Blog Archives: November 2015

• Special Hours: Day After Thanksgiving

  Posted on November 24, 2015

  The reading room in Special Collections will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, November 27) […]

• Eiffel Tower: Historical Views

  Posted on November 17, 2015

  Recent images of the Eiffel Tower prompted us to explore manuscript and printed sources in Special Collections that help provide historical context for […]

• Thirteen for the Thirteenth

  Posted on November 13, 2015

  We honor Friday the 13th with thirteen works from Special Collections, replete with examples of horror, mystery, spirits, and luck (bad or […]

• As Viewed from a Book Truck: Holding History

  Posted on November 10, 2015

  We hosted a scaled-down version of the Holding History series in Special Collections during Anthony Grafton’s recent visit to Madison. Grafton, Henry Putnam University […]

• Bittern Sightings

  Posted on November 4, 2015

  Inspired by Carrie Roy’s piece entitled “Bittern 70,” part of an art installation currently on view in the first floor lobby of […]