New York University’s Tamiment Library Acquires The Nation Archives July 22, 2015 – Posted in: Special Collections

“To read The Nation is to see the evolution of the American Left.” – Timothy Naftali, director of the Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives Currently celebrating its 150th anniversary The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine. It was where the likes of James Baldwin, Ralph Nader and Hunter S. Thompson published their first work. It is where the leading writers, thinkers and leaders this country has produced have shared their thoughts on the…

In the Stacks of the Folger Shakespeare Library October 18, 2014 – Posted in: Content, In the Stacks, Special Collections

Frontispiece. The works of Mr. William Shakespear in six volumes, 1709 Back in August the Folger Shakespeare Library unsealed their almost 80,000 digital image archive! An absolute treasure-trove of material related to Shakespeare, the collection contains books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, art, and more for your online perusal. Through the Digital Image Collection, you can: Compare 19th-century productions of Shakespeare with today’s through historic photographs and promptbooks Look at letters written by Queen Elizabeth I Examine rare paintings…

In the Stacks of the Smithsonian Institution Archives October 3, 2014 – Posted in: Content, In the Stacks, Libraries, Photography

Book Tower comprised of Smithsonian Publications at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927. For this installment of the In the Stacks we visit The Smithsonian Institution Archives for some bookish love. The SI archives are a repository that: captures, preserves, and makes available to the public the history of this extraordinary Institution. From its inception in 1846 to the present, the records of the history of the Institution—its people, its programs, its research,…

Keeping track for the National Archives and Records Adminsitration September 18, 2014 – Posted in: Content, In the Stacks, posters

What a better way to celebrate the announcement that almost 150,000 items from our Government Printing Office (GPO) are now “discoverable” at the Digital Public Library of America then by jumping in to find some treasures. Here’s a selection of posters from the late 1980’s – early1990’s issued by the National Archives and Records Administration to get you creating, organizing and preserving. Enjoy!

McSweeney’s is moving to Texas July 31, 2013 – Posted in: Libraries, Special Collections

not really, but their archive is. The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas (HRC) has acquired the archive of McSweeneys. Founded in 1998 by Dave Eggers, McSweeney’s is easily one of the most influential literary journals and publishing houses of our generation. Aside from the stellar content McSweeney’s also boasts some of the highest production and design chops in the trade. This holistic approach to the book has separated them from much of the…

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