http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:40:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Suffolk students are lucky! They attend a university in a city where there are amazing resources for all types of research. On campus, Suffolk students may utilize the University Archives, the Sawyer or Moakley libraries, but if they need more sources to draw from Boston has many repositories to assist ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/07/11/a-researchers-guide-to-boston-by-ann-s-lainhart/ Suffolk students have the opportunity to carry out Joe Moakley's mission to the people of El Salvador through a partnership between the Moakley Archive and Institute and the SOULS office. Students spend 7-14 days on Alternative Spring or Winter breaks helping Salvadoran communities Moakley worked closely with. Students ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/07/02/moakley-institute-and-souls-office-el-salvador-trips/ The Archives has made audio and video available for four of its oral history interviews. Interviews from the Moakley Oral History Project include video of Congressman Joe Moakley and Congressman James McGovern and audio of Law School Alumna and Moakley classmate Jeanne Hession. As part of the Suffolk University Oral ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/05/30/audio-and-video-of-oral-history-interviews-available-online/ Are you a faculty member who could benefit from incorporating archival documents into your teaching regimen? Or maybe you know a faculty member? You don't have to teach history, government or political science to take advantage of our collections. Our materials cover a wide array of topics. Take a look ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/05/15/faculty-its-time-to-start-planning-for-fall-2008/ The Moakley Archive and Institute is co-sponsoring a one-day conference on the Subprime Lending Crisis. This conference features U.S. Representative Barney Frank, he currently serves as the Chairman of the Committee on Financial Services. Students are encouraged to go and it is free to attend but you must register! Two ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/05/12/us-representative-barney-frank-at-suffolk-on-519/ He was born in 1880. He was a Mayflower descendant. He worked in a lumber camp before he went to high school. He had his way paid through college and law school. He opened "Archer's Evening Law School" in 1906. He wrote law textbooks. He was an NBC radio ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/04/23/facts-you-may-not-have-known-about-gleason-l-archer/ C. Walsh Theatre was once a movie theatre. In the 1920s Gleason Archer opened a movie theatre to generate revenue for the Law School. http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/04/17/suffolk-snipit/ In observance of Patriot's Day the Archives will be closed on Monday April 21. http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/04/16/patriots-day/ Right here on campus students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public can access primary source materials for research. Researchers from all disciplines can benefit from the collections we have here on campus. You don't have to be a history major to use the Archives. Here is a list of people who ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/suffolkuniversityarchives/2008/04/15/did-you-know-that-suffolk-university-has-an-archives/