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Seeing stars in the Blaeu World Map

January 14, 2020 - RANDI RAGSDALE

Detail of Joan Blaeu map.

A fascinating project to preserve and display the iconic 1648 Dutch world map is now underway. In previous blog posts, we revealed the history of the Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula (Blaeu World Map) and the family of cartographers, globe makers, printers, and publishers who created it. We also have discussed the science and conservation taking place to prepare the Texas-sized 371-year-old map (learn more about the map) for public display.  [Read more…] about Seeing stars in the Blaeu World Map

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation, Digital Collections, Featured1 Tagged With: Blaeu World Map, Blaeu-Map-19, Conservation, conservation lab, Joan Blaeu, tycho brahe, Willem Blaeu

How a famed astronomer paved the way for the Blaeu World Map

January 10, 2020 - RANDI RAGSDALE

A Q & A with Dr. Bruce Hunt about the Blaeu World Map

In recent blog posts, we examined the science behind the Blaeu World Map and took a deep dive into the conservation in progress to prepare the massive 371-year-old map for public display.  [Read more…] about How a famed astronomer paved the way for the Blaeu World Map

Filed Under: Conservation, Digital Collections, Featured1 Tagged With: Blaeu World Map, Blaeu-Map-19, conservation lab, great wall map, Joan Blaeu, Kraus map collection, maps, Willem Blaeu

New digital resources launch online for study of human rights

November 1, 2019 - Harry Ransom Center

Thousands of digitized records reflecting major historical events of the 20th century related to PEN International, a global writers’ organization, are available online beginning this month. [Read more…] about New digital resources launch online for study of human rights

Filed Under: Authors, Cataloging, Digital Collections, Research + Teaching Tagged With: 20th Century History, archival research, Arthur Miller, E. M. Forster, H. G. Wells, J. M. Coetzee, Radclyffe Hall, Storm Jameson, Thornton Wilder

200 years later, Walt Whitman’s legacy continues to grow

May 31, 2019 - Micah Bateman

Walt Whitman was born on this day in 1819, and amid a panoply of planned festivities, his bicentennial has renewed popular interest in Whitman’s legacy. What has Whitman left us in our twenty-first century? Whatever he has bequeathed to us culturally, what’s certain is that 200 years after his birth, his textual legacy continues to grow.

[Read more…] about 200 years later, Walt Whitman’s legacy continues to grow

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Collections Tagged With: bindings, literature, Walt Whitman

Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman

April 14, 2019 - Micah Bateman

President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865, having been assassinated at Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

[Read more…] about Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman

Filed Under: Authors, Digital Collections Tagged With: Abraham Lincoln, Bram Stoker, Walt Whitman

The Digitized Dylan Thomas: The single word as thing, dropped on to the page

October 25, 2018 - Nina Tarnawsky

“To begin at the beginning:

It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched, courters’ – and – rabbits’ wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea.”

[Read more…] about The Digitized Dylan Thomas: The single word as thing, dropped on to the page

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Digital Collections, Featured1 Tagged With: Dylan Thomas

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