Aug 9, 2022
It's National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, we're sharing these photos of our rare book collections in use. Be sure to break out your favorite book and enjoy the day!
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It's National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, we're sharing these photos of our rare book collections in use. Be sure to break out your favorite book and enjoy the day!
In honor of Banned Books Week, check out these photos from our previous celebration in 1998. This is your reminder to read your favorite banned book this week!
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Today's feature is a watercolor done by Joseph Severn, painter and friend of poet John Keats. This particular image was done when the two were on their way to Rome. Check out more in our Joseph Severn Watercolors collection!
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/39359
Today we're featuring a letter signed by French composer Claude Debussy, from the Joseph E. Smith Music Manuscript Collection. This collection contains hundreds of signatures from famous musicians and composers! Check it out!
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/1459
Today we're featuring the printing block “Narrow street" from the Dolmen Press Collection. The press printed poetry in Ireland through the late 1980s, and a collection of their printing blocks can be found in Special Collections.
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/915
It's now less than a month until commencement for the class of 2021, so we're sharing this photo of Barbara Saunders, a five-sport letter winner, receiving her diploma from President Tribble in 1953!
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/89807
Today we're congratulating @wakedebate on their first round bids to this year's National Debate Tournament! Enjoy this photo of a Wake Forest Debate team circa 1885.
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/94678
Today's beautiful weather has us hoping that Spring really is right around the corner! This 1987 photo shows the quad decorated for that year's Springfest!
https://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/88297