Elyse Poinsett here, the official stand for the Special Events and Marketing hats at the Rosenbach. Most of you probably know me best as the voice behind our e-newsletter, facebook page, and Twitter feed. *** If you’ve been anywhere the past few weeks, I’m sure you’ve run into the Back-to-School shopping madness. And if you’re …
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Megalonyx–Mega What?
As we work on preparing Creature Comforts: Collecting Natural History at the Rosenbach, which opens on Sept 21 (less than two weeks!), all of us here are excited about a very special visitor from the Academy of Natural Sciences that is coming to be a part of the exhibit–Megalonyx jeffersoni. What you ask, is Megalonyx …
Code Breaker
Rose O’Neal Greenhow , Message from Mrs. Greenhow of Washington D.C. 1168/11 This puzzle of a paper is part of a large (a.k.a. hundreds of documents) collection of material at the Rosenbach related to Confederate General P.G. T Beauregard. The note at the top indicates that it’s a message from Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow, …
Rosen-Trivia Revealed
So here are the answers to last week’s brain-teasers 1) Philip and A.S.W. Rosenbach were two out of a family of eight children. How many of the other children can you name? In order from oldest to youngest, the Rosenbach children are Hyman, Philip, Morris, Rebecca, Adelaide (died as a child), Moses, Miriam, and Abraham …
Rosen-trivia
So you think you know the Rosenbach? How many of these tough Rosen-trivia questions can you answer? 1) Philip and A.S.W. Rosenbach were two out of a family of eight children. How many of the other children can you name? (Give yourself an extra pat on the back if you know the name of their …
On the Beach
As summer ticks away and everyone comes back tanned from their weeks at the shore, I thought I’d share some great beach images from the Rosenbach collection. George Cruikshank, AUGUST–Bathing at Brighton. For The Comic Almanack for 1836. London: Charles Tilt, 1835. 1954.1880.3252 As you can see in this almanac print by George Cruikshank, August …
Field Trip
In addition to exposing our summer interns to the quirks and wonders of the Rosenbach, I like to take them to other museums that are different from ours. This gives the interns a chance to see how other museums operate and to put their Rosenbach experience in a broader perspective. In order to accomplish this, …
Finding Hidden Treasure
In addition to our wonderful Rosenbach summer interns, we’ve also been hosting some other very special guests this summer: processors from the PACSCL/CLIR Hidden Collections Processing Project. For anyone who doesn’t speak acronym, PACSCL is the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries and and CLIR is the Council on Library and Information Resources (now …
Bull Run 150
Battle of Bull Run–July 1861. New York, 1863. AMs 834/16Today marks the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas, the first major land battle of the Civil War. This is the battle where Stonewall Jackson received his nickname and where civilians and Congressmen came down from Washington to be spectators at the …
Of Epigrams and Ear-Strings
Today’s guest post is by Kate Duffy, a Collections Intern at the Rosenbach Museum & Library.Greetings, Rosen-blog readers! This post is full of commonplaces. But stifle your yawn! The word “commonplace” did not always carry connotations of triteness and cliché. For early modern Europeans, commonplaces were witty verses, notable observations, or other compelling turns-of-phrase. Here …