A Laugh A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

A Laugh A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

11/08/2024

Irvin S. Cobb’s ‘A Laugh A Day Keeps the Doctor Away’ was a great entertainment spectacle of the early 20th century. What makes the text uniquely sought after is that it was curated from a list of the humorous author’s favorite stories, with no intention other than to bring its reader joy.

  • Irvin S. Cobb. Humor
  • Rare Book Collection
  • Special Collections
Cater, Conable, and Bolling

Beyond the Presidential Horse Race

11/05/2024

This event billed as a “good old-fashioned debate” between Barber B. Conable, Jr., the Republican Representative from New York from 1965-1985, and Richard W. Bolling, the Democrat Representative from Missouri from 1949-1983, occurred on October 27, 1984, on the eve of the Regan/Mondale presidential election.

  • Audiovisual
  • Elections
  • Politics
  • Archives
Goldstein campaign pin

Election Fun: Campaign Buttons

11/01/2024

One of the more enjoyable parts of politics is campaign ephemera.

  • Campaign Ephemera
  • Elections
  • Louis Goldstein
  • Pins
  • Archives
Ghosts of Kent County Maryland

Local Haunts: Chester Cemetery

10/29/2024

Welcome to Halloween week, the time of year when we celebrate all things spooky and mysterious. In a town as old and full of history as Chestertown, whether or not you believe in ghosts, you can be sure that invisible memories are lurking around every corner. Is time linear, or is it happening all at once? In indoor and outdoor spaces, what exactly separates events in 2024 from events in the same space two or three hundred years ago?

  • Chester Cemetery
  • Ghosts
  • Halloween
  • Haunted
  • Maryland Collection
Id of the Squid

Id of the Squid

10/08/2024

Every year, International Cephalopod Awareness Days (October 8-12) mark the beginning of the holiday season.*

  • Oceanography
  • Poetry
  • Special Collections
  • Archives
cookies

October 1st is National Homemade Cookie Day!

10/01/2024

As the weather starts to cool and we move deeper into the semester, what better way to enjoy this time than by biting into a homemade cookie?

  • Baking
  • Cookies
  • Recipes
  • Special Collections