http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary "Sparking between Paper and Silicone" Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An important part of the Sherman Thackara Collection has been returned to Falvey Memorial Library from a long term loan to the Civil War Museum. General William Tecumseh Sherman's U.S. Civil War frock coat had been reunited with the papers, photographs, and other items donated by the Sherman Thackara ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/10/19/shermans-civil-war-uniform/ Ye who would learn the glory of your past And form a forecast of the things to be Give heed to this, a city’s trumpet blast And see her pictured life in pageantry And so the citizens of Philadelphia did in October of 1912, when an ornate historical pageant was staged for the general ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/10/16/historicalpageant1912/ Digitized last year, the Irish Catholic Benevolent Society papers is now fully described. This collection is part of the Historic Papers owned by the American Catholic Historic Society and housed at the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center. Containing both printed and manuscript materials, this 122 item collection documents ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/08/28/fully-described-irish-catholic-benevolent-society-papers/ Posted for: Johanna Hibbs, (Father Thomas Middleton Digital Library Intern 2008): Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Johanna Hibbs and I was the 2008 Fall Father Thomas Middleton Intern for the Falvey Memorial Digital Library and, boy, what an internship it turned out to be! From handling ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/07/15/oh-the-humanity-time-travel-and-the-search-for-the-%e2%80%9chuman%e2%80%9d-in-the-%e2%80%9chistory%e2%80%9d-within-the-pages-of-s-a-lane%e2%80%99s-autobiography/ The growth of micro-blogs has been tremendous over the last few years. A recent article in Slate highlights this trend and points out some of the notable blogs in this sub-genre. The Blue Electrode is joining this trend with the creation of a second "Elite Edition" which will ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/07/13/elite-edition-eyecandy-for-visual-gormands/ The latest resource to be fully described and available in the Digital Library is the body of materials making up the Philadelphia Riots Collection; owned by the American Catholic Historical Society this collection documents early issues related to domestic violence, gun ownership, militia deployment, and crime. As well this ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/06/15/philadelphia-riots-described/ The Lloyd Collection contains correspondence, deeds, receipts, newspaper clippings, and account books related to Thomas Lloyd know as the "Father of United States Shorthand" and his family. One of the most interesting items from this unique collection is a household book dating from the years 1783-1826. This ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/06/05/chimney-soot-and-hogs-lard-lloyd-family-household-book/ One of the earliest scholars of the Roman Republic and Empire was Onofrio Panvinio. Two of his most important works have been digitized and are available in the Contributions from Augustinian Theologians and Scholars Collection: his work on the Roman triumph and the magistrates of the republic and empire, ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/04/03/onofrio-panvinio-osa/ The latest addition to the Villanova Digital Collection is The Owl. This student magazine published by Phi Kappa Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, highlighted student life and activities in the engineering community at Villanova from 1925 to 1933. In 1933 the title changed to The Villanova engineer. Currently ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/03/20/the-owl/ This week marked the completion of the first fully transcribed collection available in the Digital Library. The Stokes Collection contains a small number of letters to and a speech by William Axton Stokes (1814 – 1877) who was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney who contributed notes and references to ... http://blog.library.villanova.edu/digitallibrary/2009/03/12/lost-in-a-sea-of-conjecture-stokes-collection-fully-transcribed/