By Carla Ruas, Archives Assistant and a student in the Master of Liberal Arts program Part of a monthly series of posts highlighting uncovered items of note, and the archival […]
Beyond the Bookplate: Small-timore, 19th-Century Style
It is 1850, and an unidentified chronicler sits amidst the Greek Revival architecture of the Mondawmin Estate, awaiting the start of the third auction to empty the 10-year-old mansion of its […]
American Drama
Many know of Walt Whitman as America’s first true poet and the liberator of American literature. What many might not know is that Whitman did not emerge on the literary […]
Jacques Barzun, 1907 – 2012
Back before Frankenstorm Sandy took over the air-waves, academia met its demise. Well, not academia as it is today–we are all still here, obviously!–but academia as it existed in the […]
What is the Bibliotheca Fictiva?
From antiquity to current times, there have always been writers devising literary forgeries of all kinds, either copying an existing book from the classical period or simply creating a fake […]
Autumn Light
As we settle into the new semester, the oppressive heat of the summer sun has eased as we rush past the autumnal equinox, and our wobbling top of a planet […]
Dolls Sold Separately: Planning a Dream House
Looking for plans for the ultimate luxury home? Are you dreaming of gourmet kitchens, sweeping staircases, elegant chandelier-lit foyers, and/or roaring fireplaces that keep you cozy in a posh bedroom […]
The End of the Book?
If someone said that recent technological advances made the printed book, as the conveyor of knowledge and information, obsolete, would you think this prediction a recent one? What about a […]
Book Fest At the Peabody Library: It’s the Best Ever!
Are you a local literature lover? Is your ideal day rummaging through book sales and attending talks from the high brow to the nonsensical? Do you fancy each tome whispering […]
Commencement Programs Live On
While Commencement may be months or years away for many of you, we want to announce a new digital asset that has just been created. Each year in late May, […]