Spotlight on Special Collections

  • The Long S, Now Largely Extinct

    Posted on October 4, 2015

    We had the opportunity last week to page through two volumes of our copy of Audubon’s double-elephant folio Birds of America with […]

  • Lunar Eclipses as Viewed from Special Collections

    Posted on September 27, 2015

    Tonight’s lunar eclipse, which coincides with what is known as a harvest moon, prompts us to offer several examples of depictions of lunar eclipses […]

  • Digitizing the Second Folio

    Posted on September 23, 2015

    The process of digitizing our copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio is underway, in anticipation of all the events, on campus and further […]

  • Yeats’ “Green Helmet”

    Posted on September 12, 2015

    The current exhibit in Special Collections, entitled “Green Green — It’s Green They Say,” has heightened our awareness of both references to the color green […]

  • Green Green — It’s Green, They Say

    Posted on August 26, 2015

    In celebration of the lush landscapes of summer, and with a nod to the first track of the The New Christy Minstrel’s […]

  • Holding History Kickoff Event

    Posted on August 12, 2015

    We were delighted to welcome the July 21 kickoff Holding History event, which brought together campus and community partners and library donors with […]

  • Maps!

    Posted on May 13, 2015

    In honor of this week’s National Geographic Bee, we invite you to visit the current exhibit in Special Collections — “Mapmaking: Sources […]

  • Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday

    Posted on April 23, 2015

    On this, Shakespeare’s birthday, we celebrate as well the depth of the Peter Pauper Press Collection in the Department of Special Collections, […]

  • Aldo Leopold’s “Sand County Almanac”

    Posted on March 8, 2015

    This weekend’s community reading of Aldo Leopold’s Sand county almanac at the UW-Madison Arboretum prompts us to highlight the rich resources related to […]

  • Volta and Inflammable Airs

    Posted on February 18, 2015

    Today’s Google doodle honoring the 270th birthday of Alessandro Volta prompted us to explore works by Volta in two of our outstanding […]

  • Snow Supplement

    Posted on December 23, 2014

    Since we in Madison are not destined to have much if any snow this week, enjoying instead temperatures in the upper 30s […]

  • Secrets Reveal’d

    Posted on December 11, 2014

    We are delighted to announce that a digital version of our copy of the intriguingly titled Secrets reveal’d — with copious annotations by […]