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The Graphic Work by Jacob Landau

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Library Posts

Jacob Landau by Jim Hetherington – April 26, 2019 back to the Special Collections Blog Before me, I have The Graphic Work by Jacob Landau. You may recognize his name. He illustrated Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. He typically draws what’s known as “the human...

Manuscript Detailing Life At Sea

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Library Posts

A New Manuscript by Jim Hetherington – May 6, 2019 back to the Special Collections Blog Written in 1905, an anonymous account tells us the readers how heart and gut-wrenching life at sea can be. The sailors traveled from [Chittenham], England to Halifax N.C....

To Be Unforgettable

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Library Posts

The Kumin Collection by Jim Hetherington – May 7, 2019 back to the Special Collections Blog Poetry artist Maxine Kumin (1925-2014) left a legacy for the books with her notorious inclination for “her poems [to] become increasingly unforgettable.” Within The Long...

Special Collections Blog

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Library Posts

Will’s Cigarette Adverts Post by Sophia Patti W.D. & H.O. Wills Bristol & London was started by Henry Overton Wills I in 1768, originally called Wills Watkins & Co. The company soon began to profit over making one of the first world’s cigarettes for...

Journey by Starlight

by | Aug 22, 2019 | Library Posts

Graphic Novels and Einstein by Jim Hetherington – May 8, 2019 back to the Special Collections Blog Following Albert Einstein and his sidekick through space and time, Journey By Starlight is a graphic novel that depicts how Einstein explains science backing...