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New Acquisitions: Summer 2026
Rare Books Fritzi Brod’s Aesthetic Masterpiece, Flowers in Nature and Design Fritzi Brod’s early inspiration came from witnessing Pavlova and her ballet as a child, which led her to pursue costume design and incorporate floral embroidery into her work. She studied at art schools in Prague and was accepted into the competitive Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna. […]
Winter 2024 : New Acquisitions
Manuscripts Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald addition Artifacts donated by Dr. Thomas K. Fitzgerald to the Anthropology Department have been transferred to Dr. Fitzgerald’s manuscript collection in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives. Stylized Carved Wooden Head Polynesian grass and shell necklace and bracelets Louanne Watley Collection Louanne Watley is a visual artist and […]
New Acquisitions – Fall 2022
RARE BOOKS “Capacity Taste, and Fertile Imagination” We recently purchased a copy of François Menon’s The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed (1767) for our Historical Cookbooks in the Woman’s Collection. This copy is the first edition in English of Menon’s encyclopedic cookbook, translated from the original French Les soupers de la cour (1755). Promoting simple […]