Author: April C. Armstrong *14

Exploring Archival Content Mediation Features in Wintersession: A Focus Group Study

Exploring Archival Content Mediation Features in Wintersession: A Focus Group Study

By Christa Cleeton, Faith Charlton, Shaun Ellis, and Amy C. Vo Join us for an informative session during Wintersession as we explore ways to protect researchers from accidentally viewing harmful and offensive materials present in the Princeton University Library’s archival collections. A cross-departmental team, including […]

Wordless Wednesday #35

Wordless Wednesday #35

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #34

Wordless Wednesday #34

Selected by Katie Zondlo

A Cool Cannon Ball

A Cool Cannon Ball

The Battle of Princeton took place on January 3, 1777. This is a canon ball in the collection, dug up from Princeton Battlefield in 1896 by former Princeton University Library staffer Amos Sorter.  I bet the last time an Englishman held this it was hotter.

Wordless Wednesday #33

Wordless Wednesday #33

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #32

Wordless Wednesday #32

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Two Heads Are Better Than One

Two Heads Are Better Than One

By Will Noel As a child I was fascinated by a story that there were two heads of John the Baptist – one of him as a young man and one of him looking a bit older, both preserved as relics in French churches only […]

Wordless Wednesday #31

Wordless Wednesday #31

Selected by Christa Cleeton

Wordless Wednesday #30

Wordless Wednesday #30

Selected by Emma Sarconi

Contemporary Art from India

Contemporary Art from India

The painting depicts the experience of the first wave of the pandemic and is one of 17 pieces of COVID-19-related folk and tribal art from South Asia that was acquired for the Graphic Arts collection. … Each piece asks us to recall our own experiences of the pandemic and to reflect on its manifestation in India, too.