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Category: Holidays

  • Library Hours for Finals and Christmas Recess

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    jpeter13

    Thursday, Dec. 14: 8:00 am – 12:30 am; Friday, Dec. 15: 8:00 am – 12:30 am; Saturday, Dec. 16: 8 am – 8 pm; Sunday, Dec. 17: 12 pm – 12:30 am; Monday, Dec. 18:  8 am – 6 pm; Tuesday, Dec. 19:  8 am – 11 am; Wednesday, Dec. 20 – Monday, Jan. 1:…

  • Thanksgiving Break Hours

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    jpeter13

    Tuesday, November 21: 8:00 am – 4:45 pm; Wednesday, November 22 – Sunday, November 26: Closed. Wishing you a safe & Happy Thanksgiving!

  • National Native American Heritage Month

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    ahulsebe

    November is National Native American Heritage Month, a month to “celebrate the traditions, languages and stories of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities and ensure their rich histories and contributions continue to thrive with each passing generation” (https://www.bia.gov). Gustavus itself was built on lands belonging to the Dakota people. The campus…

  • National Native American Heritage Month 2022

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    jnickras

    November is National Native American Heritage Month. The Library has two Native American Heritage Month displays. In the Friends of the Library Gustavus Library Associates Reading Room, we have a collection of fiction and nonfiction books that look at the Native American experience. On the first floor, near Government Documents office, we have a display…

  • Closed-Fourth of July

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    jpeter13

    The Library will be closed on Monday, July 4th! Happy Birthday, America!

  • Library Hours for Easter Break

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    jpeter13

    Thursday, April 14:  8:00 am – 4:45 pm; Good Friday, April 15 – Easter Sunday, April 17:  Closed.  Monday, April 18:  8:00 am – 12:00 am.

  • Two Days, Three Festive Holidays!

    Two Days, Three Festive Holidays!

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    abenemon

    If you are feeling a hankering to celebrate, today and tomorrow offer a wealth of cultural delights in the form of three holidays whose common feeling is joy. Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a traditional feast day celebrated by Christians since the 10th century A.D., and today is also Purim, a celebration of the salvation…

  • Twos-day!

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    jpeter13

    Be sure to be at the Library Tuesday, 2/22/22, at 2:22 to “mark” this unique time and day!

  • Native American Resources in GovDocs

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    jnickras

    November is federally designated National Native American Heritage Month. Several national agencies and museums have created a portal of government resources and events that cover the history, art, culture and heritage of indigenous populations in the United States. The library has put together a display on the first floor showcasing the variety of available government…

  • Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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    jgilber2

    On Monday, October 11, 2021, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, honoring the cultures, histories and futures of our nation’s Indigenous peoples. Although the holiday is not yet federally recognized, it has been increasingly celebrated over the past decades. The fact that it lands on the same day traditionally observed as Columbus Day is not an…