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#clearfixheader { clear: both; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin-top: 0px; padding-top:0px; } .social_li ul li a:link, .social_li ul li a, .social_li a:link, .social_li li a, .social_li a { padding: .2rem .8rem !important /* this controls how tall & wide socialbuttons are ; remove !important when style.css is consolidated */ color:#1e3a4a } .social_li li{display:inline; margin-left:10px ;margin-left:1rem; margin-right:10px; margin-right:1rem;} .centerwrap ul {margin: 0px -1% 0px 0%} #navbar{ font-size: 1.6rem; _font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif !important; font-family:"Muli", sans-serif !important; font-weight: 400; _text-transform: uppercase; font-weight:bold; z-index:99; /*margin-top, margin-bottom: 0px !important; */ text-alignment:center; height:auto !important; text-align:justify; -ms-text-justify:distribute-all-lines; text-justify:distribute-all-lines; _letter-spacing:-.5px; color:#39AACF; margin-top: 0px; margin-left:0%; _margin-right:7% ; border-radius:0px; _background-color:rgba(118,154,172,.9); background-color:rgba(57, 170, 207, .85); min-width:245px; _width: 86%; width: 100%; } #navbar a{ _font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; padding:0 12px; padding:0 1rem; padding-top: 2px; text-decoration:none; letter-spacing: .1px; color: white; _font-family: Helvetica; _font-family: "Oswald", sans-serif !important; font-family:"Muli", sans-serif font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.55rem; line-height: 2.2rem; padding-top: 3px; } .nav ul, .socmedia ul {text-align:center} /*#nav{list-style-type:none;} */ /* #nav li{display:inline;float:left;list-style-type:none} #nav .stretch { display: inline-block; width: 100%; *display: inline; zoom: 1 } */ /*icons by https://www.entypo.com/*/ .social_li ul li a:link, .social_li ul li a,.social a:link, .social_li li a, .social_li a { padding: 0 .8rem !important; /* this controls how tall & wide socialbuttons are ; remove !important when style.css is consolidated */ color: white; /*#1e3a4a */ } /* might work to space out items more nav li:before { margin-left: 3px} */ #search-old2{ display: inline-block!important; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: none!important; width: 115px!important; font-family: font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif !important; background-color: #1497c2; text-align: left !important; font-weight: normal!important; } #search-old2 form{background:none!important; width:110px; height:100%; margin-top:2px !important; padding:0px} /* this indents widget */ .contentwrapper ul li li{ text-indent: -1.1rem; } .contentwrapper a, a:visited, a:hover{font-size: inherit; } /* 1.6rem; shouldnt this just inherit */ .middle_sidebar ul , .r_sidebar ul , .l_sidebar ul, .contentmiddle ul, .r_sidebar ul li { background:none; list-style-type:none; } /*shading boxes around ads + contact info*/ .r_sidebar .r_adbx_top, .r_sub_con,.r_about_ad{background: #f2f2f2; border-radius: 0rem; } /*#bdbec2 */ .r_adbx_top, .r_sub_con,.r_about_ad{text-align:left; padding: 10px 18px 10px 18px; margin:12px -4px 0px -4px;} .box { border: .2rem solid black; font-size: 4rem; border-radius:2px;} .lightbox {border: .1rem solid grey ;} _colorcontrast {background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); margin: 0px; border-right: 9px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); border-left: 9px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); border-radius: 8px;} .tagline { text-align:left ; font-size:13px; font-size:1.3hw; line-height:100%; margin:0; margin-top: 6px; /* color:white !important; */ margin-left:6px; padding:2px; color:#4a7d96; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } #tagline_container{ max-width:335px; width:100%; margin-top: 50px; margin-left: 21px; } _ad_logo_wrapper{margin-left:3.5%; margin-right:4.3%;} #ad_logo_wrapper{margin-left:7%; margin-right:4%; margin-top:3px;} #logocontainer{width:auto; float:left; margin-left:0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width:40%; } #big_logo { /* margin-left: 25%; max-width: 7%; transform: scale(8); float: left; width:100%; max-height: 10%; */ } #big_logo{ transform: scale(8); max-height:10%; max-width:325px; float: left !important; text-align: left; width: 100%; } #logo_container { width: 100%; float: left; z-index: -40; /* overflow: visible; */ max-width: 600px; max-height: 200px; min-width: 140px; margin-left: 20px; height: auto; min-height: 40px; margin-top: 0px; _background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/openculture_v3a/images/openculture_banner.png); background-size: contain; background-repeat: no-repeat; max-width:80vw;; /*css3 viewport setting */ } .left { /* border: 2px dashed #f0f; */ text-align:left; _min-height:40px; height:auto; _margin-top: 45px; margin-left: 0px; _background: url("https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/images/open-culture-stacked-logo.svg") no-repeat; _background: url("https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/images/open-culture-horizontal-logo.svg") no-repeat; _background: url("https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/images/open-culture-stacked-logo-with-stacked-tagline.svg") no-repeat; _background: url("https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/images/open-culture-horizontal-logo-with-tagline.svg") no-repeat; background-size: contain; max-width:600px; min-width:90px; overflow:hidden; _background-position-y:0px; _background-position-x:0px; background-position-x: center !important; background-position-y: center !important; z-index:200; } .right { float: right; _width: 740px; /*min-height: 25px;*/ margin-left: 2.5%; padding-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px ; padding-right:0px; /* border: 2px dashed #00f; */ position:relative; z-index:200; } .top{} .bottom{ background: url("https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/images/open-culture-horizontal-logo.svg") no-repeat; _background-size: contain; background-size: revert-layer; min-height:80px; /* border: 2px dashed green; */ clear:both; padding-top:8px; _margin: 4px 10px 0 10px; _background-position-y: 0px; /* min-height: 65px; */ clear: both; background-position-x: center; background-position-y:center; padding-top: 0px; margin: 2px 1rem 0px 1rem; /* height: 90px; */ _min-height: 110px; } #footerW{ right: 0; left: 0; position: relative; padding: 0; overflow:hidden;} .clear {clear:both;} .logo_clickable { position:absolute; width:100%; height:100%; top:0; left: 0; z-index: 50; _position:absolute; /* fixes overlap error in IE7/8, make sure you have an empty gif */ _background-image: url('empty.gif'); } .socialblock li {top: 2px;} .social-mail a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/mail.svg) no-repeat;} .social-twitter a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/twitter.svg) no-repeat;} .social-facebook a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/facebook.svg) no-repeat;} .social-rss a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/rss.svg) no-repeat;} .social-search a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/magnifying-glass.svg) no-repeat;} .sb-icon-search {background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/magnifying-glass.svg) no-repeat;} .social-mail-black a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/mail-black.svg) no-repeat;} .social-twitter-black a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/twitter-black.svg) no-repeat} .social-facebook-black a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/facebook-black.svg) no-repeat} .social-rss-black a{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/rss-black.svg) no-repeat} .social-mail a:hover{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/mail-hover.svg) no-repeat;} .social-twitter a:hover{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/twitter-hover.svg) no-repeat;} .social-facebook a:hover{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/facebook-hover.svg) no-repeat;} .social-rss a:hover { background: url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/rss-hover.svg) no-repeat;} .social-search a:hover{background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/magnifying-glass-hover.svg) no-repeat;} .sb-icon-search :hover {background:url(//www.openculture.com/wp-content/themes/openculture_v4a/icons/magnifying-glass.svg) no-repeat;} /* override images that we dont want to go to margin */ .contentmiddle img.noexpand, .contentmiddle p img.noexpand, .contentmiddle img[src$="feed-icon16x16139.png"],img[title|="noexpand"], .contentmiddle div.noexpand img, .contentmiddle div.noexpand p img , .begbox img, .ct_comment_info img, ct_this_is_spam img, ct_comment_info div{ width:initial !important; display: block !important; line-height: 100%; } .noexpand img {width:initial !important;} /*this seems to work more reliably than above */ .contentmiddle img.oneXone {width: 1px !important; height: 1px !important;} .contentmiddle img.noexpand.center{display:block !important; } #footer { color: white; width: 100%; /*margin:0 auto; */ margin-bottom:100px; padding:28px 0 0 0px; font-family:"Muli", sans-serif; font-weight:400; clear:both; display:inline-block; } .framearound_ad_in_post{margin: .6rem 0px 2.4rem 0px; height:auto;max-height:120px; width:100%;padding:0px; border: 2px solid #D3D3D3; border-radius:8px;min-height:3rem; } .advertisement_notice{text-align:center; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant:small caps; color: #0183b2;} .begbox{color:white;width:100%;display:inline-block; background: #36b0d8; margin-left: -4px; padding: 0; font-family: Lora, "Lora", Times, serif;font-style:normal} .begbox img { width:250px ; margin: 8px auto} .begbox p, .begbox div {margin: 1em 0px 0 12px} .da_bottom {line-height:10%} .no-framearound_ad_in_post {padding-bottom: 25px; padding-top:15px; width: 100%} img.no-framearound_ad_in_post {width:100%} .responsive_belowheadline_ad{ height: 100%; display:inline-block; width:98%; min-height:70px; max-height:200px; margin-right:4px; padding-bottom: 10px; } /*comment box */ div.cbInner {background: #eaebe8; border-radius:8px ;} div.cbInner h5 {color: #000;} .comments {color:#000:;} /*bullets*/ /*set chevrons on all widgets don't turn it on for ul li in sidebars*/ /*.contentwrapper ul li li, */ .r_sidebar a:link,.r_sidebar a:visited,.r_sidebar a:hover,.middle_sidebar a:link,.middle_sidebar a:visited,.middle_sidebar a:hover{ font-size: 1.4rem; line-height: inherit; } .contentmiddle a:link, .contentwrapper a {text-decoration:none; } .l_sidebar ul li a:hover, .middle_sidebar ul li a:hover, .r_sidebar ul li a:hover, .contentmiddle a:hover { text-decoration:underline} #footer ul li {line-height:130%; list-style:none;} #footer ul li a:link {color:white; font-size:1.6rem; text-decoration:none;} #footer ul li a:hover {text-decoration:underline;} .l_sidebar li a, .r_sidebar li a, .middle_sidebar li a{ /*display:block; */ /*OC-typography.png */ text-decoration:none; padding-left: 1em; /*font-style:italic;*/ font-family:"Muli", sans-serif; _font-style:bold; font-weight:400; color:#394244; } .widgettitle{ _border-top-width: 1px; _border-top-style: dotted; _border-top-color: gray; font-family:"Lora", sans-serif !important; font-weight: 600; _font-size: 1.6rem; line-height: 19px; font-weight: bold; padding: 3px ; margin: 8px 2px 2px 1px !important; /*color: #898477; */ letter-spacing: -.5px; } .widgetbox ul,.widget_categories ul, .widget_archive ul { border-bottom: 1px dotted #d1ccbc ; padding-bottom: 30px !important; display:block;} .widgetbox li a, .widget_categories li a, .widget_archive li a {display:block;} .recent_post{ border-bottom: 1px dotted #d1ccbc; padding: 0 0 30px 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; line-height:150%; overflow:hidden; } .noborder, .middle_sidebar.noborder:link, div.noborder a {border-top: 0px white !important;} .contentmiddle ul li a{} /*set chevrons on all widgets don't turn it on for ul li in sidebars* .contentwrapper ul li li,*/ .contentmiddle li, .r_sidebar li, .l_sidebar li, .middle_sidebar li { /* background:url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAFALMJANTPvq2ok8rGs8C8qMXBrrKtmLeynufj0+Pezvby4wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAkALAAAAAAFAAUAQAQQcByCkqQpCQPCKYiBfCESAQA7) no-repeat 0 10px; */ list-style-type:none; zoom:1; margin-left: .8em; zoom: 1; padding-left: .2em; margin-bottom: .3em; line-height:1.9rem; } .contentmiddle ul li li :before , .r_sidebar ul li li :before, .middle_sidebar ul li li :before, .l_sidebar ul li li :before { /*content: "\25B8"; */ float:left; padding-right:1rem; font-style:normal;} .contentmiddle ul li li li :before {content:none;} .contentmiddle ul li {list-style-type: none; padding-right:.8rem; padding-bottom: .4rem; font-style:normal;} /*set general padding for Ul lists */ .contentwrapper ul { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 10px 0; background:none; } .middle_sidebar ul , .r_sidebar ul , .l_sidebar ul, .contentmiddle ul { background:none; list-style-type:none; } /*titles in widgets*/ .widgettitle, ul.l_sidebar li h2, ul.r_sidebar li h2, ul.middle_sidebar li h2, .middle_sidebar li h2 { font-weight:normal; padding:3px; margin:2px 2px 2px 1px; _font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-family:Lora; color:#fc621f letter-spacing:-.5px; list-style-type:none; background: none !important; font-size: 1.9rem; } .r_sidebar ul {margin-left:-.6rem;} .middle_sidebar ul{ margin-top:1.2rem; margin-left:-1.1rem;} .middle_sidebar ul li {background:none } .contentmiddle li {background: none no-repeat 0 10px; list-style-type:none; zoom:1; /*margin-left: .8rem; */ zoom: 1; padding-left: .2rem; margin-bottom: 0rem; } /* turn off bullets on headers */ .contentwrapper ul {background:none;} /*lists inside lists */ .contentmiddle ul li li {margin-bottom:0rem; margin-left:5rem; list-style-type: none; } .contentwrapper ul {content:"";} .contentmiddle ul li li:before, .contentmiddle ul li:before, .middle_sidebar ul li li :before, /*put right