Welcome to our most recent installment of the ABCs of Special Collections, where the featured letter is I is for Robert Ingersoll Robert Ingersoll, the great American 19th-Century orator, was popularly known as “The Great Agnostic.” An attorney by trade, … Continue reading
Hello again, and welcome to another installation of the ABCs of Special Collections! Today, we give you the letter: H is for Hollinger Box n. ~ A container that holds folders containing paper documents vertically and that measures roughly 10 … Continue reading
Our alphabetical series continues! We present the letter: G is for Giant, the movie The 1956 Warner Brothers film adaptation of Edna Ferber’s best-selling novel Giant was partially filmed in Albemarle County, Virginia. The film was directed by George Stevens … Continue reading
We are back with fore-edge paintings, Margaret Fuller, and that infamous word that starts with the letter: F is for the “F” word Widely considered the most offensive word in English, f*** has been a part of the language since … Continue reading
Welcome to our newest installment in the ABC series! Today, we give you the letter… E is for Endpapers With rare exceptions, endpapers are not part of the book as printed. They are the double leaves (or pages) added at … Continue reading
Welcome to our third installation of the ABCs of Special Collections! We give you the letter: C is for “Calithump” Webster’s defines “calithump” (variant spellings callithump and calathump) as a somewhat riotous parade, accompanied by the blowing of tin horns … Continue reading
