The Libraries has some spooky items in its collections…beware! From the Commemorative Stamp Collection, The Mummy – Boris Karloff Führer durch Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark, 1929, Cover, "Panther." A. (Arnout) Vosmaer, more »
Month: October 2009
The French Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1855-1921), poet and aesthete, was an aristocratic descendent of D'Artagnan of Three Musketeers fame and the inspiration of Proust's character Baron de Charlus. On July more »
Acorn clock, about 1849; by the Forestville Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Connecticut. Gift of Albert Adsit Clemons, through George H. Paltridge A special Libraries' thank you to National Museum of American more »
From Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn: Gloria in excelsis deo. Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta. Czechoslavakia: c. 1960. This double-page pop-up illustrating the Christmas nativity scene was created by Vojtěch Kubašta (1914-1992), more »
October 27 marks what would be the 151st birthday of the 26th President of the United States and youngest to hold office. He became president in 1901 at 42 years more »
In my work as a rare materials cataloger, some very remarkable books cross my desk. And although I've learned that even the most plain-looking books can hold surprises, I was more »
Last week I cataloged a PhD thesis by the former Secretary of the Armed Forces (under president Ronald Reagan), Verne Orr, entitled: Developing strategic weaponry and the political process more »