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Robin Hood

09/23/2025

Robin Hood, written by Paul Creswick and illustrated by N.C. Wyeth, was originally published in 1917. Creswick adapted the fairytale of Robin Hood, as originally told in 1377 in William Langland's Piers Plowman.

N.C. Wyeth
Paul Creswick
Robin Hood
Special Collections
Rare Books

Vinegar Syndrome

09/16/2025

If ever a blog post needed Smell-O-Vision.

digitization
film preservation
photographic negatives
vinegar syndrome
Archives

New Life in New Lands: notes of travel by Grace Greenwood, 1873

09/12/2025

In 1873, American writer Grace Greenwood set out on a journey that would take her far from home. Her book, New Life in New Lands: Notes of Travel, is her record of those adventures.

Descriptive Travel
Grace Greenwood
Travel log
United States
Rare Book Collection

The Christiana Riots of 1851

09/09/2025

In our Maryland Rare collection is a book, The Christiana Riot and the Treason Trials of 1851: An Historical Sketch by W. U. Hensel. This volume tells the story of one of the most violent conflicts in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. Written for the 60th anniversary, our edition includes a few extras.