Blog Posts from the Booth Family Center for Special Collections
"Your Friend and Relation": Dolley Madison's Letter to General Zachary Taylor
On June 8, 1846, Dolley penned a letter from Washington, D.C. to General Zachary Taylor in Matamoros, Mexico.
Print Room
On February 28, the Art Collection was invited to participate in a Maker Hub workshop on linocut printing.
Nevertheless She Persisted!
In honor of this year’s theme for Women’s History Month, I created an online exhibition representing a few amazing and persistent women whose works and writings comprise the small yet significant (persistent!) women’s archives here.
Hogwarts at Cambridge?
During the processing of the Montague Summers papers, recently opened to researchers at the Booth Family Center for Special Collections, I came across an unusual manuscript in unidentified handwriting titled “The Necromantic Tripos.”
Tondy and the Knickerbocker Theatre Disaster
Did Father Francis A. Tondorf, S. J. sense a disaster before it occurred?
Happy Holidays from the University Archives!
You made it! Finals are over and it is now time for some rest and relaxation! To help get you started on this path, the University Archives presents the following festive images for your enjoyment.
I Was There!
An archivist finds her own travel experience reflected in a poet's unpublished manuscript in one of our collections.
The Reformation Turns 500—Or Does It?: Marking the Anniversary of Luther's 95 Theses
October 31 marked the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s distribution of his 95 Theses.
Ambrose E. Burnside and His Sideburns
Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881) is remembered in American history as a noteworthy Northern general during the American Civil War.
Lady Mary's Sketchbook
A 19th-century sketchbook brings Lake District scenes around Lowther Castle to life.
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