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The Lilly Library from A to Z Intriguing Objects in a World-Class Collection / Darlene J. Sadlier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sadlier, Darlene J. (Darlene Joy), auteur.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Library materials.
- Library materials--Indiana--Bloomington--Catalogs.
- Indiana--Bloomington.
- Indiana.
- Genre:
- Livres numériques.
- Catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Welll House Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- What do locks of Edgar Allan Poe's hair, Sylvia Plath's attractive handmade paper dolls, John Ford's Oscars, and Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 cigars have in common' They are just a few of the fascinating objects found in the world-famous Lilly Library, located on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington. In this beautifully illustrated A-to-Z volume, Darlene J. Sadlier journeys through the library's wide-ranging collections to highlight dozens of intriguing items and the archives of which they are a part. Read about life and death masks of John Keats, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Dreiser; Walt Whitman's last pencil; and vintage board games, mechanical puzzles, and even comic books. Among the more peculiar items are a pair of elk teeth and an eerily realistic wall-mount bust of Boris Karloff. Sadlier writes engagingly about the Lilly Library's major historical collections, which include Civil War diaries and a panopticon of the war called the Myriopticon; War of 1812 payment receipts to spies; and the World War II letters and V-mail of journalist Ernie Pyle. This copiously illustrated, entertaining, and educational book will inspire you to take your own journey and discover for yourself the wonders of the Lilly Library.
- Contents:
- Cover
- the Lilly Library from A to Z
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: On Wandering and Wonder
- A
- Armband
- Audubon
- Automobile Catalogs
- B
- Ben-Hur Album and Broadside
- Bookbindings
- Boxer Codex
- Busts
- C
- Campaign Buttons and Pin
- Chez Panisse Menus
- Cigars, Cigarettes
- D
- Dolls
- Dress
- E
- Electropoise
- Engravings
- F
- Footwear
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Forgeries
- G
- Games
- H
- Hair
- I
- Inca Portraits
- Indians and Other Peruvians on Pith
- Inkwells
- J
- Jigsaw and Noninterlocking Educational Puzzles
- The Jungle Theater Posters
- Justice Cup and Other Puzzle Vessels
- K
- Keys, Knives, and Other Mechanical Puzzles
- L
- Lantern Slides
- Livres d'Artistes
- M
- Makeup Case of Rita Hayworth
- Maps
- Masks (Life and Death)
- Medals
- Miniatures
- Money
- Myriopticon
- N
- Nobel Prize Medal and Other Objects
- O
- Oscars
- P
- Passports
- Pencil and Pen
- Pipes
- Posters
- Printing Press and Calder &
- Boyars Printing Blocks
- Q
- Queen Elizabeth I Great Seal
- Quick Draw McGraw Comics
- R
- Receipts
- Records
- S
- Scrapbooks
- Scrolls
- Stereoscopic Skin Clinic
- Storyboards
- T
- Teeth
- Tintypes
- Tombstones
- U
- United World Federalists Promotional Stickers, Kit, Films, and Recordings
- V
- V-Mail
- Vegetation
- Victorian Greeting Cards
- W
- Watercolors
- Window Shades
- Woodblocks
- WunderCabinet
- X
- X-Rays
- Xylographs
- Y
- The Yellow Book
- Z
- Zener Cards
- Zinc and Other Metal Printing Plates
- List of 3-D Images
- Notes.
- Notes:
- In JSTOR.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253042699
- 0253042690
- 9780253042682
- 0253042682
- OCLC:
- 1089840424
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