triangle before bullets */ .middle_sidebar ul li li, .r_sidebar ul li li, .l_sidebar ul li li {line-height:inherit;} // Variables @colorBase: #394244; .transition (@prop: all, @time: 1s, @ease: linear) { -webkit-transition: @prop @time @ease; -moz-transition: @prop @time @ease; -o-transition: @prop @time @ease; -ms-transition: @prop @time @ease; transition: @prop @time @ease; } .universal-inline-block { display: inline-block; zoom: 1; *display: inline; } /* horizontal buttons */ div .social-icons2 { text-align: center; font-family: "Open Sans"; font-weight: 300; font-size: 1.5em; color: @colorBase; _margin: -2% -8% -2% -14%; } .social-icons2 ul { margin: 0; _padding: 0; list-style-type: none; text-align: center; } .social-icons2 ul li { _padding: 0px 8px 0px 6px; display:inline-block; text-indent:0; margin: 0px -4px 0px -4px;} .social-icons2 ul li a { text-decoration: none; _padding: .1rem .8rem; color: #fff; } .social-icons2-altmargin ul li {padding: 0 20px;} .social-icons2 ul li a:hover{ color: #1497c2; } .margin_left_10 {margin-left:-10px;} .white_background {background-color:white;} .oc-center, .oc-center img { width:100% ; max-width:100% !important; margin:0 auto; display:block; text-align:center;} .oc-center-da, .oc-center-da img, .oc-center-da object, .oc-center-da img { max-width: 100% !important; width: 100% !important; margin:0 auto; display: block; text-align:center;} /*fix expanding captcha refresh */ #fscf_captcha_refresh1 {width: 24px;height: 24px;} .oc-video-container { position: relative; _padding-bottom: 63.25%; padding-bottom:54%; padding-top: 10px; height: 0; } a.mashicon-reddit{background-color: darkred;} /* allow for override of img resizer */ .contentmiddle div.oc-no-resize-center img{ width: inherit !important; margin 0 auto; float:left} /*#footer img{width:inherit!important ;} */ /*footer stuff */ #flexcanvas{ width: 100%; max-width:100%; _height: 600px !important; margin-left: 3px; } .rowParent, .columnParent{ display: -webkit-box; display: -ms-flexbox; display: -webkit-flex; display: flex; -webkit-box-direction: normal; -webkit-box-orient: horizontal; -webkit-flex-direction: row; -ms-flex-direction: row; flex-direction: row; -webkit-flex-wrap: nowrap; -ms-flex-wrap: nowrap; flex-wrap: nowrap; -webkit-box-pack: start; -webkit-justify-content: flex-start; -ms-flex-pack: start; justify-content: flex-start; -webkit-align-content: stretch; -ms-flex-line-pack: stretch; align-content: stretch; -webkit-box-align: stretch; -webkit-align-items: stretch; -ms-flex-align: stretch; align-items: stretch; } .columnParent{ -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-flex-direction: column; -ms-flex-direction: column; flex-direction: column; } .flexChild{ -webkit-box-flex: 1; -webkit-flex: 1; -ms-flex: 1; flex: 1; -webkit-align-self: auto; -ms-flex-item-align: auto; align-self: auto; margin:1px; font-size:1.3rem; /*border: 1px dotted #d1ccbc */ } .flexChild ul, .flexChild ul li {margin-left:-1.2rem;} .rowChild85696 {padding:1.8rem; margin-bottom:1.4rem} .rowChild9255 {margin:0px;} .minustopbottommargin20{margin-top:-20px !important; margin-bottom:-20px !important;} .minustopbottommargin40{margin-top:-40px !important; margin-bottom:-40px !important;} .minustopmargin20{margin-top:-20px !important;} .minustopmargin40{margin-top:-40px !important;} .curatedcategory ul li { text-decoration: none; list-style-type: none; padding: 0px; margin-left:1.0rem; line-height: 140%;} .curatedcategory ul {margin-left: 1.2rem;} .curatedcategory h2 {margin-left:1.0rem;} .curatedcategory h2 a {font-variant:small-caps;} .contentmiddle ol {list-style-type:decimal; font-size:inherit;} .contentmiddle ol li {list-style-type:decimal; font-size:inherit;line-spacing:120%;margin-bottom:.8rem;} input[type=search] { -moz-appearance:none; -webkit-appearance:none; } .sb-search { position: relative; color:#fff; border:none; width: 20px; width: 0%; min-width: 24px; min-height: 2.4rem; float: right; height:100%; overflow: hidden; -webkit-transition: width 0.3s; -moz-transition: width 0.3s; transition: width 0.6s; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; } .sb-search-input, input[type="search"] { position: absolute; top: -6px; right: 0px; border: none; outline: none; margin-right:24px; width: 100%; height: 88%; min-height:2.5rem; _margin: 8px 2px 8px 2px; z-index: 25; _padding: 4px 65px 4px 20px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.8rem; color: white; background-color:#1497c2; } input[type="search"] {background-color:#1497c2;} .sb-icon-search, .sb-search-submit { display:block; position: absolute; border:none; right: 0; top: 0; float: right; padding: 0; _margin: 0; _line-height: 24px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; background-color:#fff; _background-color:#1497c2; _height:1.9rem; 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https://cdn8.openculture.com/2024/06/11225022/skin-book-360x260.jpg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2024/06/11225022/skin-book-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2024/06/11225022/skin-book-240x173.jpg 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2024/06/11225022/skin-book-768x554.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1305px) 100vw, 1305px"></noscript></p> <p>In June of 2014, Harvard University’s Houghton Library put up a blog post titled “Caveat Lecter,” announcing “good news for fans of anthropodermic bibliopegy, bibliomaniacs, and cannibals alike.” The occasion was the scientific determination that a book in the Houghton’s collection long rumored to have been bound in human skin — the task of whose retrieval once served, they say, as a hazing ritual for student employees — was, indeed, “without a doubt bound in human skin.” What a difference a decade makes: not only has the blog post been deleted, the book itself has been taken out of from circulation in order to have the now-offending binding removed.</p> <p>“Harvard Library has removed human skin from the binding of a copy of Arsène Houssaye’s book <em>Des destinées de l’âme</em> (1880s),” declares a <a href="https://library.harvard.edu/statement-des-destinees-de-lame">strenuously apologetic statement</a> issued by the university. “The volume’s first owner, French physician and bibliophile Dr. Ludovic Bouland (1839–1933), bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked.” Having been in the collection since 1934, the book was first placed there by John B. Stetson, Jr., “an American diplomat, businessman, and Harvard alumnus” (not to mention an heir to the fortune generated by the eponymous hat).</p> <p>“Bouland knew that Houssaye had written the book while grieving his wife’s death,” <a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/11/05/the-hide-that-binds/">writes Mike Jay in the <em>New York Review of Books</em></a>, “<span style="font-size: 13pt;">and felt that this was an appropriate binding for it — ‘a book on the human soul merits that it be given human clothing.’ ” </span>He also “included a note stating that “this book is bound in human skin parchment on which no ornament has been stamped to preserve its elegance.” This copy of <em>Des destinées de l’âme </em>isn’t the only book rumored — or, with the peptide mass fingerprinting (<abbr>PMF</abbr>) technology developed over the past decade, confirmed — to have been bound in human skin. “The oldest reputed examples are three 13th-century Bibles held at the Bibliothèque Nationale in France, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/arts/books-human-skin-harvard.html">write the New York <em>Times</em>’ Jennifer Schuessler and Julia Jacobs</a>.</p> <p>Jay also mentions the especially vivid example of “an 1892 French edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s <i>The Gold Bug</i>, adorned with a skull emblem, is genuine human skin: <i>Poe en peau humaine</i>.” In general, Schuessler and Jacobs note, the largest number of human skin-bound books “date from the Victorian era, the heyday of anatomical collecting, when doctors sometimes had medical treatises and other texts bound in skin from patients or cadavers.” Now that this practice has been retroactively judged to be not just deeply disturbing but officially problematic (to use the vogue term of recent years) it’s up to the anthropodermic-bibliopegy enthusiasts out there to determine whether to put the items in their own collections to the PMF test — or to leave a bit of macabre mystery in the world of antiquarian book-collecting.</p> <p><strong>Related content:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2014/04/old-books-bound-in-human-skin-found-in-harvard-libraries.html">Old Books Bound in Human Skin Found in Harvard Libraries (and Elsewhere in Boston)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/when-medieval-manuscripts-were-recycled-used-to-make-the-first-printed-books.html">When Medieval Manuscripts Were Recycled & Used to Make the First Printed Books</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/06/behold-the-devils-bible.html">Behold the <em>Codex Gigas</em> (aka “Devil’s Bible”), the Largest Medieval Manuscript in the World</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/09/a-mesmerizing-look-at-the-making-of-a-late-medieval-book-from-start-to-finish.html">A Mesmerizing Look at the Making of a Late Medieval Book from Start to Finish</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2017/12/3500-occult-manuscripts-will-be-digitized-made-freely-available-online.html">3,500 Occult Manuscripts Will Be Digitized & Made Freely Available Online, Thanks to <em>Da Vinci Code</em> Author Dan Brown</a></p> <p><em>Based in Seoul, </em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">Colin</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/"> M</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">a</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">rshall</a> writes and broadcas</em><em>ts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter</em> <a href="https://colinmarshall.substack.com/">Books on Cities</a><em> and the book </em>The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles. <em>Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">@colinm</a></em><em><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">a</a></em><em><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">rshall</a> or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/colinmarshallessayist">Facebook</a>.</em></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/cjmarshall" title="Posts by Colin Marshall" rel="author">Colin Marshall</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/06/harvard-removes-the-human-skin-binding-from-a-book-in-its-collection-since-1934.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/06/harvard-removes-the-human-skin-binding-from-a-book-in-its-collection-since-1934.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2024/06/harvard-removes-the-human-skin-binding-from-a-book-in-its-collection-since-1934.html#comments">4</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1111236" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/the-new-york-public-library-presents-an-archive-of-860000-historical-images.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 860,000 Historical Images: Download Medieval Manuscripts, Japanese Prints, William Blake Illustrations & More"> The New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 860,000 Historical Images: Download Medieval Manuscripts, Japanese Prints, William Blake Illustrations & More </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/archives" rel="category tag">Archives</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/history" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a> </em> | November 28th, 2023 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1111236" class="post-1111236 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archives category-history category-libraries"> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111270 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="760" height="537" loading="lazy" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index.jpeg 760w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index-360x254.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index-240x170.jpeg 240w" data-sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111270" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index.jpeg" alt width="760" height="537" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index.jpeg 760w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index-360x254.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223142/index-240x170.jpeg 240w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px"></noscript></p> <p>Back <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/the-new-york-public-library-lets-you-download-180000-images-in-high-res.html">when we last featured the New York Public Library’s digital collections</a> in 2016, they contained about 160,000 high-resolution images from various historical periods. This seemed like a fairly <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">vast archive</a> at the time, but in the years since, <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">that number has grown to more than 860,000</a>. If it was difficult to know where to begin exploring it seven years ago — when it already contained such digitized treasures as the Depression-era <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/farm-security-administration-photographs#/?tab=navigation">Farm Security Administration photographs</a> taken by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Gordon Parks, Walt Whitman’s <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c6c6e40-8b79-0131-7d81-58d385a7bbd0">handwritten preface to <em>Specimen Days</em></a>, Thomas Jefferson’s<a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/696a4a50-9f6d-0132-c3de-58d385a7bbd0"> list of books for a private library</a>, and <a href="http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/607c2c10-c6b4-012f-8cbf-3c075448cc4b#/?tab=navigation">sixteenth-century illustrations for <em>The Tale of Genji</em></a> — it can hardly be easier now.