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Lilly Library
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What Are Mechanical Puzzles?
Welcome to the first part of a puzzlingly exciting new series of blog posts, written by Andrew Rhoda, the Lilly ... -
Drake’s Principal Diseases
Curatorial assistant Elizabeth Arterberry explores the exciting world of diseases, geography, and early medical history! Many of the entries that ... -
Drawing Tolkien: Art Inspired by Tolkien’s Legendarium
Reference assistant Benjamin Yusen delves into the fantastical artwork of J. R. R. Tolkien’s world, complete with dwarves, dragons, and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Lessons in Latrinalia
It was, perhaps, unfair to introduce Allen Walker Read’s Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy in the last post without providing ... -
A Little Dictionary of Obscenities
Allen Walker Read, who has already appeared in our posts, was a close friend of Madeline Kripke. He lived in ... -
Amazing Adventures at the Lilly: Celebrating the World Premiere of the Kavalier and Clay Opera at IU
Teaching and outreach assistant Maggie McDonald makes some magic in the stacks in celebration of the world premiere of The ... -
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), ...