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From Satire to Advertisement: A Literary Record of the 1893 World’s Fair
By Jessica Licker, Master’s in Literary History, ’24, Rare Books Graduate Assistant When I first started conceptualizing this exhibit, I was spoiled for choice of topics. I was quickly taken with the Juvenile Literature Collection, and the whimsy of some of the 19th and 20th century children’s book bindings…
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Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences
By GEOL 4900 students: Emily Dietz, Alexis Hunter, Lorena Jevnikar, Peter Rhynard, Kaycee Scott, and Jada Townsend During the fall 2023 semester, students in GEOL 4900 Visual Communication in the Geological Sciences taught by professor Eva Lyon, worked with university archivist Bill Kimok and rare book librarian Miriam Intrator to include geology related materials from…
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The Women of Ink, Pen, and Paper: Interviews from the Don Swaim Collection
By Alexis Reynolds, ’27 English, Digital Initiatives Assistant “What’s that? Say again!” We’ve all been there. A lot of us probably say these four words on a constant basis. I know I do, which is why I was a bit hesitant about beginning to work on the Don Swaim Collection audio transcription project. Swaim is…