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T is for Turn-up Book

By: Jacquelyn Sundberg August 8, 2024 Miscellany Miscellany
unfolded turn-up book

By Prof. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Penn State, Video by Jacquelyn Sundberg, McGill Libraries What is a turn-up book? A brief history A turn-up book is an interactive booklet that has been engaged with by children and adults from the mid-17th century …

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Unveiling the Secret of Nancy Petry’s Bird of Paradise

By: McGill Libraries August 7, 2024 Features Features From the Stacks From the Stacks Newsletter Newsletter People People

by Sophie Becquet, McGill Visual Arts Collection Student Assistant (2024-) Lire la version française Nancy Petry is one of the few artists who attended the Bachelor of Fine Arts program during its brief existence at McGill University between 1948 and …

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A Few of Our Favourite Things

By: Ann Marie Holland August 5, 2024 Features Features From the Stacks From the Stacks Newsletter Newsletter ROAAr ROAAr

Lire la version française A happy cohort of undergraduate students were hired last term to devote their energies to systematically comb through a portion of the stacks in Rare Books and Special Collections in order to stabilize books most in …

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