About a year ago, I wrote about our discovery of two uncatalogued manuscript leaves. Since then, we have hosted a paleography lecture to a class of French literature. Buoyed by positive feedback from the seminar and with intent to hold…
About a year ago, I wrote about our discovery of two uncatalogued manuscript leaves. Since then, we have hosted a paleography lecture to a class of French literature. Buoyed by positive feedback from the seminar and with intent to hold…
With the recent attention garnered by the movie version of Solomon Northrup’s memoir Twelve Years a Slave, it occurred to me it would be a good idea to acquire a first edition of the book for Special Collections. Not to…
Valentine’s Day is a perfect opportunity to showcase some of our Valentine postcards from the Charles Shields collection. We have over a thousand postcards celebrating Valentine’s Day. Many themes are represented in these cards: cupid is certainly popular, as are…
Whenever we can, we like to plan our exhibits to align with university-wide thematic programming. Last year’s Summer Reading Program selection, Jane McGonigal’s Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World, inspired many games…
Among the many activities of Special Collections is the exhibition of our materials. The librarians and staff of special collections work hard to curate several exhibits a year, choosing exhibit themes and carefully selecting materials from the collection to display…
I’ve been working on the Rodolfo Usigli collection housed here in Special Collections for some time now. It’s an amazing collection containing a wealth of documents, memorabilia, correspondence and myriad other items. The majority of the items are directly related…
