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Posted by: Patrick Hastings
As a young man, Isaiah Thomas printed and published a Boston newspaper that stoked the fires of Revolution. After the war, Thomas enjoyed a consequential career in printing, illustrating, publishing, papermaking, bookselling, collecting, and historical writing.
Posted in: 18th Century, 19th Century, American History, Children's Literature, Education History, Famous Printers, Illustrated Book, Publishing, Uncategorized
![Williams, Jonathan. Ruff, David, Metal-engraver. Garbage litters the iron face of the sun's child. Jargon 1. [Jonathan Williams], [San Francisco], 1951](https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/files/2025/07/mm-jargon-001-01a.jpg)
Posted by: Mark Manivong
The Jargon Society released its first publication numbered Jargon 1 in 1951, “Garbage Litters the Iron Face of the Sun’s Child,” a folded pamphlet with poetry by Jonathan Williams and an etching by David Ruff. Founded that same year by Williams and Ruff, the Jargon Society would go on to publish 115 titles, mostly by up-and-coming writers and photographers.
Posted in: 20th Century, Appalachia, Contemporary Book Arts, LGBTQIA+, Poetry, Publishing, Uncategorized
Posted by: Patrick Hastings
Because the game of baseball emerged and developed concurrent to the rise of cheap, mass-produced reading material, the Library has many printed artifacts from the mid-1800s that document the evolution and popularization of America's favorite pastime.
Posted in: 19th Century, Sports and Games, Uncategorized
Posted by: Patrick Hastings
One hundred years ago, on April 10, 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald celebrated the publication of what he considered to be his greatest work of literature, The Great Gatsby. He had high hopes for the novel’s success in both sales and critical reception. “It will sell about 80,000 copies,” he supposed, “but I may be wrong.” In fact, he was wrong twice.
Posted in: 20th Century, Education Outreach, Literature, Uncategorized