Lilly Library A Most Faire Frost: Frost Fairs of the River Thames Trigger warning: Post contains brief mentions of historical animal cruelty and death (animal and people), including drowning, blood sports, and ... January 23, 2025
Lilly Library Locks of the Lilly: Examples of hair in the Lilly Library Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry showcases some the Lilly Library’s famous and lesser-known hairy materials! Raising awareness for men’s ... December 6, 2024
Lilly Library BOOkplates: Macabre Marks of Ownership Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry calls forth spooky bookplates from the great beyond (the stacks of the Lilly Library), ... October 28, 2024
Lilly Library Stranger Than Lilies: A Cryptobotanical Survey of Freakish Flora, Peculiar Plants, and Historical Herbals (Part II) Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry goes foraging in our collections to find weird and wild specimens of flora, again! ... October 11, 2024
Lilly Library Stranger Than Lilies: A Cryptobotanical Survey of Freakish Flora, Peculiar Plants, and Historical Herbals (Part I) Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry goes foraging in our collections to find weird and wild specimens of flora. “But ... September 14, 2024
Lilly Library Love, Jerry: A Celebration of Love, Loss, and the Life of a Gay Man in the 1970s-90s In celebration of Pride Month, student Curatorial Assistant Jake Gentry shares his exploration of the newly-processed archive of writer, activist ... June 20, 2024