Tag: Manuscripts
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Irene Eber’s “Choice” to Tell Her Story
In the past, when I have studied the Holocaust, my thoughts tended to focus on the people who were murdered and the survivors who witnessed the horror, knew about siblings, parents and kids being killed, and lived with the memories. I had not really thought of the children who were either too young to remember […]
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Unexpected Music: Binding Waste of Folio GrC Ar466 Ef54 1537
The use of manuscript waste in bindings has been a delight to me ever since I first encountered it. As a print cataloger, my professional commerce with manuscripts is largely limited to these fragments, but fortunately the Kislak Center’s Incunable Collection and Culture Class Collection have put more than a few instances of such waste […]
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Holiday Cards … and starting the new year with love … and pets!
It seems that regardless of religion, age, or tech saavy-ness, the end of the year is the time to send thoughts to your family and friends. Tons of archival collections have at least one or two holiday cards and it always delights me to see the bold colors and sparkly designs that were created to […]
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Small Clues to a Big Story
I have been an archivist for a fairly long time, and one would think that I would have gotten past the concept that any collection is boring. However, I confess that when I opened the folder on which “Goodyear Dental Vulcanite Company” was written, I did not have high hopes for my enjoyment of the […]
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Ted Weems: You’re the Cream in My Coffee!
Between my love for archival collections and literature from the early 20th century, I feel like I am a true appreciator of the slang of days gone by (probably more so than the slang of today) and I have been known to tell people that they are the bee’s knees, the eel’s hips, or the […]
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In Honor of Veterans Day: World War II Materials from the Ashley Bryan papers
In honor of the military personnel and veterans on this holiday, whether you call it Veterans, Armistice, or Remembrance Day, we at the SCPC are proud to share some images from the Ashley Bryan papers, the collection that I have the pleasure to be currently processing. Best known for his efforts as a children’s book […]
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