As I explored the offerings of Special Collections, I found myself with very little direction. Initially, I spent a lot of time looking mainly at novels, wondering how best to extract a sufficient amount of information from them. I was certain that whatever I chose would not be a comic or a magazine, since these … Continue reading The Curiosity of Lois Lane →

During our visit to Special Collections, I was fascinated by the collection of Life Magazines from 1948. The pages of the magazine were large but thin, and the edges were slightly tattered after years of wear and tear. Despite the rugged pages, the pictures and print inside the magazine were still vivid and clear. The … Continue reading Special Collection Visit →

Our trip to Special Collections was very interesting. It was awesome to see all of the rare and very old copies of some of the books we have read, like Charlotte Temple, and to see the whole range of adolescent books that they have, like some of the first “young adult” genre novels ever written … Continue reading Calling All Girls to Flashback to the Past →

After visiting the Special Collections section at the Hillman Library, I was initially disappointed in the lack of representation I noticed from the collection.  Being a person of color, specifically an African-American, I found it troubling that throughout all of the books, journals, magazines, and newspapers, there seemed to be almost no black representation.  By … Continue reading Special Collections- Judy of the Jungle and Lack of Representation →

  When I sat down in front of Harriet the Spy in Special Collections I was instantly reminded of my nine-year-old self. I was so excited and intrigued by Harriet and her NYC neighborhood she explored back then and was excited now to take a closer look at the original publication. Harriet the Spy was … Continue reading Revisiting A Childhood Favorite: Harriet The Spy-Emily Reed →

As I walked through the doors of Special Collections at Hillman, I was not quite sure what to expect. I went from table to table, not really getting a connection with anything. The etiquette table was indeed fascinating, however, nothing I felt inclined to write about. My group and I headed over to our last … Continue reading Calling All Girls: A Magazine That Could Still Entertain Today →

Sydney Dominick The First Edition of The Outsiders The Outsiders, written by S.E. Hinton was written 1967. The University’s Special Collection owns the first edition of the novel. It is even signed by S.E. Hinton with the inscription “Stay Gold!”. The edition almost appears to be hand drawn with the title loosely drawn in bubble … Continue reading To Be an Outsider →

Vincent Peebles Word Count: 948 I'm writing about Hurrah for St. Trinian's, a pencil-height, shorter-pencil-wide, and pencil-thick small book nestled in the clutches of the University's Special Collections department. It's a collection of satirical images by Ronald Searle, and its cover sells it as featuring a popular series about a boarding school that trains its girls altogether wrong (the … Continue reading Searle’s Sale of Juvenile Delinquents →