This fall we’re featuring two exhibits in the Walter Havighurst Special Collections exhibit gallery. Both focus on 19th century London, but expose different facets of the outcomes of the Industrial Revolution. Both also feature some of our more wonderful books.…
The fall semester is only a few weeks old and many undergraduates have already visited Special Collections as part of their class studies! With the assistance of our resident Slavic specialist Masha Stepanova, we’ve had two history classes visit us to…
The National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (Natsional’no/Narodno Trudovoi Soiuz rossiiskikh solidaristov), or NTS, is one of the least known anti-bolshevik organizations behind one of the most influential movements. Formed as a youth group in Belgrade in 1930, it sustained many…
Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) was a Danish illustrator popular during the turn of the 20th century, otherwise known as the “golden age” of illustration. Both of Nielsen’s parents were actors and he grew up in what he referred to as “an…
The successful landing of the Mars scientific laboratory, Curiosity, has reawakened our fascination with our neighboring planet. Mars has long sparked the imagination of writers and has been the setting for many science fiction adventures. I have pulled together a…
Like many Americans and sports fans around the world, I’ve been watching hours and hours of coverage of the Olympic Games in London, especially the marquee events in swimming and gymnastics. So, as the Olympics draw to a close this…
