Monthly Archives: December 2011

Holiday Closing

McFarlin Library, and therefore the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, will be closing at 5 pm this evening, and not re-opening until the 1st Monday in January. We hope that everyone enjoys themselves during the midwinter holiday break.

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Edward Charles (E. C. E. Hemsted) Correspondence

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Special Collections launches a new Digital Collections presence

We are announcing that Special Collections has added a new system for displaying digital collections called ContentDM. This is a well-known product from OCLC, and the administration has given us approval to try it out. You can find the first … Continue reading

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Booth Family Papers

The Booth Family Papers are contained within the Stanley Swift collection, the cornerstone of the Henneke Archives of Performing Arts, which are named after Ben Graf Henneke. The Booth Family Papers contain forty-two autographed letters, the majority of which are … Continue reading

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Alice in Wonderland Ephemera

The Alice in Wonderland Ephemera contains a variety of artifacts featuring Tenniel’s illustrations. The Tenniel-related items included in this collection are: a collector’s antique replica embossed cut-out paper dolls sheet; a pencil tin with a scene from Alice in Wonderland … Continue reading

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