Category Archives: Special Collections

New Digital Exhibit

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Controlling Heredity: The American Eugenics Crusade, 1870-1940 has recently been mounted as a permanent exhibit on the website of the Special Collections and Rare Books department.  This virtual exhibit explores the intersections between ethics and the pseudo-science of eugenics in … Continue reading →

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April Fools! The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus.

Posted on April 1, 2011 by

This April Fool’s Day we thought we’d share several editions of Moriae Encomium by Desiderius Erasmus, which, in addition to being a definitive resource on fools and foolishness, has a great Latin pun for a title.   {click any image … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Williams’ first two plays

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Before Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire, and The Glass Menagerie, there were Beauty is the Word and Hot Milk at Three in the Morning.  And before he went by Tennessee, playwright Thomas Lanier Williams was … Continue reading →

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