4th Week of February 2023
February 26th, 2023
The Typography of W.E.B. Du Bois
A new Cooper Hewitt exhibition examines the remarkable data visualizations he made for the 1900 World’s Fair
Mapping the Battle of Fredericksburg
Images from the Library of Congress Map Collection
Restoring a volume of prints by the great British caricaturist William Hogarth.
Henry writes to his owners while they’re away on vacation.
2nd Week of February 2023
February 12th, 2023
Digitizing a collection of historical musical instruments that look as beautiful as they sound.
Mapping “Points of Interest underneath the Harlem Moon”
The making of A Night-Club Map of Harlem” (1933)
Magnificent margins in the Alexander Romance
Images from the manuscripts on display in the British Library’s Alexander exhibition.
The Archives of the East Village Eye Go to the New York Public Library
Leonard Abrams started the paper, which chronicled the cultural life of downtown New York, in 1979. After trying for eight years to place its archives, he handed them off to the library last fall.
The donation of more than 2,700 books, newspapers, and magazines included funding that enabled Princeton to digitize the collection, making it keyword-searchable and openly available.
1st Week of February 2023
February 5th, 2023
NYPL Acquires Archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
“The dual collection comprises the couple’s literary and personal papers and stands as a rich testament to two of the most successful and important writers in postwar America.”
An Extraordinary New Acquisition!
Michigan acquires a beautifully illuminated book of hours ca. 1505.
Uncovering the secrets of PUL items through spectral imaging
Collections display more than meets the naked eye when photographed under other wavelengths of light.
The Early Days of Women’s Suffrage, Archived
PACSCL’s In Her Own Right digital; project collects materials from a dozen Philadelphia-area institutions.
50 years of powerful Bay Area posters collected by Oakland library go online
Oakland Public Library’s César E. Chávez branch digitizes its poster collection.
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