Fixin’ books in the Wild West
Today’s honorary conservator award goes to vigilant Helena janitor!
Tammy Moore, who works at the Capitol building in Helena, found a trove of newspaper clippings about and by Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to the House of Representatives, in boxes marked as trash. She took them to the Governor’s office and they are now being displayed [...]
Here in Montana, you can still easily imagine the wildness that was the West during the 1800’s. Something about the colors of the landscape, or the vast spaces between towns. It’s intriguing to think that librarians were coming out here at that time as well - resourceful, passionate women with a love for adventure and [...]
The conservation blogs were all a-flutter over the 2 bibles used in the swearing-in ceremony at the inauguration Tuesday. Everybody has their own perspective to add.
Kevin Driedger’s Library Preservation
Bibliophile Bullpen
bookn3rd
Book Patrol
Lastly, the Chicago Tribune has a funny anecdote about Biden’s ginormous family bible.
Many of you watching the inauguration may have wished for a closer glimpse of the oft-mentioned Lincoln Bible. Normally held in an undisclosed location by the Library of Congress, it will soon be on display at an exhibit entitled, “And Malice Toward None” that celebrates Lincoln’s 200th birthday starting February 12th.
Many presidents opt to swear [...]
I often curse when I have to reverse patch up jobs done on books with poor materials and inept hands, so it’s somewhat comforting to hear that this happens on a much larger scale as well.
The Ambrosiana Library of Milan has announced that they are going to dismantle the Codex Atlanticus, a huge collection of [...]
Sorry folks: grad school = fewer posts. I’m currently pursuing my Master’s of Information and Library Science at the University of Washington, and class resumed for me last week. Bear with me. It just means that you’ll likely be innundated with posts during the holidays.
During my stay in Seattle, the NYT featured an article whose [...]
I just quickly wanted to share a unique archive with you on this day of remembrance.
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit project whose mission is to honor and celebrate one another’s lives through listening.
By recording the stories of our lives with the people we care about, we experience our history, hopes, and humanity. Since 2003, tens [...]
Recently I repaired a whole number of Baedeker’s travel guides. This publishing house was yesterday’s equivalent of Lonely Planet, or perhaps Fodor’s. It was mildly titillating (can I say that anymore?) for me because I had never come across one in real life before; I had only heard about them in the movie [...]
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