A Smith family letter at the Lilly Library Rare Books Cataloger Lindsay Weaver gives us a glimpse into the lives of everyday folk of the American frontier– through ... May 8, 2025
A Woman Among the Stars: Celebrating the Life and Career of Jeri Taylor Jeri Taylor, scriptwriter and producer of many popular television shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager ... May 5, 2025
Triple-deckers and Charles Dickens’s A Child’s History of England (Part 1) Reference assistant Amber Bowes highlights a lesser-known work of Charles Dickens in this exciting first installation of a two-part blog post! ... May 5, 2025
An anonymous accordion-format French–English pedagogical sort-of dictionary I pulled out what looked ugly but turned out to be a gem — what sort of gem, I admit ... April 24, 2025
What Are Mechanical Puzzles? Welcome to the first part of a puzzlingly exciting new series of blog posts, written by Andrew Rhoda, the Lilly ... April 2, 2025
Drake’s Principal Diseases Curatorial assistant Elizabeth Arterberry explores the exciting world of diseases, geography, and early medical history! Many of the entries that ... March 12, 2025
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 ... February 26, 2025
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
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
Lessons in Latrinalia It was, perhaps, unfair to introduce Allen Walker Read’s Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy in the last post without providing ... November 14, 2024