Collection Highlight: Juvenal
Juvenal (c. 55-c. 127 A.D.); Persius (34-62 A.D.)
D. Junii Juvenalis Satyrae et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.
Collection Highlight: St Jerome's Omnivm opervm...
St Jerome (c. 340-420)
Omnivm opervm Divi Evsebii Hieronymi Stridonensis, Tomvs Primvs cum Argumentis et Scholiis Des. Erasmi Roterodami. 9 vols. Basle: Johann Froben, 1516.
Collection Highlight: Jackson's Caxton
Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948)
William Caxton. An Essay by Holbrook Jackson with an Original Leaf from the Chronicles of England, printed by William Caxton at Westminster in 1480. London: William H. Robinson Limited, Pall Mall, 1933.
Searching for Ward's--and finding him
The professor was Henry A. Ward (1834-1906) and although he taught geology from 1860-1869, his real interest lay in bringing the natural sciences to a much wider audience. Called "King of Museum Builders" by William T.
The Eastman Theatre Library, in Review
Lu Harper, librarian at the Memorial Art Gallery's Charlotte Whitney Allen Library, sent the following mystery:
Shedding Light on the University Mace, in Review
The University Mace, was created in 1935 for the inauguration of Alan Valentine, our fourth president. It is carried by the University Marshal at important events, and graces the dais on a special pillow throughout the proceedings. Its history, height, and weight were the subject of the Summer 2019 Ask the Archivist column.
You Can Hear It Now, in Review
The Ask the Archivist column in the Spring 2021 Rochester Review answered a question from University alumnus and professor, Richard Ralston, who asked about four dynamic and compelling speakers who visited Rochester and spoke to University students. You can read the article here.
US Presidents at the UR, in Review
The Ask the Archivist column in the Fall 2020 Rochester Review answered a question from a Rochesterian who remembered Jimmy Carter visiting the River Campus in the 1970s, and asked how many US presidents had visited the University, when, and why. You can read the article here.
In order of campus visit, they are:
Where active concern becomes concerned action
In 1921, 3-year-old Naomi Hooker and her family were targets of the Tulsa race massacre. While her older sister Olivia Hooker '62 PhD is credited as the first African-American woman to enlist and serve in active duty in the Coast Guard; Naomi Hooker Chamberlain is believed to be the first African-American woman on the University of Rochester faculty.
Azariah Boody: Our Dandelion Fellow, in Review
John Dabour's pastel portrait of Azariah Boody (featured in the administrative hallway of Rush Rhees Library) was the subject of the Fall 2019 Ask the Archivist column. Boody's initial gift of eight acres of land was the seed from which many traditions have grown, as this timeline demonstrates:
