Category: Rare Books

Visible Work of Hidden Hands: The Preservation and Conservation Lab

Visible Work of Hidden Hands: The Preservation and Conservation Lab

By Dan Linke In February, a group of 30 of the Friends of the Princeton University Library (PUL) enthusiastically toured the Preservation and Conservation (P&C) Lab to see examples of the amazing work that they do regularly, which inspired me to share their work with […]

August 2025 Decalcomania

August 2025 Decalcomania

By Adrienne Rusinko August brings the wind down of the summer, but stickers are still going strong! A limited run of stickers are now available at Special Collections Firestone, Special Collections Mudd, and the Princeton University Library (PUL) Makerspace. Études & idées de Décoration Moderne […]

July 2025 Decalcomania

July 2025 Decalcomania

July has had quite the heatwave. If you can’t make a trip to the beach or take a splash in the pool, try beating the heat with our super cool stickers!

May 2025 Decalcomania

May 2025 Decalcomania

May winds the semester down, but the stickers are sticking around!

April 2025 Decalcomania

April 2025 Decalcomania

April stickers bring birds, flowers, and the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby. And also a joker.

March 2025 Decalcomania

March 2025 Decalcomania

By Adrienne Rusinko March’s sticker selections were determined by the staff of Princeton University Library (PUL) Special and Distinctive Collections. Staff who work in the East Asian Library, the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, and Special Collections at both Firestone and Mudd Libraries voted […]

Wordless Wednesday #93

Wordless Wednesday #93

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

February 2025 Decalcomania

February 2025 Decalcomania

After our January break, our February sticker collection is here to woo your heart with our weird and wonderful depictions of love.

Wordless Wednesday #92

Wordless Wednesday #92

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #89

Wordless Wednesday #89

Selected by Steve Ferguson