tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library/5 2008-10-03T03:01:44Z News, resources, and fun stuff from the Seeley G. Mudd Library at Lawrence University Movable Type 3.32 tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1580 2008-10-03T02:59:11Z 2008-10-03T03:01:44Z

Welcome to the Milwaukee-Downer Reunion and to the Mudd library and University Archives! Feel free to visit the reference desk or University Archives with any questions you may have. And take a look at the Milwaukee-Downer College digital collection, the...

Julia Stringfellow Milwaukee-Downer College digital collection, the Elizabeth Richardson digital collection, and oral history transcripts from Milwaukee-Downer Reunion 2006. Special guests this weekend include Charles Richardson, brother of the late Elizabeth Richardson, and James Madison, author of the biography on Elizabeth Richardson, Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: An American Woman in World War II. ]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1566 2008-10-01T18:36:27Z 2008-10-01T18:37:29Z

A Look at the Life of Elizabeth Ann 'Liz' Richardson, 1918-1945 This exhibit features photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and sketch books of Elizabeth Richardson, a 1940 graduate of Milwaukee-Downer College who served in the American Red Cross as a Clubmobile woman...

Julia Stringfellow A Look at the Life of Elizabeth Ann 'Liz' Richardson, 1918-1945 This exhibit features photographs, letters, scrapbooks, and sketch books of Elizabeth Richardson, a 1940 graduate of Milwaukee-Downer College who served in the American Red Cross as a Clubmobile woman from 1944 until her death in July 1945 at the age of 27. Many of the materials in the exhibit were donated to the Lawrence University Archives by Elizabeth's brother, Charles Richardson, in May 2008. The exhibit is done in honor of the Milwaukee-Downer College Reunion that will take place October 3-5. Charles Richardson will be attending, as will James Madison, author of the 2007 biography on Elizabeth, Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys: Am American Woman in World War II.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1561 2008-09-29T21:53:03Z 2008-09-29T22:14:57Z

In 1991, John Phillips (presumably not THE John Phillips who, a hundred thousand years ago, along with his wife Michelle teamed up with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty) suggested in The New England Journal of Medicine that the toes...

Antoinette Powell In 1991, John Phillips (presumably not THE John Phillips who, a hundred thousand years ago, along with his wife Michelle teamed up with Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty) suggested in The New England Journal of Medicine that the toes be named. In his letter (1991, vol. 324, no. 7, p. 497) he proposed that the pedal digits be called

• porcellus fori
• porcellus domi
• porcellus carnivorus
• porcellus non voratus
• porcellus plorans domum

Anyone who had Sister Monica for Latin in high school will immediately recognize the root porcus or pig, and should be able to translate:

little pig at market

little pig at home

little meat-eating pig

little pig having not eaten

little pig crying homeward]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1554 2008-09-24T18:35:15Z 2008-09-24T18:36:26Z

Just a reminder that the first convocation of the year is on Thursday, September 25 at 11:10am in the Chapel. The Library will be closed for this and all convos during the academic year. See you in the Chapel!...

Pete Gilbert http://www.lawrence.edu/library/ first convocation of the year is on Thursday, September 25 at 11:10am in the Chapel. The Library will be closed for this and all convos during the academic year. See you in the Chapel!]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1537 2008-09-19T15:03:34Z 2008-09-19T15:06:40Z

If it's between 1 and 4 bells on Friday, September 19, all hands had better be in the Aye-brary, for it's the Aye-brary Open House. Any snaggle-toothed son of a sea dog missin' this event will be meetin' up...

Pete Gilbert http://www.lawrence.edu/library/ If it's between 1 and 4 bells on Friday, September 19, all hands had better be in the Aye-brary, for it's the Aye-brary Open House. Any snaggle-toothed son of a sea dog missin' this event will be meetin' up with Davy Jones forthrightly. And avail yerselves of the Aye-brary's "New Swabbie" page if ye know what's good fer ya. Arrr!]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1535 2008-09-17T13:48:56Z 2008-09-17T13:54:08Z

Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia. Public Law 108-447, signed into law on December 8, 2004, mandates all educational institutions receiving federal funding to do something educational about the...

Pete Gilbert http://www.lawrence.edu/library/ Members of the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia. Public Law 108-447, signed into law on December 8, 2004, mandates all educational institutions receiving federal funding to do something educational about the U.S. Constitution on September 17 each year. This year's Mudd Library exhibit features a variety of library materials related to the Constitution. Check it out in one of the first floor exhibit cases.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1515 2008-09-11T14:14:02Z 2008-09-11T14:15:09Z

The audio files and transcripts of oral histories done with alumni during Reunion Weekend 2008 are now online. Two interviews done before and after the weekend are also included. Take a look at them here....