</p> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111271 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="651" height="760" loading="lazy" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1.jpeg 651w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1-308x360.jpeg 308w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1-206x240.jpeg 206w" data-sizes="(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111271" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1.jpeg" alt width="651" height="760" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1.jpeg 651w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1-308x360.jpeg 308w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223212/index-1-206x240.jpeg 206w" sizes="(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px"></noscript></p> <p>Or rather, it can hardly be easier unless you start with the NYPL digital collections’ <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/lane/public-domain-picks" rel="nofollow">public domain picks</a>, a section of the site that, as of this writing, organizes <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">thousands and thousands of its holdings</a> into thirteen browsable and intriguing categories.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p>These include the <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/farm-security-administration-photographs">FSA photos</a>, but also <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/william-blake-illuminated-books#/?tab=navigation">book illustrations by William Blake</a>, editions of <em><a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-green-book#/?tab=navigation">The Negro Traveler’s Green Book</a></em> (as <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/01/the-negro-travelers-green-book-the-pre-civil-rights-guide-to-traveling-safely-in-the-u-s-1936-66.html">previously featured here on Open Culture</a>), the music and lyrics for <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/american-popular-songs#/?tab=navigation">American popular songs</a>, the <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/walt-whitman-papers-1854-1892#/?tab=navigation">papers of Walt Whitman</a>, and the more than 42,000 <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/robert-n-dennis-collection-of-stereoscopic-views#/?tab=navigation">stereoscopic prints of the Robert N. Dennis collection</a>, which capture an early form of 3D views of a fast-developing (and, often, now-unrecognizable) American continent.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111273 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="760" height="544" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2.jpeg 760w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2-360x258.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2-240x172.jpeg 240w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111273" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2.jpeg" alt width="760" height="544" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2.jpeg 760w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2-360x258.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223243/index-2-240x172.jpeg 240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px"></noscript></p> <p>Enthusiasts of New York City itself will no doubt make straight for sections like <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/changing-new-york#/?tab=navigation">“changing New York,”</a> <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/photographs-of-ellis-island-1902-1913#/?tab=about">“photographs of Ellis Island, 1902–1913,”</a> and <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/album-de-la-construction-de-la-statue-de-la-libert#/?tab=about">“album de la construction de la Statue de la Liberté.”</a> Soon after after its dedication in 1886, the Statue of Liberty came to symbolize not just a city, and not just a country, but the very concept of American civilization and the grand cultural exchange it had already begun to conduct with the rest of the world. 137 years later, you can spend a little time in the <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">NYPL’s digital collections</a> and turn up everything from <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/renaissance-and-medieval-manuscripts-collection#/?tab=navigation">illuminated manuscripts from medieval and Renaissance Europe</a> to <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/japanese-prints">Japanese woodblock prints</a> to <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/indian-coloured-drawings-a-collection-of-177-original-paintings-on-talc-etc#/?tab=navigation&scroll=12" rel="nofollow">color drawings of Indian life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries</a> — and you don’t have to be anywhere near New York to do so. Enter <a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/">the NYPL digital collections here</a>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111274 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1050" height="1600" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-236x360.jpg 236w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-672x1024.jpg 672w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-158x240.jpg 158w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-768x1170.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-1008x1536.jpg 1008w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1111274" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747.jpg" alt width="1050" height="1600" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-236x360.jpg 236w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-672x1024.jpg 672w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-158x240.jpg 158w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-768x1170.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/11/27223346/480747-1008x1536.jpg 1008w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"></noscript></p> <p><strong>Related content:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2014/09/new-york-public-library-archive-of-17000-restaurant-menus.html">Foodie Alert: New York Public Library Presents an Archive of 17,000 Restaurant Menus (1851–2008)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2015/09/100000-wonderful-pieces-of-theater-ephemera-digitized-by-the-new-york-public-library.html">100,000+ Wonderful Pieces of Theater Ephemera Digitized by The New York Public Library</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2018/08/weird-objects-new-york-public-librarys-collections-virginia-woolfs-cane-jack-kerouacs-harmonicas-walt-whitmans-hair.html">The “Weird Objects” in the New York Public Library’s Collections: Virginia Woolf’s Cane, Charles Dickens’ Letter Opener, Walt Whitman’s Hair & More</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2012/04/john_cage_unbound_a_new_digital_archive_presented_by_the_new_york_public_library.html">John Cage Unbound: A New Digital Archive Presented by The New York Public Library</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/immaculately-restored-film-lets-you-revisit-life-in-new-york-city-in-1911.html">Immaculately Restored Film Lets You Revisit Life in New York City in 1911</a></p> <p><em>Based in Seoul, </em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">Colin</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/"> M</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">a</a></em><em><a href="http://blog.colinmarshall.org/">rshall</a> writes and broadcas</em><em>ts on cities, language, and culture. His projects include the Substack newsletter</em> <a href="https://colinmarshall.substack.com/">Books on Cities</a>,<em> the book </em>The Stateless City: a Walk through 21st-Century Los Angeles <em>and the video series </em><a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/thecityincinema" rel="nofollow">The City in Cinema</a><em>. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">@colinm</a></em><em><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">a</a></em><em><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/colinmarshall">rshall</a> or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/colinmarshallessayist">Facebook</a>.</em></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/cjmarshall" title="Posts by Colin Marshall" rel="author">Colin Marshall</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/the-new-york-public-library-presents-an-archive-of-860000-historical-images.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/the-new-york-public-library-presents-an-archive-of-860000-historical-images.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/the-new-york-public-library-presents-an-archive-of-860000-historical-images.html#respond">None</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1110672" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/10/a-free-digital-archive-of-graphic-design.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A Free Digital Archive of Graphic Design: A Curated Collection of Design Treasures from the Internet Archive"> A Free Digital Archive of Graphic Design: A Curated Collection of Design Treasures from the Internet Archive </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/books" rel="category tag">Books</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/design-2" rel="category tag">Design</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a> </em> | October 25th, 2023 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1110672" class="post-1110672 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-design-2 category-libraries"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110728 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1000" height="1403" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01.jpg 1000w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-257x360.jpg 257w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-730x1024.jpg 730w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-171x240.jpg 171w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-768x1078.jpg 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110728" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01.jpg" alt width="1000" height="1403" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01.jpg 1000w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-257x360.jpg 257w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-730x1024.jpg 730w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-171x240.jpg 171w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/24220242/archive-design-01-768x1078.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px"></noscript></p> <p>We’ve got a thing for creative problem solvers here at Open Culture.</p> <p>We also love a good community-spirited project.</p> <p>Graphic designer <a href="https://marier.design/">Valery Marier</a> ticks both boxes with <strong><a href="https://archives.design/">archives.design</a>,</strong> a free graphic design archive that was <a href="https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/design-archives-are-getting-back-to-the-basics/">born of her frustrations with online research</a> at a time when Covid restrictions shuttered libraries and archives.</p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110711 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="438" height="569" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa.png 438w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa-277x360.png 277w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa-185x240.png 185w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110711" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa.png" alt width="438" height="569" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa.png 438w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa-277x360.png 277w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223813/handy-boxes-oa-185x240.png 185w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px"></noscript></p> <p>The non-profit digital library <a href="https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwNI_PM1BgNGB0YPASyMwrSS3KSy1RSCxKzsgsSwUAkLYJyw&q=internet+archive&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS853US857&oq=internet+archive&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqEwgBEC4YgwEYxwEYsQMY0QMYgAQyBwgAEAAYjwIyEwgBEC4YgwEYxwEYsQMY0QMYgAQyBggCEEUYPDIGCAMQRRg8MgYIBBBFGDwyBggFEEUYQTIECAYQBTIGCAcQRRhB0gEINjYyOGowajGoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">Internet Archive</a> is rich in interesting material, but its lack of curation can often leave the user feeling like they’re sorting through the world’s most disorganized junk shop, rooting for hidden treasure.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p>Marier was also discouraged by “a combination of confusing <a href="https://libguides.mit.edu/c.php?g=175963&p=1158594">boolean operator</a>s and an absolute hodgepodge of different <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(metadata)">metadata tags</a> and category names:</p> <p class="p1" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><em>I figured that if I was having these problems, then there were likely other folks who were as well. So I decided to put my design skills to good use and work on a solution. The biggest issues that I felt needed to be solved were the user experience, and the content curation. For the archive’s curation, I opted to curate each item manually. While I could have likely figured out a way to curate these items using an automated script, I feel that there is an inherent value to human curation. When a collection is curated by a computer it can seem confusing and arbitrary. Whereas with human curation there is often a deliberate connection between each object in the collection. For the navigation I wanted to ensure that it was simple enough that anyone could understand it and operate it. So instead of having a ton of complex operators, I instead decided to organize them by their aspect in design.