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Special Collections and University Archives
Month: May 2025
SCUA INSTRUCTION – SPRING 2025
SCUA staff teach class sessions across many campus departments and programs, incorporating primary sources from our collections. These sessions give students the opportunity to learn from “hands-on” experiences with archival materials. Some of the notable classes and instructional opportunities this quarter include: Theatre 145 Stagecraft Students in THR 145 were treated to a textile and […]
The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man by Catherine Maria Sedgwick
by Audrey Sage – Senior Conservator The University Libraries Special Collections contains a copy of Catherine Maria Sedgwick’s The Poor Rich Man, and the Rich Poor Man, published in 1839 by Harper & Brothers. An important literary advocate for women in the 19th century, Sedgwick’s words, intelligence, and voice had fallen into obscurity towards the […]
Sky Signs: Aratus’ Phaenomena
-Audrey Sage The Phaenomena of Aratus is a co-publication of the Janus Press and Plowboy Press. This third-century work by the Greek poet Aratus describes the constellations and other natural phenomena The book is housed in a maple and birchwood slipcase with a lasercut label on the spine. The cloth-bound chemise is lined with Durer’s 1515 celestial […]