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Results for Date: January 2023
A person facing a scary creature in the foggy darkness
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  • Lance Thomas Stuchell
The Horrors of Good Intentions: Told through the story of a dark repository.
An overview and lessons learned from challenges faced in the management of our dark repository.
Bits and Pieces
poster with event announcement and images of family seated below potrait floral bouquet architectural cityscape and artists book with curved vertical forms emerging from red cube
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  • Evyn Kropf
Special Collections After Hours Winter 2023
We are excited to continue our in-person Special Collections After Hours open houses this semester! Join us on the second Tuesday of each month from 4 to 5.30 pm in the Special Collections Research Center on the 6th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library for an encounter with our collections.
Beyond the Reading Room
three circular views of greek manuscript text on papyrus, persian manuscript text with astronomical diagram on paper, engraved frontispiece showing European astronomers at work
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  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Evyn Kropf
New Exhibit and Opening | Early Astronomy in the University of Michigan Collections
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring a selection of manuscripts, early printed books, and artifacts illustrating Mesopotamian, Greek, Islamic, and Western European astronomies. Join the curators on Thursday, 12 January, 4-6p in the Hatcher Gallery for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit followed by an exhibit tour.
Beyond the Reading Room
well-dressed spanish and visayan men women and children seated in chairs or on floor, some standing, in a fine room with polished floors
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
  • Fe Susan T Go
Special Collections After Hours | We Collect and We Connect: Philippine Collections in the U-M Library
Join the Special Collections Research Center in Hatcher next Tuesday (10 January) at 4 pm for our first After Hours open house of the Winter term, exploring our extensive collection of letters, diaries, photographs, maps, books, and other material documenting early 20th century Philippine history!
Beyond the Reading Room
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  • Erica Ervin
Apply Now - Design Lab Intern
Undergraduate students! Apply to the Intern position for the Design Lab. The application deadline is Sunday, January 22 and all applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Fill out the google form and upload CV/resume using the link located at the bottom the post.
Lab Notes
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  • Erica Ervin
Apply Now - Design Lab Program Assistant
Graduate students! Apply to the Program Assistant position for the Design Lab. The application deadline is Sunday, January 22 and all applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Fill out the google form and upload CV/resume using the link located at the bottom the post.
Lab Notes
Cover of A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
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  • Vicki J Kondelik
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel
This epic novel tells the story of three important figures of the French Revolution: Camille Desmoulins, Georges-Jacques Danton, and Maximilien Robespierre, from their childhoods to the tumultuous events of the Revolution. Mantel has a unique and compelling writing style that draws the reader into the world she writes about.
Lost in the Stacks