The phenomenon of an eclipse has always sparked intrigue and fascination. Many early civilizations saw eclipses as a sign of impending doom. They have inspired medieval mathematicians to calculate the movement of celestial objects and predict future occurrences.

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

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 February 2024.

Selected by Adrinne Rusinko

Beginning in January 2024, the Princeton Public Library and Special Collections at Princeton University Library launched a book club together for the first time. Called “All Access,” every six weeks, the club reads a book chosen by Princeton Public Library staff.

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Published in 1928, this book is one of the first published about Indigenous people, written by an Indigenous person.  Princeton University Library’s copy is inscribed by the author, with a wonderful drawing of a standing bear.

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Selected by Katie Zondlo

I love books of hours in general and find them so beautiful, just knowing how much painstaking work went into creating a manuscript like the kinds we see from the 1400s-1500s–from making the parchment to doing all of the lettering and detail work and copying to binding the book to adding illustrations and gilt; it always results in a truly special and unique object.