Dean Reed was one of the strangest superstars in the history of popular cluture. Failing to gain recognition in his native United States, he gained celebrity in South America in the early 1960s; following this, unbelievably, he became the biggest ...
Summer hours for Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives will begin on May 19, 2008. Summer hours will be Monday – Friday, 9:00am- 4:00pm. We will be closed weekends. If you have any questions or need further information, ...
Internet Archive founder breaks gag order, detailing FBI’s secret demand for user’s personal information and the resulting lawsuit challenging the subpoena The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive, an online library, provide ...
On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein submitted a report, entitled The Founders Online, to the Committees on Appropriations of the U.S. Congress. This report is the National Archives response to concerns raised by the ...
In September 2003, The University of Alabama, University Libraries, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, received an IMLS National Leadership grant to create the digital resource, Publishers’ Bindings Online, 1815-1930: The Art of Books (PBO). All academic libraries ...
Professor Luciano Pizziconi, who in the month of October 2007 visited Binghamton University and was conferred an Honorary Citizenship both by the city of binghamton and the Town of Vestal, has recently gifted Binghamton University with several historical and modern ...
Binghamton University Libraries recently announced the acquisition of the Molly Peacock Collection. Molly Peacock is an internationally acclaimed poet and is the author of several poetry collections, including Optic Nerve (2005), Cornucopia (2002), Original Love (1995), Take Heart (1989), Raw ...
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has created an exhibition archive. This was a multi-year effort funded by a large Getty Foundation grant. One can find exhibition descriptions, lists of archived files generated by the curatorial department, and images ...
Earliest printed versions of the Bard’s plays to go online LONDON – A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare’s plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641. The Bodleian Library ...
March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, originally dedicated to the Christian saint, has become a celebration of Irish culture in general, and the BU LIbraries Special Collections has a special connection to the day. The Irish playright, Padraic Colum (1881-1972), drew ...