Elvira Bates Friendship Album
One of my favorite parts of my job is interacting with aspects of history I never would have sought out ...
Tag: Lilly Library
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A Glimpse into the Paper Lab
Hello Fair Blog Readers! My name is Natalie Guingrich and, as the newest addition to the Preservation Lab, I thought ... -
Bibliotoxicology
Greater awareness has risen recently concerning the phenomenon of “Poison Books”: that is, books containing pigments composed of heavy metals ... -
Judging a Book by Its Endpapers
Given Madeline Kripke’s love of English slang and English dictionaries, we reasonably expect to find copies of all the major ... -
Lilly Library Services Suspended March 1 – August 15, 2021
Lilly Library reference and digitization services will be shutting down March 1 as they begin moving back to their building. ... -
Craftint Doubletone: 20th Century Time-Saver
I recently mended and made folders for items in a Lilly Library manuscript collection. The collection contains the papers of ... -
Ultrasonic Misting- Part One
I’ve been busy the past several months in the Paper Lab getting together the parts, purchase requests and wherewithal to ... -
A Time of Growth: The University Library System
The University Archives recently processed the collections of three IU Libraries administrators. Each played an important role in the development of ... -
Polygamists, Cyborgs, and Gay Marriage, Oh My! Orson Welles and Future Shock
“Our modern technology has achieved a degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty ... -
Paper Silhouettes from the 1860s
These beautifully intricate paper silhouettes by Karl Froehlich are a wonderful example of the diverse special collections of Indiana University’s ...