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Posts by Evyn Kropf

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views of standing men and women
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  • Philip A Hallman
Next week : 1984, 40 Years After: Rediscovering a Pivotal Year in American Independent Cinema
Join us next Thursday, 18 April between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event!
a partial ring formed by metal sheeting with landscape paintings and writing
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  • Jamie Lausch Vander Broek
Next week : Susan Goethel Campbell's Artists' Books
Join us next Thursday, 21 March between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event!
mounted calligraphic panel in album page
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  • Evyn Kropf
A découpage piece by Şehrî in Isl. Ms. 438
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
black and white drawing with a cat crouched and facing off a fierce looking dog
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  • Juli McLoone
Next week : Cats vs. Dogs in the Archives
Join us next Thursday, 15 February between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event!
array of square and rectangular images of collection material with handwritten text, photographs, and illustrations of various kinds
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
Reminder : Applications Open for Special Collections Research Fellowships
There's still time to apply for our research fellowships! These fellowships support researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections. Applications are due 1st of February!
text block with large initial D and vines and flowers on the margin
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  • Pablo Alvarez
Next week | Incunables in Special Collections: Five Decades of Printing History
Join us for our next Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring early printed books!
lines of Persian calligraphy in modified Arabic script, written on the diagonal, accented with gold and colored decorations, set in a green framed album page
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  • Evyn Kropf
Sultan Murad IV, redoubtable warrior and calligrapher? A calligraphic piece in Isl. Ms. 441
This post is by Sumeyra Dursun, 2023 Heid Fellow, from her research in the Islamic Manuscripts Collection. Sumeyra is a doctoral candidate in the history of Islamic arts at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul.
three writers standing holding Ardis printed copy of a text
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week | Soviet Contraband : Publishing free thinkers in the Soviet Union
Join us next week for another Third Thursdays at the Library open house, exploring material from the Ardis Press Records!
array of square and rectangular images of collection material with handwritten text, photographs, and illustrations of various kinds
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
Applications Open: Special Collections Research Fellowships
The current application cycle is now open for fellowships available to researchers whose work would benefit from onsite access to our special collections!
pages of lines of calligraphic text in two forms of Arabic script
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  • Amy Crist
Treatments for two calligraphy albums
Another post on conservation work completed by our summer 2023 Baker Fellow, Katarina Stiller, this time for two calligraphy albums from the Islamic Manuscripts Collection.