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The Pei Wen Yun Fu
By Will Noel Many of the treasures of Princeton University Library’s East Asian Library are housed in Special Collections in Firestone Library, and so last year its Director, Martin Heijdra, gave a tour of highlights to Special Collections staff. Among all the wonderful things that […]
Our Favorite Things #2: Zelda Fitzgerald’s Jacket
Encountering this jacket, you can’t help but think about Zelda as a flesh and blood person. A person with a *body* who wore jackets — not just a character in someone else’s story; not just a person defined by their brain.
In the Company of Good Books: Celebrating the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
By Will Noel 2023 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, the first edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare, printed by Jaggard and Blount in 1623. To celebrate it, tomorrow we are opening an exhibition entitled “In the Company of […]
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.
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.