Can you believe that 52 weeks have passed, and we have come to the final installation of the ABCs of Special Collections? Yes, folks, we have come to the letter: Z is for Morton Dauwen Zabel Morton Dauwen Zabel was … Continue reading
We have traveled a long way from “A” to “X” and have landed at the letter: Y is for Yaddo Yaddo is a retreat for artists in Saratoga Springs, New York, founded in 1900 by Spencer Trask and his wife, … Continue reading
Welcome back to the ABCs of Special Collections! We are excited to bring to you, the letter X is for X-Rated X is for Henry Miller’s banned book Tropic of Cancer, published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris. … Continue reading
Well, Well, Well, what have we here? But the letter W, of course! W is for Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward One of the first American feminist writers, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward gained wide-spread popularity in her day. Her novel The … Continue reading
Hello again, and welcome to the ABCs of Special Collections! This week’s selections represent the twenty-second letter of the alphabet, V is for Jones Very Jones Very was a nineteenth-century American poet, essayist, and spiritualist associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson … Continue reading
Welcome to our newest installment of the ABCs of Special Collections! Today, we feature the final vowel of the alphabet, the letter U is for Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was the name given to the network of safe houses, … Continue reading
Today’s alphabetical installation brings you the letter T is for William S. Tallman William Staples Tallman (1906-1997) was one of two engineers who managed the construction of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Hired by sculptor Gutzon Borglum in 1929, he … Continue reading
Happy New Year! We are glad to return with the newest installment of our alphabetical series. As promised, we are starting 2014 with the letter S for Senape, Antonio Very little is known of Antonio Senape, a prolific pen and … Continue reading
Are you ready for our last letter of the year? We present you with the letter R is for the Richmond Theatre Fire William Dunlap in his A History Of The American Theatre (1832), described the Richmond theatre fire of … Continue reading
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We welcome you back to our alphabetical series with selections from the letter Q is for Quadroon Special Collections has a fascinating array of the many works published on the plight of the … Continue reading
