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About Kelsey McKinney

McKinney was an undergraduate intern who majored in Plan II Honors, focusing her degree around English Literature, Italian Language, and Art History.

June 9, 2015, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events

Social media: Nothing new? Commonplace books as predecessor to Pinterest

Pages from a commonplace book kept by Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) with information about ciphers, anagrams, stenography, and labyrinths. Images courtesy of Harry Ransom Center.

Explore the Harry Ransom Center, search digital collections, or plan your visit. The Ransom Center’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland exhibition includes a commonplace book kept by Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) with information about ciphers, anagrams, stenography, and labyrinths. As Kelsey McKinney, a former public affairs intern, writes, these “personal… read more 

December 10, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts

Sangorski and Sutcliffe: The Rolls Royce of Bookbinding

Title page of the illuminated manuscript of “Selected Poems of Edgar Allan Poe” bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Photo by Pete Smith.

Jeweled bindings, which use metalwork, jewels, ivory, and rich fabrics to decorate a book, date back at least to the Middle Ages, but the form was revived around the turn of the twentieth century by the English binders Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Francis Sangorski and George Sutcliffe met in evening bookbinding… read more 

August 8, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts

Freedom of the City certificates: Passports for 1776

Certificate dated September 3, 1776, admitting Michael Dancer to freedom of the city of London.

In America, children are raised to believe that all men are created equal. This accepted equality spurs unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Even before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, Americans have wanted and have been willing to fight for their freedom.… read more 

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