</em><br> </span></p> <p>Graphic design nerds, rejoice!</p> <p>Marier determines which of the finds should make the cut by considering relevance and image quality.</p> <p>A quick peek suggests graphic designers are not the only ones who stand to benefit from <a href="https://archives.design/">this labor of love.</a></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110709 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="452" height="629" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa.png 452w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa-259x360.png 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa-172x240.png 172w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110709" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa.png" alt width="452" height="629" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa.png 452w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa-259x360.png 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223807/panthers-oa-172x240.png 172w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px"></noscript></p> <p>Educators, historians, and activists will be rewarded with <a href="https://archives.design/post/642324379064303617/panthers-guardian-supplement-february">a supplement to the <em>Guardian</em> from February 1970</a>, which provided an overview of the Black Panther Party in their own words. There’s a ton of information and history packed into these 8 pages, from its formation and its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-Point_Program_(Black_Panther_Party)#:~:text=6%20External%20links-,Description,and%20the%20Declaration%20of%20Independence.%22">10-point program</a>, to an interview with then-incarcerated party chairman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Seale">Bobby Seale</a>.<span class="s3"><br> </span></p> <p class="p3"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110713 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="487" height="628" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa.png 487w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa-279x360.png 279w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa-186x240.png 186w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110713" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa.png" alt width="487" height="628" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa.png 487w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa-279x360.png 279w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223819/ergonomics-oa-186x240.png 186w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px"></noscript></p> <p><em><a href="https://archive.org/details/ibm_ergonomics_handbook/mode/1up">The IBM Ergonomics Handbook</a></em> from 1989 addresses <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/04/ergonomics-experts-explain-how-to-set-up-your-desk.html">an evergreen topic</a>. Office managers, physical therapists, and digital nomads should take note. Its recommendations on configuring the work space for maximum efficiency, productivity and employee comfort are solid. It’s not this handsome little yellow and blue employee manual’s fault that references to now-obsolete technology render it a bit quaint:</p> <p class="p4" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><i>Think of two fairly recent innovations in our lives — the push button telephone and the pocket calculator. Both have a standard key set layout, but not the same layout.</i><br> </span></p> <p class="p3"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110704 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="478" height="616" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa.png 478w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa-279x360.png 279w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa-186x240.png 186w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110704" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa.png" alt width="478" height="616" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa.png 478w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa-279x360.png 279w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223753/telephone-oa-186x240.png 186w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110701 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="467" height="616" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa.png 467w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa-273x360.png 273w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa-182x240.png 182w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110701" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa.png" alt width="467" height="616" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa.png 467w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa-273x360.png 273w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223740/bone-structures-of-the-hand-oa-182x240.png 182w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110710 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="463" height="617" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa.png 463w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa-270x360.png 270w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa-180x240.png 180w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110710" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa.png" alt width="463" height="617" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa.png 463w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa-270x360.png 270w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223809/ifting-and-stretching-oa-180x240.png 180w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px"></noscript></p> <p>Marier elected to let each pick be represented by its covers, figuring “what better way to browse designed objects than by how they look.”</p> <p>We agree, though we’re worried about where this might leave 1924’s <em><a href="https://archives.design/post/641967175357333504/posters-their-designers">Posters & Their Designers</a></em>. How can its staid blue cover compete against its sexy neighbors in the posters category?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110708 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="443" height="583" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa.png 443w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa-274x360.png 274w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa-182x240.png 182w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110708" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa.png" alt width="443" height="583" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa.png 443w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa-274x360.png 274w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223805/palm-springs-oa-182x240.png 182w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px"></noscript></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110712 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="439" height="680" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa.png 439w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa-232x360.png 232w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa-155x240.png 155w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110712" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa.png" alt width="439" height="680" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa.png 439w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa-232x360.png 232w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223816/Hawaii.-oa-155x240.png 155w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110703 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="452" height="644" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa.png 452w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa-253x360.png 253w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa-168x240.png 168w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110703" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa.png" alt width="452" height="644" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa.png 452w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa-253x360.png 253w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223749/posters-cover-oa-168x240.png 168w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px"></noscript></p> <p>Small business owners, set dressers and public domain fans should give <em><a href="https://archives.design/post/641967175357333504/posters-their-designers">Posters & Their Designers</a></em> a chance. Behind that discreet blue cover are a wide assortment of stunning early 20th century posters, including some full color reproductions.</p> <p>While not specifically typography related, Marier wisely gives this resource a <a href="https://archives.design/tagged/typography">typography</a> tag. Hand lettering loyalists and font fanatics will find much to admire.</p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110707 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="457" height="691" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa.png 457w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa-238x360.png 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa-159x240.png 159w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110707" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa.png" alt width="457" height="691" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa.png 457w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa-238x360.png 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223801/POster-1-oa-159x240.png 159w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px"></noscript></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110706 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="511" height="711" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa.png 511w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa-259x360.png 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa-172x240.png 172w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110706" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa.png" alt width="511" height="711" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa.png 511w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa-259x360.png 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223759/POster-2-oa-172x240.png 172w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px"></noscript></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110705 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="459" height="697" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa.png 459w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa-237x360.png 237w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa-158x240.png 158w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110705" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa.png" alt width="459" height="697" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa.png 459w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa-237x360.png 237w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223756/POster-3-oa-158x240.png 158w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px"></noscript></p> <p>We hope to pique your interest with a few more of our favorite covers, below. Begin <a href="https://archives.design/">your explorations of <strong>archives.design</strong></a> <a href="https://archives.design/">here</a>.</p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110702 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="437" height="617" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa.png 437w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa-255x360.png 255w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa-170x240.png 170w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110702" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa.png" alt width="437" height="617" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa.png 437w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa-255x360.png 255w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223744/trademarks-oa-170x240.png 170w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px"></noscript></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110714 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="438" height="650" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa.png 438w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa-243x360.png 243w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa-162x240.png 162w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1110714" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa.png" alt width="438" height="650" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa.png 438w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa-243x360.png 243w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2023/10/23223823/culprits-oa-162x240.png 162w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px"></noscript></p> <p><a href="https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/design-archives-are-getting-back-to-the-basics/">via Eye on Design</a>/<a href="https://kottke.org/23/07/graphic-design-internet-archive">Kottke</a></p> <p><strong>Related Content </strong></p> <p><a title="Permanent Link to The Letterform Archive Launches a New Online Archive of Graphic Design, Featuring 9,000 Hi-Fi Images" href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/04/the-letterform-archive-launches-a-new-online-archive-of-graphic-design.html" rel="bookmark">The Letterform Archive Launches a New Online Archive of Graphic Design, Featuring 9,000 Hi-Fi Images</a></p> <p><a title="Permanent Link to Download 2,000 Magnificent Turn-of-the-Century Art Posters, Courtesy of the New York Public Library" href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/02/download-2000-magnificent-turn-of-the-century-art-posters.html" rel="bookmark">Download 2,000 Magnificent Turn-of-the-Century Art Posters, Courtesy of the New York Public Library</a></p> <p><a title="Permanent Link to 40 Years of Saul Bass’ Groundbreaking Title Sequences in One Compilation" href="https://www.openculture.com/2015/02/40-years-of-saul-bass-groundbreaking-title-sequences-in-one-compilation.html" rel="bookmark">40 Years of Saul Bass’ Groundbreaking Title Sequences in One Compilation</a></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>– </i><a href="http://ayunhalliday.com/"><span class="s2"><i>Ayun Halliday</i></span></a><i> is the Chief Primatologist of </i><a href="http://ayunhalliday.com/the-east-village-inky/" rel="nofollow"><span class="s2"><i>the East Village Inky</i></span></a><i> zine and author, most recently, of </i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Not-Famous-Potato-Manifesto/dp/1648410596/"><span class="s2"><i>Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto</i></span></a><i> and </i><a href="https://ayunhalliday.com/small-potato-manifesto/creative-not-famous-activity-book/" rel="nofollow"><span class="s2"><i>Creative, Not Famous Activity Book</i></span></a><i>. Follow her </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayun_halliday/"><span class="s2"><i>@AyunHalliday</i></span></a><i>.