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Happy Valentine’s Day from Special Collections!
One of my favorite collections that we have is the Browning Collection, composed of the published works, manuscripts, love letters, and other items belonging to Victorian poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning. If you’ve ever visited Special Collections, you … Continue reading
Lorraine O’Grady: A Conversation and Celebratory Event
Lorraine O’Grady: a Conversation and Celebratory Event Collins Cinema, Wellesley College November 15, 2012, 5pm The Wellesley College Archives is pleased to announce an event to celebrate internationally acclaimed artist and writer Lorraine O’Grady ’55, who will return to the … Continue reading
A Broadside Project Inspired by the Letters of Anne Whitney
This semester, Library and Technology Services (LTS) and Professor Jacqueline Musacchio of the Art Department are collaborating on a project involving the letters of nineteenth-century American poet and sculptor Anne Whitney, which are held by the Wellesley College Archives. Students … Continue reading
Zine Workshop on October 12, 2012
Join us for a zine workshop in the Book Arts Lab. Open to experienced and novice zine-makers alike. In this workshop, we’ll look at zines, discuss zine format, design, and construction tips, and collaboratively make a zine. When: Friday, October … Continue reading
Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers
What is a “Jack,” and what was he doing on the top of Southwold Church? Who owned Death’s-head watches inscribed with scenes from Judgment Day (surely one of the creepiest 16th Century Memento Mori around)? Are you curious about the … Continue reading
Teaching with Books and Other Text-Technologies
This image is from a faculty seminar that took place on campus over June 4-6, 2012, entitled “Teaching with Books and Other Text-Technologies: Book History, the Book Arts, and Book Studies in the Wellesley Curriculum.” It shows Wellesley professors learning … Continue reading
Southern Graphics Council International Conference 2012
This year’s ARTS 322 Advanced Print Concepts class kicked off spring break with a trip to New Orleans. We were there as participants in the Southern Graphics Council International Conference, a yearly gathering of printmakers, professionals, and students alike. As … Continue reading
Friends of the Library Bookbinding Workshop
This year’s Friends of the Library’s annual workshop in the Book Arts Lab, led by program director Katherine Ruffin, focused on exposed spine hardcover journals, a form of bookbinding in which the sewing that connects the groupings of pages is … Continue reading
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Browning Love Letters Online
The Associated Press has released an article detailing the new digital collection of the Browning Love Letters held by Wellesley College Special Collections. This collection was launched on Valentine’s Day 2012 as part of a collaboration between Wellesley College and … Continue reading
Type, Lettering & Calligraphy at Rare Book School
Here is almost all you need to know about the course I took at the the University of Virginia’s Rare Book School (RBS) last summer: the instructor designed and set the type for a 28-page supplement to his course pamphlet, … Continue reading