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Newly Digitized George Hartsough Panama Canal Photographs Offer a Personal Look into a Massive Project

The George Hartsough Panama Canal Photographs, held in the collection of the Northwestern University Transportation Library, have been added to the library’s Digital Collections...
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Velocipedomania! Cyclists Pave the Way for Road Infrastructure

Today, cyclists are widely seen as secondary road users in the United States, with the design of many roads hostile to their very presence....
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Latest OER Grant projects to save 530 students $53K per year

By Asha Mehta ’27 Ten faculty from the 2024 Open Educational Resource grant program will be awarded at least $5,000 per project to develop...
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Birdwatchers rejoice; library kits foster campus wildlife curiosity

By Liz Cassidy The other day on my way into University Library, a ruby-crowned kinglet fluttered past me. This paired with the cacophony of...
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Breaking News! Big Bound Newspapers Get Boxed: Housing a Chicago Tribune Collection

By Julie Calcagno Taking on a large collection housing project, especially if you’ve never done one before, can be daunting. There are so many...
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Playing Tabletop Treasures from the Collections

By Rachel Vigil and Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Though board games may not be the first thing that comes to mind when imagining the collections...
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Niche publications round out Transportation Library collections

By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano ’24 A recent donation to Northwestern’s Transportation Library just made it the only institution in the United States with...
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Going Under the Microscope: 15th Century, Fractured and Flaking

By Lindsey Williams The Object in Question In Die Festo Resurrectionis Domini is a 15th century gradual, or choir book, used during the time...
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Scripts and Performances: Uncharted Medieval Music Manuscripts

By Paul Feller-Simmons ’25 PhD This blog post is adapted from the exhibition Scripts and Performances: Uncharted Medieval Manuscripts at Northwestern University, on view...
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