</i></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"> </span></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/ayunh" title="Posts by Ayun Halliday" rel="author">Ayun Halliday</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/10/a-free-digital-archive-of-graphic-design.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/10/a-free-digital-archive-of-graphic-design.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/10/a-free-digital-archive-of-graphic-design.html#comments">1</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1107911" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/watch-joni-mitchell-perform-george-gershwins-summertime.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Watch Joni Mitchell Perform George Gershwin’s “Summertime”"> Watch Joni Mitchell Perform George Gershwin’s “Summertime” </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/music" rel="category tag">Music</a> </em> | April 7th, 2023 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1107911" class="post-1107911 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-libraries category-music"> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PNwjFU2yEBM?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p><em>“I’ve been a painter all my life. I’ve been a musician most of my life. If you can paint with a brush, you can paint with words.” — Joni Mitchell</em></p> <p>There’s been a lot of love for <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/01/joni-mitchells-catalog-of-albums-now-on-youtube-stream-them-online.html">Joni Mitchell</a> circulating of late, the sort of heartfelt outpouring that typically accompanies news of an artist’s death.</p> <p>Fortunately, the beloved singer-songwriter has shown herself to be very much alive, despite a <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/07/how-joni-mitchell-relearned-to-play-guitar-after-a-2015-brain-aneurysm.html">2015 brain aneurysm</a> that initially left her unable to speak, walk, or play music.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p>As she quipped in a recent interview with <a href="https://www.loc.gov/about/about-the-librarian/#:~:text=Carla%20Hayden%20was%20sworn%20in,U.S.%20Senate%20on%20July%2013.">Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden</a>, “I’m hard to discourage and hard to kill.”</p> <p>How wonderful, then to be so fully alive as a windfall of testimonials roll in, describing the personal significance of her work, from the famous friends feting her last month with a concert of her own compositions as she was awarded the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/events/gershwin-prize/about-this-event/">Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song</a> to ordinary citizens with fond memories of singing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4ESsDq6wc&ab_channel=sonicboy19">“The Circle Game</a>” at camp.</p> <p class="p1">Mitchell says that song, which you can hear her singing above, along with last month’s all-star line up, “kind of became like Old MacDonald Had a Farm” owing to its campfire popularity, though she resisted Hayden’s invitation to explain its timeless appeal:<span class="s3"><br> </span></p> <p class="p1" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><i>I don’t know. Why was Old MacDonald Had a Farm so timeless?</i></span></p> <p>This 79-year-old legend’s growing tendency to goof her way through interviews is endearing, but the Gershwin Prize is serious business, intended to “celebrate the work of an artist whose career reflects the influence, impact and achievement in promoting song as a vehicle of musical expression and cultural understanding.”</p> <p>Performer <a href="https://cyndilauper.com/home/">Cyndi Lauper</a> reflected that Mitchell’s influence is not confined to the realm of music:</p> <p class="p1" style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><span class="s1">When I was growing up the landscape of music was mostly men. There were a few women — far and few from me — and Joni Mitchell was the first artist who really spoke about what it was like to be a woman navigating in a male world … You taught me that I could be a multimedia artist if I wanted, because you painted and you wrote and you played and that’s what I wanted and I thought, “Well, if you could do it, maybe I can do it too.”</span></em></p> <p>Mitchell trained as a commercial artist. Her paintings and self-portraits are featured on the covers of <a href="https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/joni-mitchell-paintings-self-portraits-album-covers/">seventeen albums</a>. When Hayden asked whether she primarily conceives of herself as a musician or  artist, Mitchell went with artist, “because it’s more general.”</p> <p class="p1" style="padding-left: 40px;"><em><span class="s1">I think that, you know, my songs are kind of, they’re not folk music, they’re not chat. They’re kind of art songs and they embody classical things and jazzy things and folky things, you know, long line poetry. So yeah, I forged my identity very early as an artist. I’ve always thought of myself as an artist, but not specifically as a musician. You know, in some ways I’m just not a normal musician because I play in open tunings. I never learned the neck of my guitar well enough to jam with other people. I can jam if I lead, but I can’t really follow.</span></em></p> <p>She believes her painting practice enriches her songwriting, much as crop rotation helps a field to remain fertile.</p> <p>Not every artist switches lanes so effortlessly.</p> <p>When <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/life-lessons-from-joni-mitchell">Georgia O’Keeffe</a> — who once told ARTnews she’d choose to be reincarnated as a “blond soprano who could sing high, clear notes without fear” — confided that she would have liked to be a musician as well as an artist, “but you can’t do both”, Mitchell claims to have responded, “Yeah, you can. You just have to give up TV.”</p> <p>Songwriters George and Ira Gershwin, namesakes of the Prize for Popular Song, were closer to Mitchell in terms of creative omnivorousness. Their self-portraits hang in the <a href="https://www.si.edu/object/george-gershwin-self-portrait:npg_NPG.66.48">National Portrait Gallery</a> and the Library of Congress’ <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/03/24/lasting-notes-on-the-gershwins/94bc5252-9772-4bbf-93a2-ff631bcb6f06/">Gershwin room</a>.</p> <p>Mitchell was thrilled when Library staff presented her with a copy of the handwritten original score for her favorite George Gershwin tune, “Summertime,” which she recorded for Herbie Hancock’s 1998 album, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gershwins-World-Herbie-Hancock/dp/B00000DBYQ">Gershwin’s World</a></em>, seven years after an <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/life-lessons-from-joni-mitchell"><em>Interview</em> magazine piece</a> in which she referred to her voice as “middle-aged now…like an old cello.”</p> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Cp37NgqlhQ0?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p>Twenty-five years later, singing “Summertime” at the end of the concert in her honor, that cello’s tones are seasoned…and even more mellow.</p> <p class="p1" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><i>I love the melody of (Summertime) and I like the simplicity of it. And I don’t know, I just I really get a kick out of singing it.</i></span></p> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qGxpkbDJ-qs?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p>Stream Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize, an all-star concert featuring Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, James Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, and other luminaries, including the Lady of the Canyon herself, for free <a href="https://www.thirteen.org/programs/gershwin-prize-2/joni-mitchell-library-congress-gershwin-prize/" rel="nofollow">on PBS through April 28</a>.</p> <div class="pbs-viral-player-wrapper" style="position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);"><iframe style="position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;" src="https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3078887698/" loading="lazy"></iframe></div> <p class="p4"><span class="s6"><i>– </i><a href="http://ayunhalliday.com/"><span class="s5"><i>Ayun Halliday</i></span></a><i> is the Chief Primatologist of </i><a href="http://ayunhalliday.com/the-east-village-inky/" rel="nofollow"><span class="s5"><i>the East Village Inky</i></span></a><i> zine and author, most recently, of </i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Not-Famous-Potato-Manifesto/dp/1648410596/"><span class="s5"><i>Creative, Not Famous: The Small Potato Manifesto</i></span></a><i> and </i><a href="https://ayunhalliday.com/small-potato-manifesto/creative-not-famous-activity-book/" rel="nofollow"><span class="s5"><i>Creative, Not Famous Activity Book</i></span></a><i>. Follow her </i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayun_halliday/"><span class="s5"><i>@AyunHalliday</i></span></a><i>.</i></span></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/ayunh" title="Posts by Ayun Halliday" rel="author">Ayun Halliday</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/watch-joni-mitchell-perform-george-gershwins-summertime.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/watch-joni-mitchell-perform-george-gershwins-summertime.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2023/04/watch-joni-mitchell-perform-george-gershwins-summertime.html#comments">4</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1103481" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/08/the-oakland-public-library-puts-online-a-collection-of-items-forgotten-in-library-books.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Oakland Public Library Puts Online a Collection of Items Forgotten in Library Books: Love Notes, Doodles & More"> The Oakland Public Library Puts Online a Collection of Items Forgotten in Library Books: Love Notes, Doodles & More </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/archives" rel="category tag">Archives</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/books" rel="category tag">Books</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/photography-2" rel="category tag">Photography</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/writing" rel="category tag">Writing</a> </em> | August 15th, 2022 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1103481" class="post-1103481 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-archives category-books category-libraries category-photography-2 category-writing"> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103500 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="638" height="771" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read.png 638w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read-298x360.png 298w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read-199x240.png 199w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103500" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read.png" alt width="638" height="771" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read.png 638w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read-298x360.png 298w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193954/Books-to-Read-199x240.png 199w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px"></noscript></p> <p>Librarians are champions of organization, and among its best practitioners.</p> <p>Books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal system.</p> <p>Categories are assigned using <a href="https://www.loc.gov/aba/about/catfaqold.html#faq21">Library of Congress Rule Interpretations, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and Library of Congress Classification.</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dearanxiety/">Sharon McKellar,</a> the Teen Services Department Head at the Oakland Public Library, <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/found-in-a-library-book/">collects ephemera she and other staffers find in books returned to the OPL’s 18 locations</a>.