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Detail of a copperplate engraving of a scribe, who is seated at a lectern with his quill pen poised over a manuscript in the act of writing.

A Year in Review, 2025

Old Saint Nick: Santa Claus in 19th Century American Print

This is an image of a wild turkey walking on the ground. As depicted, it has multi-colored plumage in hues of copper, green, red, white, and brown, among other shades.

Audubon at Scale: Inside the Double-Elephant Folio of Birds of America

Founding Farmer: Thomas Jefferson’s New and Improved Plow

Print shows a late 19th century college football game between Yale University and Princeton University; it has more the appearance of a brawl than an organized sporting event. Spectators line the side of the field in the background and the trees are glowing with autumn color

Thanksgiving, Football, and the Emergence of an American Game

Isaiah Thomas: Revolutionary Printer

a still shot of Ashley displaying books related to early american study of insects

America 250 Film Series (Pt. II)

Young George Washington’s War Journals

a photo of a printing press

Back to School in the Rare Book Classroom

Illustration of Jenny. Averill, Esther. The Cat Club; or, The Life and Times of Jenny Linsky. New York: Harper, 1944.

Jenny and the Cat Club