Every now and then I enjoy opening a random box on the shelf and get my teeth into something that is yet to be processed. Last week, as I was cataloguing some prints and drawings (more information in a previous blog post here), I found an item annotated ‘Chinese concertina book on rice and silk…| Royal Asiatic Society
When you visit the reading room to view an archival collection, have you ever stopped to consider all the steps it took to get the materials into your hands? The truth is, collections don’t arrive in Special Collections in those clearly labeled, folder-filled boxes that you see on your cart. There are a lot of … Continue reading Notes from the Processing Table: The Welford D. and Carole W. Taylor Collection| Special Collections & University Archives
The woodcut by Michael Ostendorfer of the Pilgrimage to the New Church at Regensburg, made around the year 1519, preserves the memory of the medieval performance of votive dedication. Devotees wou…| Sight+Signs