Inland Empire Clair Meskers
Angie Piccolo		 Spring 2014
Moose is Loose! Gonzaga University Honors Program Margaret Thompson-
Johnston		 Spring 2015
The Show Goes On: History of Gonzaga Theatre and Dance Brenda Mandt Fall 2015
'America, Here's My Boy': Gender in American Popular Music During World War I Margaret Thompson-
Johnston		 Spring 2016
A Decade at Gonzaga: Life in the 1950s Grace Muljadi Spring 2016
Campus Pioneers: The First 25 Years of Women at Gonzaga, 1948-1973 Ellen Schuster Fall 2016
Bulldog Mania: Mascots in Different Shapes and Sizes Kelly Omodt Spring 2017
Coming Home: Father J. Alfred Carroll and Gonzaga's Amerasian
Education Program, 1980-2010		 Gabriella Anselmo Fall 2017
Fr. Bernard Coughlin, S.J.: President, Priest, Scholar, Civic Leader, Friend Olivia Lada Spring 2018
Undefeated Since 1941: History of Gonzaga Football Abby Tarantino Spring 2019
Father Julius Jette: Jesuit Missionary and Alaskan Scholar Jessica Stranger Spring 2019
Lyon and the Jesuits, as told by their Books Cora Waitkus Kim Fall 2019
Patriotism, the Pacific Northwest, and the Ku Klux Klan Elizabeth Velonza Spring 2020
Jeans, Jesus and the Saint John's Bible Kenzy Franco Spring 2021
History of Gonzaga's Glee Club Liz Franklin Spring 2022

 

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