Posted in Events, Rare books on Apr. 16, 2009 by lhurteau
Celebrate EARTH DAY with SC&A
Wednesday April 22, 2009 3:00-5:00pm
Don’t miss the opportunity to come to Olin Library and step into Special Collections & Archives between 3:00-5:00pm on Wednesday April 22 to see some of our materials selected specifically for our Earth Day exhibit. Our newly acquired atlas “EARTH” will be on display. Sure, we’ve all [...]
Posted in General, Rare books on Mar. 11, 2009 by Rebecca McCallum
A publisher’s proof copy of a novel, with the author’s own edits and revisions hand-written throughout, gives us a rare glimpse into the author’s writing process. What sections did he or she cut? How were phrases rewritten, or words exchanged for other, better choices? We have such a view into the writing process of the [...]
Posted in Buildings, Donating, General, Rare books, Uncategorized on Nov. 27, 2007 by lhurteau
Do you know where this window is at Wesleyan?
Too often we are so caught up in our own lives and that we forget to look at the things around us. 115 years have passed since a certain Wesleyan student graduated but his generosity is still all around us to enjoy from one corner [...]
Posted in Rare books on Jan. 23, 2007 by Valerie Gillispie
On January 18, the PBS program History Detectives visited Special Collections & Archives and Olin Library to investigate a book that was found in the open stacks of Olin this summer.
The book, August Spies’ Auto-Biography, appears to have the stamp of Lucy Parsons, a famous anarchist and the wife of one of the men executed [...]