Category: Cairns Collection of American Women Writers

• To Welcome Spring

  Posted on Mar 19th

  To welcome the first day of spring tomorrow, we offer details of hand-colored engravings and distinctive bindings from our holdings. Our copy […]

• In Observance of Memorial Day

  Posted on May 27th

  Special Collections, like other units of the Libraries, will be closed on Monday, May 30, 2016. We point here to three examples […]

• Shakespeare’s Global Reach

  Posted on Apr 20th

  We celebrate this week’s campus kickoff of Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016 with a page from a travel narrative by Anna Birge, part […]

• Eiffel Tower: Historical Views

  Posted on Nov 17th

  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 Nov 13th

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

• Snow Supplement

  Posted on Dec 23rd

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

• “Archives & Agential Life” Workshop

  Posted on Jun 18th

  Participants in a recent workshop entitled “Archives & Agential Life” made enthusiastic use of the holdings of Special Collections. Co-directed by Prof. […]

• Gallery Talk, 4 p.m., September 14, 2012

  Posted on Sep 12th

  It is a pleasure to launch the Special Collections blog with the announcement of a gallery talk by Rachel Melis at 4 […]