Working with or in a Special Collection and Archives is amazing, in-part because you never know what you will find and discover. Researchers come in with questions, that can open new doors into possible research and connections, and even when…
Working with or in a Special Collection and Archives is amazing, in-part because you never know what you will find and discover. Researchers come in with questions, that can open new doors into possible research and connections, and even when…
The most recent Russian acquisition in Special Collections is “MIUD” by Vladimir Mayakovsky, written in 1926 and published in 1930 by Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo. It is a short children’s book in verse in the typical Mayakovsky style: bold, dramatic, and categorical.…
In the archive, you never know what treasure is waiting to be discovered. I found this book the other day. I thought I had found another autograph book, but when I opened it up I was amazed to find a…
To celebrate the start of the 2015 College Football Season, and Miami’s season opener against Presbyterian College, I wanted to talk a little about a member of the Cradle of Coaches who spent time at both schools, Bo Schembechler. Schembechler…
Last Friday, April 18th, Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh was inducted into Miami University’s Cradle of Coaches Hall of Fame. The following day his statue was unveiled at the Cradle of Coaches Plaza. On behalf of Miami University Libraries…
In order to promote our collections here at the Walter Havighurst Special Collections, we are doing a presentation tour of the Cradle of Coaches Collection. In the fall semester of 2013 we mounted an exhibit to promote and share our…