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 …
Yearly Archives: 2024
Unveiling the Secret of Nancy Petry’s Bird of Paradise
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
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 …
Once Upon a Print: Cinderella’s Wood Block Magic
Cinderella is a tale of transformation and perception. We are delighted to have in the Sheila Bourke Children’s Collection not only the chapbook Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper, but also the woodblocks used to print this small, vivid book! …
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Lichtenstein, Warhol, and Fair Use
by Jocelyn Campo, McGill Visual Arts Collection ARIA Intern (2023), Museum Database Assistant (2023-2024), Class of 2024 As a lover of contemporary art, I was intrigued by the McGill University Visual Art Collection’s array of large-scale tapestries. I walk by …
Celebrating winners of the 2024 McGill Library Excellence Awards
La version française suit. Congratulations go out to Mary Hague-Yearl & Bozena Latincic, recipients of the 2024 Library Excellence Awards! The Osler Library of the History of Medicine, named in honor of the renowned physician, McGill graduate, and professor Sir …
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Understanding Islam in Asia, a Pathway to Multicultural Canada
By Hye-jin Juhn, East Asian Studies and Political Science Liaison Librarian May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions that Asian Canadians have made to Canada. It is also a time …
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Paper as Art
By Michelle MacLeod, Assistant Curator, Visual Arts Collection and Serene Mitchell, Intern, Visual Arts Collection (2022) Lire la version française An artwork in the McGill Visual Arts Collection (VAC) that celebrates paper is Winter Joy by Chinese-Canadian Elizabeth Quan (1921-2016). In this …
Early modern paper pop-ups in the Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Mary K.K. Hague-Yearl, Head Librarian, Osler Library of the History of Medicine Lire la version française How does one make an anatomical lesson come alive? To many medical academicians, the answer would be to attend or perform a dissection. For …
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The “Flying Wonder” of Victorian Paper Toys
By Dr. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Penn State College of Education & Jacquelyn Sundberg, Outreach Librarian, McGill Lire la version française The “Flying Wonder” lives up to its name; this is a vibrant set of Victorian-era paper toys, animated with moveable flaps …
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