Month: August 2023

Wordless Wednesday #16

Wordless Wednesday #16

Selected by Emma Sarconi

Metropolis

Metropolis

This is one of many Metropolis posters, the most famous of which is the international poster, designed by Heinz Schulz-Neudamm. Our Swedish poster features Brigitte Helm.

Wordless Wednesday #15

Wordless Wednesday #15

Selected by Emma Sarconi

Farewell and Best Wishes to Caitlin Abadir-Mullally, Special Collections Mudd Fellow for 2023

Farewell and Best Wishes to Caitlin Abadir-Mullally, Special Collections Mudd Fellow for 2023

I am Caitlin Abadir-Mullally and I wholeheartedly enjoyed my summer as the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Archival Fellow at Princeton’s Mudd Library. I am a Philadelphia-based archivist with an interest in digital archives and reparative description.

Wordless Wednesday #14

Wordless Wednesday #14

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Native American Rights, the Supreme Court, and Special Collections at Princeton University Library

Native American Rights, the Supreme Court, and Special Collections at Princeton University Library

In the Haaland case, the Supreme Court rejected a states’ right argument that would have gutted the ICWA, instead deciding by 7-2 that the Congress does have the constitutional authority to pass legislation to “secure the right of Indian parents to raise their families as they please; the right of Indian children to grow in their culture; and the right of Indian communities to resist fading into the twilight of history.”

Wordless Wednesday #13

Wordless Wednesday #13

Selected by Charles Doran

Early Printing Types, Lyons, ca. 1473-1500

Early Printing Types, Lyons, ca. 1473-1500

In 1933, William H. Scheide, a Princeton freshman, had travelled to Paris with his father, and De Ricci invited them to lunch in his apartment. He showed them the famous Lyons types, and presented them with one of the types, a letter P. 

Wordless Wednesday #12

Wordless Wednesday #12

Selected by Emma Sarconi

Meet Megan Bardis! The Special Collections Firestone Summer Fellow for 2023

Meet Megan Bardis! The Special Collections Firestone Summer Fellow for 2023

My studies and professional experiences helped me recognize how vital archives are in not only preserving records for the future but also for telling people’s story, affirming their experiences and role in our collective history.