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It’s National Nursing Assistants Week, created to recognize those who have dedicated their lives to

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It’s National Nursing Assistants Week, created to recognize those who have dedicated their lives to

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In addition to serving as the dentist to royalty in 19th-century Europe and being an early benefacto

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Helen Patges Richardson was an aspiring actress who at 25 entered into a tempestuous yet ultimately

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A compelling moment with Ella Fitzgerald, as recorded by dentist and amateur photographer Allen J. W

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Frank Lloyd Wright, father of Organic Architecture, was born on this day in 1867. The design of this

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What makes dogs man’s best friend? Is it the rapt attention they lavish on us? Or how they seem so i

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*Labeculae Vivae: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Researching Medieval Manuscripts* is cu

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Check out the recent post on the Special Collections Processing Center’s blog about the history and

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Indian clubs were a popular method of exercise in the 19th century. Some fitness enthusiasts are rev

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This arresting and intense gaze belonged to Mary Antoinette Anderson, an American actress who made h

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Here’s a reason to celebrate— it’s National Donut Day! Founded by The Salvation Army in 1938, this h

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Artist Michael Winkler’s work abstracts visualizations of the alphabetic code and the spelling seque

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An outdoors scene decorates the lining paper of *Elam Storm, The Wolfer” (1895) by Harry Castlemon.

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The circulatory system of a cow, as found in Andrew A. Gardenier’s *Handbook of Ready Reference.* Th

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This decorated “O” is from a compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics by the hand of Taddeo Alderotti (1223-

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Prolific poet Phillis Wheatley pioneered a space for black women in American literature when her col

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Clyde Waddell, military photographer, is famous for his documentation of Calcutta in 1945. This volu

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Today is Tell a Fairy Tale Day! To celebrate, we are looking at Lafcadio Hearn’s translation of the

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This intricately illustrated bookplate is from a bound selection of texts and chants for use in a Fr

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