Monthly Archives: December 2011

Eye of the Storm

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

During the final weeks of the Fall 2011 semester, students in ARTS 317, a seminar on the topic of collaboration taught by Assistant Professor of Studio Art David Teng Olsen, spent some time in the Book Arts Lab. Each student … Continue reading →

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Papers of Emma DeLong Mills Open for Research

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

A spirit of adventure, though not mandatory for completion of an archives project, certainly enhances the journey of collection processing.  Here at the Wellesley College Archives, I was afforded the opportunity explore the paper trail left by a life of … Continue reading →

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From Curious Plants to Proto-Paper

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jenifer Bartle

History is not dead or forgotten, merely past– that is, for most people. But in our work in the Book Arts Lab, we travel through time on a daily basis. One day we may replicate a woodcut from a fifteenth-century … Continue reading →

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