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Special Collections Showcase April 2024

Special Collections Showcase April 2024

Once a month, five objects from across Special Collections’ vast holdings will be on display in the lobby of Firestone Library for two hours for anyone to come and see. Here are the objects featured in our April 2024:

Wordless Wednesday #54

Wordless Wednesday #54

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Wordless Wednesday #53

Wordless Wednesday #53

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

A Word on Wordlessness

A Word on Wordlessness

By April C. Armstrong *14 It’s hard for me to imagine, but we’ve shared a full year of wordless selections with you so far! A full 52 items from our collections, showing content drawn across centuries, physical repositories, and diverse staff interests, have been featured […]

In Memoriam: William Noel, the John T. Maltsberger III ’55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

In Memoriam: William Noel, the John T. Maltsberger III ’55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections

William (Will) Noel, the John T. Maltsberger III ’55 Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at Princeton University Library (PUL) and the most frequent contributor to this blog, passed away on April 29, following a tragic accident in Edinburgh, Scotland earlier in the month.

Wordless Wednesday #52

Wordless Wednesday #52

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

Wordless Wednesday #51

Wordless Wednesday #51

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14

Wordless Wednesday #50

Wordless Wednesday #50

Selected by Adrienne Rusinko

How Long is the “The Long Telegram?”

How Long is the “The Long Telegram?”

In Cold War history, many cite George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” as its epistolary beginning. 

Wordless Wednesday #49

Wordless Wednesday #49

Selected by April C. Armstrong *14