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Beyond the Reading Room

Anecdotes and other notes from the U-M Special Collections Research Center.
Detailed illustration from Audubon's Birds of North America of a nest in a tree with birds sitting around it.

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Elderly smiling couple sitting at a table, in front of a red and green wall
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  • Juli McLoone
Remembering Dan Longone
Daniel T. Longone (1932-2024), University of Michigan Chemistry Professor Emeritus, passed away on January 28th, 2024. Dan and his beloved wife Jan, who predeceased him in 2022, established the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive (JBLCA). Residing in the University of Michigan Library's Special Collections Research Center, the JBLCA offers an incredible resource to students and scholars of food and drink.
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!
Orson Welles and Paola Mori look adoringly at their infant daughter, Beatrice (c. 1955).
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  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Philip A Hallman
Coffee with the Curator: Join us to Celebrate A New Exhibit from Special Collections
The Special Collections Research Center will host a reception on February 12 (10:00am) to celebrate the installation of the exhibit: Orson Welles as Family Man: Son, Husband, Father. Please join the exhibit curator, Phil Hallman, to chat about the making of this extraordinary display in the company of warm coffee and refreshments.
Green cloth-bound book with blind stamped (no color added) border of vines. Title in gold type: Jewish Cookery Book by Mrs. J. Atrutel Second Edition
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  • Juli McLoone
Researching Sephardic Cooking in the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive
Guest post by Nathalie Ross, Heid Fellow, on her research in the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Nathalie is a doctoral candidate in the History Department at the University of North Texas, specializing in Jewish Food Studies. 
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.