Month: November 2023

Wordless Wednesday #29

Wordless Wednesday #29

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

The Slave Ship Brooks

The Slave Ship Brooks

Princeton is particularly rich in important copies of the Slave Ship Brooks, representations of which went viral at the end of the eighteenth century and helped in abolishing the trade in England. 

Wordless Wednesday #28

Wordless Wednesday #28

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Our Favorite Things #3: A Dog Genealogy

Our Favorite Things #3: A Dog Genealogy

This little book is a list of the names of all the champion hunting dogs owned by a great English book collector, who also had a Gutenberg Bible, etc.

Wordless Wednesday #27

Wordless Wednesday #27

Selected by Katie Zondlo

Nobody Turn Us Around

Nobody Turn Us Around

Last month, Kevin Kruse gave a public lecture entitled “Seeking Justice: The Civil Rights Movement and the Federal Government” as part of a series of events around the exhibition “Nobody Turn us Around” at Mudd Library.

Wordless Wednesday #26

Wordless Wednesday #26

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Special Collections Showcase October 2023

Special Collections Showcase October 2023

Once a month, five objects from across Special Collections’ vast holdings will be on display in the lobby of Firestone Library for anyone to come and see. Here are the objects featured in October 2023: Object 1: Inkwell: Self-portrait as a Sphinx by Sarah Bernhardt, […]

Wordless Wednesday #25

Wordless Wednesday #25

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14