Julia Stringfellow here. ]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1509 2008-09-09T15:15:05Z 2008-09-09T15:18:06Z

Need a quick answer to that research or library-related question? IM a reference librarian from our Ask a Librarian page. You can use our convenient chat box or add our screen name to your buddy list. It's handy -- and...

Pete Gilbert http://www.lawrence.edu/library/ Ask a Librarian page. You can use our convenient chat box or add our screen name to your buddy list. It's handy -- and it's geeky.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1479 2008-08-21T18:06:20Z 2008-08-21T18:08:08Z

An article on favorite haunted places in the Fox Valley includes the annual Haunted Lawrence tour and some of Lawrence's haunted places in the August 2008 issue of New North Business to Business magazine. The article is available at the...

Julia Stringfellow http://www.newnorthb2b.com/aug08feat3.html]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1471 2008-08-15T21:27:37Z 2008-08-15T21:29:55Z

Just like you, we love multi-function appliances. If you have bored kids, or if you are amazed by unexplainable science, try this at home....

Antoinette Powell Just like you, we love multi-function appliances. If you have bored kids, or if you are amazed by unexplainable science, try this at home.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1469 2008-08-13T15:13:05Z 2008-08-13T15:15:15Z

"Duke University Libraries has launched an online digital collection of about 5,000 photographs shot primarily in China between 1917 and 1932. The photographs were taken by Sidney Gamble, the grandson of Procter and Gamble co-founder James Gamble, and provide a...

Julie Fricke http://www.lawrence.edu/library/ online digital collection of about 5,000 photographs shot primarily in China between 1917 and 1932. The photographs were taken by Sidney Gamble, the grandson of Procter and Gamble co-founder James Gamble, and provide a glimpse into daily life unlike any other photographs from this period. A sociologist, China scholar, and avid amateur photographer, Gamble travelled extensively in China from Liaoning province in the northeast to Guangdong province in the south and to the western edge of Sichuan province along the border of Tibet. The photographs came to light when Gamble's daughter, Catherine Curran, discovered the collection at the family's home. She gave the entire collection to Duke in 2006, just before her death." ]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1459 2008-07-30T16:26:02Z 2008-07-30T16:29:26Z

Antoinette Powell George Frideric Handel's complete works is available online from the Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum (the Munich Digitisation Centre) of the Digital Library Department of the Bavarian State Library. The Library has a nice English language interface, but searching is a little odd. And it helps to know some German. The digital collection "comprises manuscripts, early prints, modern books, maps and photographic collections as well as journals and newspapers." The access is free, but the images are not downloadable or printable. Still, it's one-stop-viewing if you're looking for a picture of Jimi Hendrix AND images of every book published in German-speaking areas in the 16th century.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1458 2008-07-29T21:17:52Z 2008-07-29T21:18:43Z

The International Music Score Library Project is back in business after overcoming financial and legal assaults. "IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share...

Antoinette Powell The International Music Score Library Project is back in business after overcoming financial and legal assaults. "IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge," in other words, a boatload of free scores. This is a wiki, however, so edit if you must, but try to stifle your inner imp.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1439 2008-07-23T21:12:07Z 2008-07-23T21:28:53Z

Does trying to find music-related materials on the Web make you crazy? Try this guide to finding scores recordings, lyrics and other musical mayhem in no particular order, just to make the hunt all the more thrilling. It's mostly free...

Antoinette Powell Does trying to find music-related materials on the Web make you crazy? Try this guide to finding scores recordings, lyrics and other musical mayhem in no particular order, just to make the hunt all the more thrilling. It's mostly free and mostly legal.]]> tag:thor.lawrence.edu,2008:/blogs/library//5.1435 2008-07-17T19:27:25Z 2008-07-17T19:32:21Z

There is a new entry in the continuing saga of The Mudd's battle with the elements. Like Joe Btfsplk, we literally have a cloud hanging over our heads. In an ironic twist, the roof guys were making great progress in...

Antoinette Powell There is a new entry in the continuing saga of The Mudd's battle with the elements. Like Joe Btfsplk, we literally have a cloud hanging over our heads. In an ironic twist, the roof guys were making great progress in trying to eliminate our seasonal interior downpours when it, what?, downpoured. As luck would have it, the roof had been replace with a tarp just hours before deluge began. Return with us now to those soggy, squishy days of yesterday.]]>