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floral vegetal designs in bold layered colors arranged in geometric borders
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  • Jamie Lausch Vander Broek
Spectacular Stencils: Gorgeous Examples from our Pochoir Collection
Join us this Thursday, September 18th, between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
Title page of John Baskerville's Virgil (1757)
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  • Martha O'Hara Conway
John Baskerville’s Virgil (1757) and the Development of the Earliest Western-Made Wove Papers
In this video, Dr. Cathleen A. Baker (U-M Conservation Librarian Emerita) takes us through her years-long research into the earliest Western-made wove paper, including papermaking experiments to replicate the paper that first appeared in John Baskerville’s Virgil, published in Birmingham, England, in 1757.
bucolic scene of a river with trees, shrubs and stately rows of houses at varying distances and caption "BATH WITH FERRY"
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  • Juli McLoone
Next week : Fashion, Food, and Flowers in Georgian England
Join us next Thursday, 20 March, between 4-6p for our next "Third Thursdays at the Library" event of the semester!
bucolic scene of cattle among trees by the edge of a stream
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  • Juli McLoone
Thundering Hooves in the Archives: Cows vs. Horses
Join us next Thursday, 20 February, between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
lines of handwritten latin script on parchment folio
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  • Pablo Alvarez
Next week | Discover Hidden Treasures: New Additions to our Collections of Manuscripts and Rare Books
Join us next Thursday, 16 January between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
Assia Wevill
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  • Pablo Alvarez
New Exhibit: The Bibliophile and the Library: Private Press Books from the Collection of Bill Heidrich
The Special Collections Research Center is delighted to announce a new exhibit featuring a selection of private press books and artwork from the collection of Bill Heidrich, a long-time supporter of the University of Michigan Library. The display will open next week in the Hatcher Library Exhibit Room and will be available from January 13 to April 30, 2025.
wood carved cookie cutters with human figures and a ship with sails
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  • Juli McLoone
Sugar & Spice: Cookies and Cookie Cutters from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive
Join us next Thursday, 19 December between 4-6p for our final Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
headshot of victor perera smiling in front of a house with bare trees and bushes
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  • Katie Marie Jones
Next week | Victor Perera Papers: From Chaos to Cataloged
Join us next Thursday, 21 November between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
Illustrated dustjacket of the first edition of Mrs. Dalloway. Abstract yellow and white design on black. Possibly illustrating curtains and flowers on a table, but abstract enough not to be certain
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  • Juli McLoone
Mrs. Dalloway at 100: A Conversation with John Whittier-Ferguson and Andrea Zemgulys
Join us on Nov. 20th for an informal conversation with Professors John Whittier-Ferguson and Andrea Zemgulys about Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, and the novel's historical context. This event is in conjunction with the exhibit Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front on display in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room until Dec. 13.
flyer in style of wanted poster featuring fingerprints and headshots of richard nixon
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week | Voices of Dissent: Protests Against Richard Nixon
Join us next Thursday, 17 October between 4-6p for our next Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!