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While sometimes our stacks can certainly feel like they're haunted, the only ghosts we know live here are the ones in our books! From Casper the Friendly Ghost to the Headless Horseman, our shelves are inhabited by a large variety of spirits. We even have books claiming to be written by ghosts, such as the Ghost …
Exploring the Hathi Trust Digital Library Sept. 19 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Room 213, Ellis Library The Hathi Trust Digital Library contains millions of digitized books from libraries around the world. Learn how you can use this resource to download books, build collections, and use analytical tools to mine the contents of this large body of texts. Although most useful …
Staying Ahead of the Curve: Be Aware of What Your Library Offers You Aug. 29 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Room 213, Ellis Library Learn how other faculty and students are using the Library’s services and find out about the newest tools and information sources. Goodie Bhullar, Library Instruction Coordinator Rachel Brekhus, Humanities Librarian Registration Preferred. …
Thanks to a conversation with our friend Coffee and Donatus (Twitter, Tumblr) we're kicking off a new occasional series featuring the materials you want to see from our collections. This week's request fits in perfectly with our back-to-school theme this week. It's An English Grammar by George Quackenbos (New York, 1862), from the Historic Textbook Collection. …
This week's post is by Shelby Wolfe, a Special Collections undergraduate assistant. While Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson might not be the first person who comes to mind when pondering the classical humanities, his portrayal of Hercules in the most recent film version about the mythological demi-god might spark your desire to delve far back into classical …
Have you ever wondered what Independence Day celebrations were like 200 years ago? For many people, the main event at Fourth of July festivities wasn't a fireworks display or even a concert; it was a sermon. The Fourth of July Orations Collection offers a glimpse into these commemorations and provides important documentation of American politics and identity from …
New Offsite Storage Facility for MU Libraries (May 9, 2014) The MU Libraries has selected a new temporary storage facility for the materials that were stored in the UMLD2 (Subtera) storage facility at the time of the mold outbreak. The lease for this new facility began on May 1, and is renewable annually for five …
Tuesday, March 18th OR Wednesday, March 19th OR Thursday, March 20th OR Friday March 21 TUESDAY & THURSDAY: Room 213, Electronic Classroom II, 2nd Floor, Ellis Library WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY: All Workshops take place online using BlackBoard Collaborate Click here to Register. LITERATURE REVIEW & BEYOND: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR RESEARCH Learn some of the more …
Energetic, youthful, admired by her students, Professor Johanna Kramer is our guest for the month of March. Professor Kramer, please, tell us about yourself. I am an assistant professor in the English Department. My area of specialization is Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. In my research I am most interested in Old English religious literature, especially …
"To catch a spirit, or to protect your spirit against catching, or to release you caught spirit – this is the complete theory and practice of hoodoo." The above quote opens the five volume set of books entitled Hoodoo–conjuration–witchcraft–rootwork : beliefs accepted by many Negroes and white persons, these being orally recorded among Blacks and …