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Happy Title Page Tuesday: Alumna Autograph Edition!
(Cool, K. (2007). Ghost Stories of Tampa Bay. Venice, FL: Historic Venice Press. Alumnae BF 1472 .F6 C6 2007)
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Have a Foxy Friday!
(Hodnett, E. (1979). Aesop in England: The Transmission of Motifs in Seventeenth-Century Illustrations of Aesop’s Fables. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. Z 1023 .H68)
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Happy Title Page Tuesday: Walter Crane Edition!
(Crane, W. (1972). Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New. London, UK: George Bell and Sons. Z1023 .C89 1972)
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Sweet Briar’s having nonstop thunderstorms all this week, but we hope you have the chance to get out in the sun this weekend, like these students from the ‘50s!
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Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(Trollope, F. M. (1840). The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy. London, UK: H. Colburn. Rare Book PR 5699 .T3 L53)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Teitelboim, V. (1991). Neruda: An Intimate Biography. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. Browsing PQ 8097 .N4 Z8713 1991)
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Our Phi Beta Kappa chapter is inducting its newest members this afternoon in the Browsing Room! To celebrate, here’s a photo of the very first group of Sweet Briar PBK inductees!
Caption: “First members of Theta of Virginia chapter, Phi Beta Kappa, Mar. 3, 1950: l. to r. Elizabeth Franke Balls, ‘13; Sarah Webb, '50; Frances Cone, '50; Dr. Margaret Ribble, '13; Margaret Murchison, '50; Nan Powell Hodges, '10; Marcia Patterson, '32; Mary Morris Gamble, '50; Lola Steele, '50; Louise Weisiger, '15; Mary Lanman, '50.”
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Anyone else remember reading this in school?
Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(Stevenson, R. L. (1927). Treasure Island. London, UK: Ernest Benn. Rare Book PR5486 1927)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Brooke, R. (1926). The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: with a Memoir. London, UK: Sidgwick & Jackson. Rare Book PR 6003 .R4 1926)
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Hey you!!!
Need a study break?
Hop on over to our Facebook page and take a look at our pawsomephoto album from Dog Therapy Day!
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1862. (1882). The Fifth Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1862 of Harvard College : December, 1882. Boston, MA: Harvard University. Rare Book LD 2148 .F5 1882)
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Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(Pougin, A. (1885). Dictionnaire historique et pittoresque du théâtre et des arts qui s’y rattachent. Paris, France: Firmin-Didot et cie. PN 2035 .P6)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Fuerst, W. R., Hume, S. J., & Appia, A. (1928). XXth Century Stage Decoration (Vol. 1). London, UK: Alfred A. Knopf. PN2091.S8 F8)
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Have a Foxy Friday!
(Perelman, S. J. (1944). Crazy Like a Fox. New York, NY: Random House. PN6161 .P46)
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In the late 1930s, the Athletic Association built an Outing Cabin for students to use when they wanted to get away for a while. Here are some highlights from their scrapbook (complete with engraved wooden cover!).
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Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(Misrach, R. (2007). On the Beach. New York, NY: Aperture. Oversize TR 647 .M526 2007)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Muir, P. H. (1934). Points: Second Series, 1866-1934. London, UK: Constable & Co., Ltd. Z992 .M952)
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Have a Foxy Friday!
(Sjon. (2013). The Blue Fox (1st American ed.). New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. PT 7511 .S62 S5913 2013)
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Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(Pitman, G. E., & Litten, K. (2014). This Day in June. Washington, D.C.: Magination Press. Kellogg PZ 8.3 .P5586836 Th 2014)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Jahn, O. (1882). Life of Mozart (Vol. 2). Novello: Ewer & Co. ML410.M9 J22)
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Have a Foxy Friday!
(Kjelgaard, J. (1981). Haunt Fox. New York, NY: Bantam Books. Kellogg PZ 10.3 .K643 Hau 1981)
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Sometimes you just want to say, “To hell with work! I’m going down to the lake to feed the swans!”
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Happy Title Page Tuesday!
(James, A. (2000). The Handmade Book. Pownal, VT: Storey Books. Z 266 .J36 2000)
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Happy Marbled Monday!
(Loring, R. B. (2007). Decorated Book Papers: Being an Account of their Designs and Fashions. Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Library. Z 271 .L85 2007)
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