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Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

Anthony Comstock is well-known as the instigator of the Comstock Law, which was passed by…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 24, 2018

A wall covered in Post-It Notes with comments from exhibit viewers.

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An archivist’s reflections on the success of ‘A Campus Divided’

By the time the exhibit went up in August, the topic had been with us…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

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330 students took part in Gopherbaloo

Nearly 330 students from grade 6-12 attended Gopherbaloo 2018 at Wilson Library January 13. The…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

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Artists take up residence in Libraries

A new residency program at the University of Minnesota Libraries aims to highlight historical collections…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 16, 2018

Email from Bly to Tranströmer about Airmail book.

News Primary Sourcery Upper Midwest Literary Archives

Cascades of letters: Correspondence in the Robert Bly Papers

Letters written to and from Robert Bly speak volumes about Bly’s impact — not only…

Mark EngebretsonJanuary 4, 2018

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Hidden beauty in ordinary books: Part 2

Our previous blog post talked about the history and the process of creating marbled paper…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 18, 2017

News Read This Book!Video

Books to Give 2017

Five University of Minnesota librarians and archivists recently joined Read This Book host Lisa Von…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 18, 2017

“Health Pays Dividends” YMCA Public Health Campaign, circa 1916. Credit: Kautz Family YMCA Archives,P846 http://purl.umn.edu/127291

News Primary Sourcery YMCA Archives

Now Online! Records of YMCA work in China

Significant portions of the records of YMCA international work in China — one of the richest…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 18, 2017

Representatives from Christie's examine the Bell Library's print of the Waldseemüller map

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Bell Library map sheds light on authenticity of new discovery

A December 10 New York Times article has called into question the authenticity of a…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 12, 2017

Read This Book!Video

Books to give with Alicia Kubas

In this special episode of Read This Book!, Librarian Alicia Kubas and host Lisa Von Drasek…

Mark EngebretsonDecember 12, 2017

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Anthony Comstock, the YMCA, and the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice

An archivist’s reflections on the success of ‘A Campus Divided’

330 students took part in Gopherbaloo

Artists take up residence in Libraries

Cascades of letters: Correspondence in the Robert Bly Papers

Hidden beauty in ordinary books: Part 2

Books to Give 2017

Now Online! Records of YMCA work in China

Bell Library map sheds light on authenticity of new discovery

Books to give with Alicia Kubas

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