Tag Archive | special collections
Announcing “A Colony in Crisis”
We are happy to announce the debut of the Colony in Crisis website, where you will find a collection of digitized and translated French pamphlets dealing with the Saint-Domingue grain shortage of 1789. To facilitate access to each pamphlet, we have brought together the French original, a brief historical introduction, and a translation. While the […]
The Early Printing Collection: An Introduction
A new (very old!) collection of early printing has now been processed and digitized, and is available in the Digital Collections or by request in person in the Maryland Room. The Early Printing Collection is a set of thirty-six leaves and pages that were printed in Europe in the late 15th century. It includes printed […]
Agriculture, Illustrations and Prophecies
Hello everyone, it has been some time since the last post and there are lots of new things to report. First off, I would like to introduce myself, Marie-Laure Flamer, as a “new” addition to the pamphlets team. Since my start in October, I have examined over 1,000 pamphlets with diverse subjects such as opinions […]
Revealing La Revolution: The Environmental Scan & MARCedit, Part 1
As the interim Curator of Literature and Rare Books I am writing the Environmental Scan for the French Pamphlet Project. Two tools I have found very useful to help with this are MARCedit and Microsoft Excel (I sort of love spreadsheets). I became familiar with MARCedit over the summer as I attempted to gain intellectual […]
New Material Available from the AFL-CIO Collection
This week we’re re-opening 6 more sub-record groups and a small number of selected Labor History publications! See other available portions of the collection or contact us to plan your visit. Newly opened portions of the collection RG4: Executive Council RG4-010 Early Federation Records, 1881-1888 RG18: International Affairs Department RG18‑006 CIO International Affairs Department. Director’s […]
Edgar Allan Poe in Special Collections
This Halloween we are celebrating the acquisition of a first edition copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Here are illustrations from a few of the many Poe books we have in Special Collections. Visit the Maryland Room in Hornbake Library to see some of these and other spooky rare books! To see more illustrations […]
AFL-CIO Archives now available at UMD
The George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive is the largest single donation to the University Libraries and complements other labor-related collections in our libraries. To find out more about related labor collections in Special Collections, please view Collections By Subject: Labor In America. The AFL-CIO Archive consists of approximately 40 million documents and other material that […]
