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The Newberry Story: A Short Film
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So much happens every day at the Newberry. We challenged Kartemquin Films to capture the story of the Newberry -- our activities, our people, our collections, our community...
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Newberry Minute: Calligraphy at the Newberry / Paul Gehl
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Since the 1970s, the Chicago Calligraphy Collective and the Newberry have worked together to advance the study of calligraphy and to promote the art to a broader public. Th...
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Newberry Minute: French Renaissance Gems of the Newberry / Paul Saenger
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Since its founding in the late 19th century, the Newberry has acquired a rich collection of illuminated manuscripts and printed books. Paul Saenger, the George A. Poole III...
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Newberry Minute: French Canadians in the Midwest / Matt Rutherford and Carla Zecher
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Given the prominence and importance of the French Canadian communities in New England and Louisiana, we often forget that French Canadians played an important role in build...
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Newberry Minute: Everywhere West: Daily Life Along the CB&Q Railroad / Ginger Frere
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In the 1940s, the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad began giving its company archives to the Newberry Library. Hidden in these archives were thousands of negatives c...
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Newberry Minute: French Revolution Pamphlet Collections / Jennifer Thom
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Jennifer Thom, the Cataloging Projects Manager at the Newberry Library, explains the importance of cataloging "hidden collections," such as the Newberry's extensive French ...
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Newberry Minute: The Rival Richards!!! / Jill Gage
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Acting rivalries, particularly between actors performing roles in Shakespeare's plays, were a prominent part of the 19th century theater. Jill Gage, Reference Librarian at ...
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Newberry Minute: Letters to Jemima Hall, 1836-1837 (Rodgers Family Papers) / Alison Hinderliter
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Alison Hinderliter, Manuscripts and Archives Librarian at the Newberry Library, discovered in some family papers letters sent in the 1830s from a slave to a freed slave, wh...
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Newberry Minute: [Fraktur, Hanna Konigmacher, 1768] / Matt Rutherford
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Matt Rutherford, Curator of Genealogy and Local History at the Newberry Library, shares an example of a fraktur, an illustrated birth "certificate" created by Pennsylvania ...
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Newberry Minute: Book of Hours (Use of Salisbury) / Jill Gage
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Jill Gage, Reference Librarian at the Newberry Library, shares a striking example of a medieval book of hours--a collection of prayers to be recited throughout the day. Dur...
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