This week’s post is by collections intern Robin Craren – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – A fascinating book within the collection of the Rosenbach, Homes …
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Back to School
It’s that time of year again. Time to pack up your pens: Waterman, fountain pen marked “M.R.”. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2004.0048 Pen. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2006.2046 And your pencils: Pencil marked “M. Rosenbach.” Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2004.0050 Eagle Pencil Co., Mirado pencil. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2006.2740.002 But you might …
The Drood Mystery
This week’s blog post is by collections intern Lloyd Frisone. If your interest is piqued, be sure to check out our Sleuths and Spies hands-on tour (next offered in January) which features the mystery. – – – – While interning at the Rosenbach, I was shown the original monthly installments to Charles Dickens last novel, …
Let Them Eat Cake (Or Save It)
Earlier this week, the librarians at the Huntington Library put up a Tumblr post of two slices of wedding cake (complete with frosting) that they found while processing a collection. As it turns out, they are not the only institution with cake collections–our Marianne Moore collection is also home to a piece of piece of …
The Travels of Capts. Lewis & Clarke
This week’s post is by Rosenbach collections intern Kara Wentworth. – – – As a native of the Great Plains I was thrilled to find that Dr. Rosenbach had a strong interest in documentation of Western Expansion. In searching through these materials I came across this book, now known as the Lewis and Clark ‘Apocrypha,’ …
The American Language
This week’s post on a twentieth-century volume in our collection (A 937a) comes from our collections intern Robin Craren. – – – – – – – – American language, you say? Although you may balk at the term, H.L. Mencken wrote a whole book about it (The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English …
A Change in the Weather?
It’s about time for my annual heat wave post (check out last year’s post for some great Cruikshank illustrations on how to beat the heat). According to the weather forecasts, we are finally due for some heat-clearing storms, so I thought I’d highlight an item which could be used in understanding and predicting the weather. …
Bloomsday June 16, 2013
This year Bloomsday fell on a Sunday, and not just any Sunday, it was also Father’s Day. In the over twenty years of Bloomsday programs at the Rosenbach we have never had so many readers under 10-years-old! Fathers and their children “rejoyced” together in reading Ulysses for an audience of over 1,400 people. This was …
July 1863/July 2013
This is a big week for Civil War fans, as it marks the 150th anniversary of both the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) and the surrender of Vicksburg, a strategic city on the Mississippi river (July 4, 1863). There is a lot going on, both in town and around the nation, to commemorate this …
Celestial Commentary
This week’s blog post comes from collections intern Jay Bilinsky and is out of this world (literally). – – – – – – With the recent cosmic events of the summer solstice (which occurred on June 21st) and the hyped-up “supermoon” (June 23rd), people have the cosmos on their minds. As such, it’s a good …