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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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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.
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!
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!
Folders, newspapers, and pictures from the Marcelo Mirisola Papers collection on a cart.
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  • Gabriel Mordoch
Marcelo Mirisola, part two
A second batch of materials for the Marcelo Mirisola Papers archive has arrived at the University of Michigan Library.
view of a closed book with damage to spine visible
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  • Evyn Kropf
Next week: Spotlight on Conservation
Join us next Thursday, 19 September between 4-6p for our first Third Thursdays at the Library event of the semester!
lines of stylized text "Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf" framed by swirls and columns
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  • Jamie Lausch Vander Broek
  • Juli McLoone
Next week | Making Books with Virginia Woolf
Join the library's Book Arts Studio on the Diag (or in the Shapiro Gallery if it rains!) next Thursday, 12 September at 5p to print your own copy of the first page of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway!
view of a seated woman staring off with head in hand
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  • Juli McLoone
Coffee with the Curators | Mrs. Dalloway and WWI
Join curators Sigrid Anderson and Juli McLoone this Thursday 5 September 10-11 for an informal conversation about the newly-installed exhibit Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front!
view of a seated woman staring off with head in hand
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  • Juli McLoone
  • Sigrid Michelle Anderson
New exhibit | Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring Virginia Woolf's most famous novel, Mrs. Dalloway. This display will open next week in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room and will be available from September 3 to December 13.
Hand-colored etching depicting King George IV as a baby in a rose garden surrounded by three ladies.
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  • Pablo Alvarez
A New Collection of Satirical Pamphlets and Trial Accounts on the "Queen Caroline Affair."
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of a nine-volume set containing satirical pamphlets, trial accounts, and legal and political commentaries, on the dramatic 1820 trial of Queen Caroline, the estranged wife of George IV, who faced charges of adultery in the House of Lords.