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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
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
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
Celebrating Black History Month: Research Materials from Special Collections
Special Collections Exhibition Celebrates Black History Month Continue reading
The Rüben Broadside
One of the most intense and exciting projects of the Fall 2011 semester in the Book Arts Lab was collaborating with an art history and biological studies class. This first-year seminar on the topic of the Art and Science of … Continue reading
Career Path: Becoming a Book Conservator
Back in 2005 when I first began my studies at Wellesley College, I thought I had everything figured out. At the age of 18, I was convinced that I’d major in psychology, handily fulfill all of the pre-med requirements, and … Continue reading
Google Apps at Work in Special Collections
With the changeover to Google Apps for Education, Wellesley College’s Special Collections has adopted some new and exciting technological improvements for its readers. Until yesterday, visitors to Special Collections were asked to register by filling out a paper registration form. … Continue reading
Wellesley College Special Collections receives gift of Bruce Rogers books
Wellesley College Special Collections is pleased to announce the receipt of a gift of 250 of Bruce Rogers’ fine press books from Charles Rheault, of Dover, MA, a retired printer and manager at the Riverside Press in Boston. The texts … Continue reading