An engraved plate by George Cruikshank from a compilation of issues of "London Oddities or the Theatrical Cabinet", [London, Hodgson & Co., ca. 1822.]

November 10, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1820s, 1822, cruikshank, fight, oddities, theatre, theatrical, women

Efficacious Grace

Johnathan Edwards, "Efficacious Grace," manuscripts in a notebook made from several different scraps of paper and bound by hand; in the Jonathan Edwards Collection, Gen MSS 151.

November 6, 2008

Beinecke Library, Efficacious Grace, Jonathan Edwards, sermon

By any other name

"Rose is a Rose is a Rose..." a wax seal for embossing envelopes, from the Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers, .

November 3, 2008

Beinecke Library, Yale Collection of American Literature, Gertrude Stein

Queer Zine Explosion!

Issues of queer zines, ca. 1990-2000 from a growing collection at Beinecke Library.

October 30, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, gay, lesbian, magazine, queer, zine

Copying for pleasure

Examples of "Xerox art" books made by a group of artists and writers in the 1970s and 1980s. A large collection was acquired by Beinecke Library in the summer of 2008. "A Day at the Races" by Ginny Lloyd, Lloyd Productions, 1980

October 27, 2008

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1970s, 1980s, art, copy, fakkeldij, ginny, lloyd, neaderland, xerox

The Dog Book Blog

or rather, the Dog-shaped papier-mâché bookshelf blog entry. A true gem of an item from the Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection, highlighted by expert cataloger, Ellen Ellickson, who describes the object more completely, below. Author: Martin, John, 1865-1947. Title: The read out loud books Published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, c1911.

October 23, 2008

Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, 1910s, bookshelf, dog, john, mache, martin, papier