August 2012

Special Collections Under the Microscope

Submitted by jgoffin on Thursday August 30, 2012

Today's agenda included a field trip to the RISD Nature Lab, a very cool Providence resource that seems to be essentially a laboratory / natural history museum designed for use by artists. It's the kind of place with stuffed animal heads on the wall:

 
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Historic Book Person of the Week #13: Thomas Gent

Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday August 22, 2012

Thomas Gent, printer and author of the book depicted in his right hand, The Antient and Modern History of the Loyal Town of Rippon (published in 1733).

 
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Civil Warrior of the Week #11: George McClellan

Submitted by jgoffin on Wednesday August 15, 2012

This portrait of McClellan appears in a scrapbook that sets Civil War officers beside a specimen of their handwriting.In this case the portrait is accompanied by a letter from McClellan, written many years after the war while he was Governor of New Jersey, in which he offers his support for what appears to be a widow's pension request:

 
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