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by Christoph Irmscher When I was writing my biography of the writer, ex-socialist, and poet Max Eastman, one character kept pushing herself into the foreground—his second wife…
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In Memoriam, William R. Cagle
All of us at the Lilly Library were saddened to learn of the passing of William R. Cagle, former Lilly Librarian, who died in Paris last week at the age of 83. Bill worked at the… -
Spock’s Ears: The Story of an Unexpected Donation
Visitors often ask Lilly Librarians where we get all of our wonderful treasures. Of course we began with a generous donation of over 20,000 books and 17,000 manuscripts from J.K… -
Anatomy of an Epitaph: A letter by the journalist Philip Stong on meeting Sacco and Vanzetti
By Katherine Reed, PhD candidate, University of Manchester August 23, 2017 is the 90th anniversary of the executions of the anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Accused… -
O Rare: An Examination of Ben Jonson’s 1616 Folio
By Rachel Makarowski This post is part of a series written by students in ILS-Z681, The Book: 1450 to the Present. This course is taught by Lilly Library Head of Public Services…