</p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103498 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="720" height="732" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot.png 720w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot-354x360.png 354w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot-236x240.png 236w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103498" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot.png" alt width="720" height="732" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot.png 720w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot-354x360.png 354w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193946/Family-Snapshot-236x240.png 236w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103501 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="803" height="641" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification.png 803w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-360x287.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-240x192.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-768x613.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103501" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification.png" alt width="803" height="641" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification.png 803w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-360x287.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-240x192.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193957/Detoxification-768x613.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103490 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1040" height="613" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy.png 1040w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-360x212.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-1024x604.png 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-240x141.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-768x453.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103490" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy.png" alt width="1040" height="613" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy.png 1040w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-360x212.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-1024x604.png 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-240x141.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193915/Gay-Guy-768x453.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px"></noscript></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">It’s an impulse many share.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p> <p>Eventually, she began scanning them to share <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/found-in-a-library-book/">on her employer’s website</a>, inspired by <em><a href="https://foundmagazine.com/">Found Magazine</a></em>, a crowdsourced collection of found letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, handwritten poems, doodles, dirty pictures, etc.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p class="p1">As <em>Found’</em>s creators, <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Davy-Rothbart/20374114">Davy Rothbart</a> and <a href="https://www.avclub.com/found-magazine-s-jason-bitner-on-his-new-film-la-porte-1798221954" rel="nofollow">Jason Bitner,</a> write on the magazine’s website:<span class="s1"><br> </span></p> <p class="p3" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><i>We certainly didn’t invent the idea of found stuff being cool. Every time we visit our friends in other towns, someone’s always got some kind of unbelievable discovered note or photo on their fridge. We decided to make a bunch of projects so that everyone can check out all the strange, hilarious and heartbreaking things people have picked up and passed our way.</i></span></p> <p>McKellar told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/02/1114851706/library-notes-books-collection">NPR</a> that her project “lets us be a little bit nosy. In a very anonymous way, it’s like reading people’s secret diaries a little bit but without knowing who they are.”</p> <p>The finds, which she stores in a box under her desk prior to scanning and posting, are pushing 600, with more arriving all the time.</p> <p>Searchable categories include <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/notes/">notes</a>, <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/creative-writing/">creative writing</a>, <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/art/">art</a>, and <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/photos/">photos</a>.</p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103489 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="971" height="501" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men.png 971w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-360x186.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-240x124.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-768x396.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103489" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men.png" alt width="971" height="501" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men.png 971w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-360x186.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-240x124.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193910/Mr.-Men-768x396.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px"></noscript></p> <p class="p4">One artifact, the scatological one-of-a-kind zine <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content/mr-men-48/"><em>Mr Men #48</em></a>, excerpted above, spans four categories, including <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/kids/">kids</a>, a highly fertile source of both humor and heartbreak.<span class="s1"><br> </span></p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103493 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="939" height="597" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret.png 939w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-360x229.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-240x153.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-768x488.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103493" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret.png" alt width="939" height="597" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret.png 939w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-360x229.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-240x153.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193926/Secret-768x488.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px"></noscript></p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103495 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1005" height="726" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne.png 1005w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-360x260.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-240x173.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-768x555.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103495" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne.png" alt width="1005" height="726" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne.png 1005w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-360x260.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-240x173.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193935/Cheyenne-768x555.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px"></noscript></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103494 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="538" height="692" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ.png 538w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ-280x360.png 280w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ-187x240.png 187w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103494" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ.png" alt width="538" height="692" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ.png 538w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ-280x360.png 280w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193932/Dad-and-CJ-187x240.png 187w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px"></noscript></p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103499 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="796" height="629" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot.png 796w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-360x284.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-240x190.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-768x607.png 768w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103499" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot.png" alt width="796" height="629" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot.png 796w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-360x284.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-240x190.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193950/Hot-768x607.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px"></noscript></p> <p>There’s a distinctly different vibe to the items that children forge for themselves or each other, as opposed to work created for school, or as presents for the adults in their lives.</p> <p>McKellar admits to having a sweet spot for their inadvertent contributions, which comprise the bulk of the collection.</p> <p>She also catalogues the throwaway flyers, ticket stubs and lists that adult readers use to mark their place in a book, but when it comes to placeholders with more obvious potential for sentimental value, she finds herself wondering if a library <a href="http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/03/customers-or-patrons-how-you-look-at-your-librarys-users-affects-customer-service/">patron</a> has accidentally lost track of a precious object:</p> <p class="p6" style="padding-left: 40px;"><span class="s1"><i>Does the person miss that item? Do they regret having lost it or were they careless with it because they actually didn’t share those deep and profound feelings with the person who wrote [it]?</i></span></p> <p>Actual <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/content-category/bookmarks/">bookmarks</a> are not exempt…</p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103491 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="349" height="784" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia.png 349w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia-160x360.png 160w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia-107x240.png 107w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103491" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia.png" alt width="349" height="784" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia.png 349w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia-160x360.png 160w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193921/Patricia-107x240.png 107w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px"></noscript></p> <p class="p4"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103492 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="598" height="741" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary.png 598w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary-291x360.png 291w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary-194x240.png 194w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103492" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary.png" alt width="598" height="741" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary.png 598w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary-291x360.png 291w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/08/14193924/See-you-next-time-diary-194x240.png 194w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px"></noscript></p> <p>Future plans include a possible writing contest for short stories inspired by items in <a href="https://oaklandlibrary.org/found-in-a-library-book/">the collection</a>.</p> <p class="p8"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1103497 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="639" 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class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1099563" class="post-1099563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-art category-books category-history category-internet-archive category-libraries"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099569 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1800" height="1012" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1.jpeg 1800w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-360x202.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099569" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1.jpeg" alt width="1800" height="1012" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1.jpeg 1800w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-360x202.jpeg 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-240x135.jpeg 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135002/alchemy1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px"></noscript></p> <p>I once had to tell a ten-year-old that the <em>Harry Potter</em> book series was not a historical literary classic but a recent publishing phenomenon that occurred in my lifetime. She was amazed, but she wasn’t silly for thinking that the books might date from a faraway past. They do, after all, make frequent reference to figures from centuries when alchemy flourished in Europe, and magicians like <a href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-350/20160831170116/https:/www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/mandrakes/flamel.html">Paracelsus and Nicholas Flamel</a> (both of whom appear in <em>Potter</em> books and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Alchemyst-Secrets-Immortal-Nicholas-Flamel/dp/0385736002">spin-offs</a>) plied their solitary craft, such as it was. Should we call it magic, early science, occult religion, outsider art, or some admixture of the above?