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Professor Sean Franzel from the German and Russian Studies department is our guest for the Teaching Spotlight this month. His research interests span the culture, philosophy, and history of eighteenth- to twentieth-century Germany and include the history of education and the university; media theory; German Idealism and Romanticism; and the history of the novel. Professor …
Today begins Preservation Week in libraries across the country. One of our primary jobs at the Special Collections Department is to identify materials that need certain preservation measures. One of the most basic measures is producing phase boxes for books with aged bindings. A simple phase box, which can take as little as five minutes …
Of over 1,200 participating libraries, MU is the 15th oldest in the nation We are the 6th oldest academic library in the FDLP U.S. Superintendent of Documents/Assistant Public Printer Mary Alice Baish will be flying in from Washington to present our library with a150-year certificate U.S. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer willpersonally deliver a message of congratulation …
This semester, Special Collections will be turning the spotlight on our patrons each month by highlighting teaching and student work inspired by the collections. This post kicks off the semester and focuses on the teaching of Julie Christenson. Julie visited Special Collections with her section of Humanities 2111H (The Ancient World; part of the Honors …
Just as we have left behind the Thanksgiving festivities and a Christmas dinner is not far away, we might think of table manners. Most know which fork is used for salad, which for dessert, what glass to use for champagne and what for hot mulled wine, and our children have been instructed what is done …
If the silent, studying masses in Ellis Library are any indication, MU students are working diligently to improve their memories for final exams. Of course, Special Collections is always ready to help. This week, we’re sharing a 280-year-old secret from the Rare Book Collection on the art of making things easier to remember. Dr. Richard Grey …
September 24 marked the beginning of Banned Books Week, a yearly celebration of the freedom to read. Books in Special Collections are no stranger to banning and censorship – most were subject to some form of official approval, and many were banned at some point in their history. Censorship and the License to Print …
The most published book in the world celebrates its 400th anniversary. Soon after March 24th 1603, when James VI, King of Scots, inherited the English crown, a crowd of Puritans approached him with their petition. They requested that all traces of Catholicism were removed from the Church of England service. Upon thorough consideration of their …
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French thinker of the empiricist thinker. Descartes was born in la Haye, in Touraine. He was the son of a provincial governor, Joachim Descartes, and his wife Jeanne Brochard. After a short career of practicing law he went to fight under Maurice of Nassau, in the rebellion against the Spanish. …
This post highlights Summa Contra Gentiles by St. Thomas Aquinas published in Venice in 1480 by Nicolas Jenson, one of the most renowned printers. The book is of special importance to all with an interest in theology, history of book printing, and rare books. This is one of the four incunabula recently acquired by the Special Collections and …