One of the greatest movies to come out of the 1990’s was Hocus Pocus, with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy. From Binx the talking cat to the […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Witchcraft
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Puppets
Over the past year, the pandemic has given me plenty of time to re-watch all of my favorite movies. In revisiting Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound Of Music, I rediscovered […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Lithograph or Autograph?
Working with historic sheet music, I come across autographs almost every day. This doesn’t surprise me, as most of the books on my own bookshelf have my name written inside. […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Homing Pigeons
Growing up in Arizona, my family would often travel out East to visit relatives. A highlight for me was always New York City, where I developed my childhood love of […]
Meet our Freshman Fellows: Ankita Sen on A Silent Statue that Speaks Volumes
Enjoy this post by Ankita Sen, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year! My name is Ankita Sen and I am a first year student […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: DJ Quezada on Charting a Course and Reflecting on Researching Maps
Enjoy this post by DJ Quezada, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year! Since I began this project three months ago, I have embarked on […]
Sheet Music Deep Dive: Blue Glass
As the curator of the Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection, a phrase I hear often is “I didn’t know sheet music could be used to study…” Levy collected 30,000 songs […]
Black History Collections Spotlight: The African American Real Photo Postcard Collection
What does the old school picture postcard have to do with modern photo- and video-sharing platforms like Instagram and TikTok? Nothing, on the face of it. But, arguably, the postcard […]
Meet Our Freshman Fellows: Jade Robinson on Rachel Carson
Enjoy this post by Jade Robinson, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year! Hi, everyone! My name is Jade Robinson, and I am one of […]
Love at the Library
“Let your lover be dumpy or handsome or slim/ Young or old, you need care not a feather; /Just fill your ink-bottle up to the brim/ And write from these […]