</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099570 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="761" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3-284x360.jpeg 284w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3-189x240.jpeg 189w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099570" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3.jpeg" alt width="600" height="761" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3-284x360.jpeg 284w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135036/alchemy3-189x240.jpeg 189w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript></p> <p>We can call it “black magic,” but the term was not, as the Christians thought, a reference to the devil, but to the soil of the Nile. “Derived from the Arabic root ‘kimia,’” writes the <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-surreal-art-of-alchemical-diagrams">Public Domain Review</a>, “from the Coptic ‘khem’ (referring to the fertile black soil of the Nile delta), the word ‘alchemy’ alludes to the dark mystery of the primordial or First Matter (the Khem).”</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p>Finding this first substance constitutes “the alchemist’s central goal – along with the discovery of the Stone of Knowledge (The Philosopher’s Stone) and the key to Eternal Youth.”</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099571 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="835" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4-259x360.jpeg 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4-172x240.jpeg 172w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099571" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4.jpeg" alt width="600" height="835" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4-259x360.jpeg 259w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135056/alchemy4-172x240.jpeg 172w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript></p> <p>In the description above, we can see the roots of Rowling’s fictions and the origins of many a world-shaping modern myth. Alchemists study and change matter to produce certain effects – just as early scientists did – and it may surprise us to learn just how fervently some well-known early scientists, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/isaac-newtons-recipe-for-the-mythical-philosophers-stone-is-being-digitized.html">most especially Isaac Newton</a>, pursued the alchemical course. But the essence of alchemy was imagination, and the artists who depicted alchemical rituals, magical creatures, mystical symbols, etc. had no shortage of it, as we see in the images here, drawn from <a href="http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/">Wellcome Images</a> and the <a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Hall%2C+Manly+P.+%28Manly+Palmer%29%2C+1901-1990%22">Manley Palmer Hall collection at the Internet Archive</a>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099572 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="906" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5-238x360.jpeg 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5-159x240.jpeg 159w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099572" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5.jpeg" alt width="600" height="906" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5-238x360.jpeg 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135058/alchemy5-159x240.jpeg 159w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript></p> <p>The images are strange, surreal, cryptic, and seem to reference no known reality. They are the inspiration for centuries of occult art and esoteric literature. But each one also had practical intent — to illustrate mysterious, often secretive processes for discovering the foundations of the universe, and profiting from them. If these techniques look nothing like our modern methods for doing the same, that’s for good reason, but it doesn’t mean that alchemy has nothing to do with science. It is, rather, science’s weird distant ancestor. See more alchemical images at the <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-surreal-art-of-alchemical-diagrams">Public Domain Review</a>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099573 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="906" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6-238x360.jpeg 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6-159x240.jpeg 159w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099573" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6.jpeg" alt width="600" height="906" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6-238x360.jpeg 238w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135100/alchemy6-159x240.jpeg 159w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099574 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="664" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7-325x360.jpeg 325w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7-217x240.jpeg 217w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099574" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7.jpeg" alt width="600" height="664" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7-325x360.jpeg 325w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135102/alchemy7-217x240.jpeg 217w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099575 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="771" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8-280x360.jpeg 280w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8-187x240.jpeg 187w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099575" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8.jpeg" alt width="600" height="771" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8-280x360.jpeg 280w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135104/alchemy8-187x240.jpeg 187w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099576 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="600" height="879" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9.jpeg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9-246x360.jpeg 246w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9-164x240.jpeg 164w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1099576" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9.jpeg" alt width="600" height="879" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9.jpeg 600w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9-246x360.jpeg 246w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2022/03/24135106/alchemy9-164x240.jpeg 164w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px"></noscript></p> <p>via <a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-surreal-art-of-alchemical-diagrams">Public Domain Review</a></p> <p><strong>Related Content:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2018/02/how-the-brilliant-colors-of-medieval-illuminated-manuscripts-were-made-with-alchemy.html">How the Brilliant Colors of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Were Made with Alchemy</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/videos-recreate-isaac-newtons-controversial-alchemy-experiments.html">Videos Recreate Isaac Newton’s Neat Alchemy Experiments: Watch Silver Get Turned Into Gold</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/isaac-newtons-recipe-for-the-mythical-philosophers-stone-is-being-digitized.html">Isaac Newton’s Recipe for the Mythical ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ Is Being Digitized & Put Online (Along with His Other Alchemy Manuscripts)</a></p> <p><a href="http://about.me/jonesjoshua"><em>Josh Jones</em></a><em> is a writer and musician based in Durham, NC. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/jdmagness">@jdmagness</a></em></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/jdavidjones" title="Posts by Josh Jones" rel="author">Josh Jones</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-gallery-of-fantastical-alchemical-drawings.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-gallery-of-fantastical-alchemical-drawings.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-gallery-of-fantastical-alchemical-drawings.html#comments">2</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1096480" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/browse-a-huge-collection-of-prison-newspapers-1800-2020.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Browse a Huge Collection of Prison Newspapers: 1800–2020"> Browse a Huge Collection of Prison Newspapers: 1800–2020 </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/history" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a> </em> | December 1st, 2021 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1096480" class="post-1096480 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-history category-libraries"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1096534 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1200" height="1586" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite.png 1200w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-272x360.png 272w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-775x1024.png 775w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-182x240.png 182w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-768x1015.png 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-1162x1536.png 1162w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-300x397.png 300w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1096534" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite.png" alt width="1200" height="1586" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite.png 1200w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-272x360.png 272w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-775x1024.png 775w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-182x240.png 182w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-768x1015.png 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-1162x1536.png 1162w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/30232212/angolite-300x397.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"></noscript></p> <blockquote><p><em>“By the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, the gloomy festival of punishment was dying out… Punishment, then, will tend to become the most hidden part of the penal process.” — Michel Foucault</em></p></blockquote> <p>The study of crime in the late 1800s began with racist pseudoscience like craniometry and phrenology, both of which have made a <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2019/10/disturbing-junk-science-craniometry-enjoying-resurgence">disturbing comeback in recent years</a>. In his 1876 book, <em>Criminal Man</em>, the <a href="https://www.history.com/news/born-criminal-theory-criminology">“father of criminology,” Cesare Lombrosco</a>, defined “the criminal” as “an atavistic being who reproduces in his person the ferocious instincts of primitive humanity and the inferior of animals.” Lombrosco believed that certain cranial and facial features correspond to a “love of orgies and the irresistible craving for evil for its own sake, the desire not only to extinguish life in the victim, but to mutilate the corpse, tear its flesh, and drink its blood.” That such descriptions preceded Bram Stoker’s <em>Dracula</em> by several years may be no coincidence at all.</p> <p>No such thing as a natural criminal type exists, but this has not stopped 19th century prejudices from embedding themselves in law enforcement, the prison system and the culture at large in the United States. Outside of the most sensationalist cases, however, we rarely hear from incarcerated people themselves, though they’ve had plenty say about their humanity in print since the turn of the 19th century, when the first prison newspaper, <em>Forlorn Hope</em>, was published in New York City on March 24, 1800.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p>“In the intervening 200 years,” <a href="https://about.jstor.org/revealdigital/american-prison-newspapers/">notes JSTOR</a>, “over 500 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons.” A new collection, <em><a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/" rel="nofollow">American Prison Newspapers: 1800–2020 — Voices from the Inside</a></em>, “will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women-only institutions.”</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096492 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1050" height="1372" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-276x360.jpg 276w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-784x1024.jpg 784w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-184x240.jpg 184w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-768x1004.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-300x392.jpg 300w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096492" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9.jpg" alt width="1050" height="1372" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-276x360.jpg 276w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-784x1024.jpg 784w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-184x240.jpg 184w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-768x1004.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29205424/prison-pubs9-300x392.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"></noscript></p> <p>The U.S. incarcerates “over 2 million as of 2019” — and has produced some of the world’s most moving jail and prison literature, from <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2017/01/henry-david-thoreau-on-when-civil-disobedience-against-bad-governments-is-justified.html">Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”</a> to <a href="https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html">Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.”