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Potato Apotheosis
A few of months ago, a headline in the Minnesota Daily proclaimed: “Paisley Purple potato…
Anne GoodJanuary 23, 2025
“The Place of the Cure of the Soul”
I read an enchanting book over the holidays: Irene Vallejo’s Papyrus: The Invention of Books…
Anne GoodJanuary 13, 2025
Something ancient; something new
My previous post, “The teeth of time,” drew inspiration from one of the brief tangents…
Anne GoodJuly 31, 2024
“The teeth of time”
I have been reading The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt (New…
Anne GoodMay 22, 2024
“Archival Shouting”
In a recent article in Perspectives: The newsmagazine of the American Historical Association, Karin Wulf…
Anne GoodMay 13, 2024
The Byrne Sisters at the James Ford Bell Library
Anne Frances (1775-1837), Mary (1776-1847), Letitia (1779-1849), and Elizabeth (fl. 1809-1849) Byrne were sisters and…
Anne GoodMarch 26, 2024
Pi(e) Day Adventures at the James Ford Bell Library!
Over the past 10 years or so, Pi Day - March 14 or 3.14 -…
Anne GoodMarch 15, 2024
The Travels of Adam Olearius: Introducing a StoryMap by Emmey Harris
Introduced by Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library One of the…
Anne GoodMarch 4, 2024
Cordiforms and love poetry – it must be February!
By Anne Good, Assistant Curator of the James Ford Bell Library The theme of our…
Anne GoodFebruary 21, 2024
America’s first banned book?
I was very interested to read Colleen Connolly's essay in the Smithsonian Magazine online about…
Anne GoodOctober 9, 2023