</a> The <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/" rel="nofollow">newspapers in this collection</a> do not often feature a similar level of literary bravura, but many show a high degree of professionalism and artistic quality. “Next to the faded, home-spun pages of <em>The Hour Glass</em>, published at the Farm for Women in Connecticut in the 1930s,” <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/introducing-the-american-prison-newspapers-collection/">writes JSTOR Daily’s Kate McQueen</a>, “readers will find polished staples of the 1970s like newspaper <em>The Kentucky Inter-Prison Press</em> and Arizona State Prison’s magazine <em>La Roca</em>.”</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096493 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1050" height="1249" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-303x360.jpg 303w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-861x1024.jpg 861w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-202x240.jpg 202w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-768x914.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-300x357.jpg 300w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096493" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7.jpg" alt width="1050" height="1249" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-303x360.jpg 303w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-861x1024.jpg 861w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-202x240.jpg 202w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-768x914.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210027/prison-pubs7-300x357.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"></noscript></p> <p>Many, if not most, of <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/" rel="nofollow">these publications</a> were published with official sanction, and these “cover similar ground. They report on prison programing, profile locals of interest, and offer commentary on topics like parole and education” under the watchful gaze of the warden, whose photograph might appear on the masthead. “Incarcerated journalists walk a tightrope between oversight by administrations — even censorship — and seeking to report accurately on their experiences inside,” <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/" rel="nofollow">the collection</a> points out. Prison newspapers gave inmates opportunities to share creative work and hone newly acquired literacy, literary, and legal skills. Those periodicals that circulated underground without the authorities’ permission had no need to equivocate about their politics. Washington State Penitentiary’s <em>Anarchist Black Dragon</em>, for example, took a fiercely radical stance on every page. Nowhere on the masthead will one find the names of correctional officers, or even a list of editors and contributors, or even a masthead.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096494 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1388" height="878" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5.png" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5.png 1388w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-360x228.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-1024x648.png 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-240x152.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-768x486.png 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-300x190.png 300w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1388px) 100vw, 1388px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096494" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5.png" alt width="1388" height="878" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5.png 1388w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-360x228.png 360w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-1024x648.png 1024w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-240x152.png 240w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-768x486.png 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210050/prison-pubs5-300x190.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1388px) 100vw, 1388px"></noscript></p> <p>Whether official, unofficial, or occupying a grey area, prison periodicals all hoped in some degree to “poke holes in the wall,” as Tom Runyon, editor of Iowa State Penitentiary’s <em>Presidio</em> wrote — reaching audiences outside the prison to refute criminological thinking. Arizona State Prison’s <em>The Desert Press</em>, led its January 1934 issue with the pressing headline “Are Convicts People?” (likely after <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11689/11689-h/11689-h.htm">Alice Duer Miller’s satirical 1904 “book of rhymes for suffrage times,” <em>Are Women People?</em></a>)  Lawrence Snow, editor of Kentucky State Penitentiary’s <em>Castle on the Cumberland</em>, picked up the question with more formality in a 1964 column, asking, “How shall [a prison publication] go about its principal job of convincing the casual reader that convicts, although they have divorced themselves temporarily from society, still belong to the human race?” Given that the United States imprisons more people than any other nation in the world, the question seems more pertinent — urgent even — than ever before. Enter the <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/" rel="nofollow">American Prison Newspapers collection here</a>.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096495 native-lazyload-js-fallback" src="https://www.openculture.com/wp-content/plugins/native-lazyload/assets/images/placeholder.svg" alt width="1050" height="1365" data-src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-277x360.jpg 277w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-788x1024.jpg 788w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-185x240.jpg 185w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-768x998.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-300x390.jpg 300w" data-sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"><noscript><img loading="lazy" loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1096495" src="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8.jpg" alt width="1050" height="1365" srcset="https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8.jpg 1050w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-277x360.jpg 277w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-788x1024.jpg 788w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-185x240.jpg 185w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-768x998.jpg 768w, https://cdn8.openculture.com/2021/11/29210120/prison-pubs8-300x390.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px"></noscript></p> <p>via <a href="https://kottke.org/21/11/an-online-collection-of-american-prison-newspapers-1800-2020">Kottke</a></p> <p><strong>Related Content: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2017/08/on-the-power-of-teaching-philosophy-in-prisons.html">On the Power of Teaching Philosophy in Prisons</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2019/11/prisons-around-the-u-s-are-banning-and-restricting-access-to-books.html">Prisons Around the U.S. Are Banning and Restricting Access to Books</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2020/02/bertrand-russells-prison-letters-are-now-digitized-put-online-1918-1961.html">Bertrand Russell’s Prison Letters Are Now Digitized & Put Online (1918 – 1961)</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/patti-smith-reads-from-oscar-wildes-de-profundis.html">Patti Smith Reads from Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis, the Love Letter He Wrote From Prison (1897)</a></p> <p><a href="http://about.me/jonesjoshua"><em>Josh Jones</em></a><em> is a writer and musician based in Durham, NC. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/jdmagness">@jdmagness</a></em></p> <div class="alignleft"> <p class="author"> by <a href="https://www.openculture.com/author/jdavidjones" title="Posts by Josh Jones" rel="author">Josh Jones</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/browse-a-huge-collection-of-prison-newspapers-1800-2020.html" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/browse-a-huge-collection-of-prison-newspapers-1800-2020.html#respond" title="Make a comment">Make a Comment</a> ( <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/12/browse-a-huge-collection-of-prison-newspapers-1800-2020.html#respond">None</a> ) | </p>   </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="recent_post"> <h1 id="post-1088756" ><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/04/harvards-digital-giza-project.html" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Harvard’s Digital Giza Project Lets You Access the Largest Online Archive on the Egyptian Pyramids (Including a 3D Giza Tour)"> Harvard’s Digital Giza Project Lets You Access the Largest Online Archive on the Egyptian Pyramids (Including a 3D Giza Tour) </a></h1> <p class="byline">in <em class="postcategory"> <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/harvard" rel="category tag">Harvard</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/history" rel="category tag">History</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/k-12" rel="category tag">K-12</a>, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/category/libraries" rel="category tag">Libraries</a> </em> | April 13th, 2021 </p> <div id="framearound_ad_in_post" style="margin: 8px 0px 8px 0px;"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display: block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-1184791463292965" data-ad-slot="4261585863" data-ad-format="link"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <div class="recent_post_text"> <div id="post-1088756" class="post-1088756 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-harvard category-history category-k-12 category-libraries"> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/37cvK-d8iog?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p>Nothing excites the imagination of young history-and-science-minded kids like the Egyptian pyramids, which is maybe why so many people grow up into amateur Egyptologists with <em>very</em> strong opinions about the pyramids. For such people, access to the highest quality information seems critical for their online debates. For professional academics and serious students of ancient Egypt such access is critical to doing their work properly. All lovers and students of ancient Egypt will find what they need, freely available, at <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">Harvard University’s Digital Giza Project</a>.</p> <p>“Children and specialized scholars alike may study the material culture of this ancient civilization from afar,” Harvard’s <a href="https://metalabharvard.github.io/projects/digitalgiza/">Metalab</a> writes, “often with greater access than could be achieved in person.” <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">The project</a> opened at Harvard in 2011 after spending its first eleven years at the <a href="https://www.mfa.org/">Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</a> with the goal of “digitizing and posting for free online all of the archaeological documentation from the Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition to Giza, Egypt (about 1904–1947),” notes the <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/about/">about page</a>.</p> <div class="oc-center-da"> <div data-fuse="22871471544"></div> </div> <p><a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">The Digital Giza Project</a> was born from a need to centralize research and artifacts that have been scattered all over the globe. “Documents and images are held in faraway archives,” the <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/05/harvards-digital-giza-project-allows-scholars-to-explore-egypt-without-leaving-the-country/"><em>Harvard Gazette</em></a> points out, “artifacts and other relics of ancient Egypt have been dispersed, stolen, or destroyed, and tombs and monuments have been dismantled, weather-worn, or locked away behind passages filled in when an excavation closes.” Other obstacles to research include the expense of travel and, more recently, the impossibility of visiting far-off sites.</p> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/EUN4wwKKTbE?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p>Expanding far beyond the scope of the original expeditions, <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">the project</a> has partnered with “many other institutions around the world with Giza-related collections” to compile its searchable library of downloadable PDF books and journal articles. Kids, adult enthusiasts, and specialists will all appreciate <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/giza3d/">Giza 3D</a>, a reconstruction with guided tours of all the major archeological sites at the pyramids, from tombs to temples to the Great Sphinx, as well as links to images and archeological details about each of the various finds within.</p> <div class="oc-video-wrapper"> <div class="oc-video-container"> <span class="youtube"><iframe loading="lazy" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="505" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uksV-LAGAto?wmode=transparent&fs=1&hl=en&showsearch=0&rel=0&theme=dark" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></span> </div> <p>  </p></div> <p></p> <p>For a preview of the multimedia experience on offer at the <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">Digital Giza Project</a>, see the videos here from project’s YouTube channel. Each short video provides a wealth of information; young learners and those just getting started in their Egyptology studies can find lessons, glossaries, an overview of the people and places of Giza, and more at the <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/gizaatschool/">Giza @ School</a> page. Whatever your age, occupation, or level of commitment, if you’re interested in learning more about the pyramids at Giza, you need to bookmark <a href="http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/">Digital Giza</a>. 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