Travel back in time to the Jazz Age – an era of glamour, rapid change and enduring cultural impact. Continue reading
Tag: University of Delaware Library Museums and Press
Try Your Hand! Deciphering Cursive in the Archive – October 11 & 12, 2023
Test your skills reading, transcribing, and writing cursive script found on manuscript material in the archives! Continue reading
50 Feminist Books That Changed Our Lives: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware (opening reception) – October 18, 2023
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Studies at the University of Delaware, one of the earliest such programs in the country. Continue reading
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Radical Form: the Double Works of Art (Lecture) – October 25, 2023
Learn about the “”The Rossettis: Radical Victorian Artists and Writers,”” a lecture held in conjunction with the Delaware Art Museum and its exhibition “The Rossettis.” Continue reading
50 Feminist Books That Changed Our Lives: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware – Multi-day exhibit, 2023
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Women’s Studies at the University of Delaware, one of the earliest such programs in the country. Continue reading
The Gettysburg Address in 2023: Words that Long Endure – Multi-day exhibit, 2023
160 years after its delivery, why is Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address still one of the most iconic speeches in American history? Continue reading
Identifying Literary Manuscripts – October 12, 2019
Explore original special collections and learn to identify states of literary manuscripts in the publishing process, highlighting formats that predate the use of computers in writing and publishing. Continue reading
Beat Visions and the Counterculture – Multi-Day Exhibit, 2019
Drawn from UD’s Special Collections and Museums, we explore the ideas and imagery of the Beat Generation and its influence on 1960s counterculture and beyond. Continue reading
From Thought Into Print: the Creative Process of Publishing – Multi-Day Exhibit, 2019
Manuscript drafts, blue-lines and mock-ups, paste-ups, galleys and proofs–this exhibition reminds viewers of nearly forgotten literary formats that are no longer part of contemporary computer-driven writing and publishing practices. Continue reading
Henry Morris, Printer: The Life & Times of the Bird & Bull Press – Ongoing Exhibit, 2013
Henry Morris, Printer: The Life & Times of the Bird & Bull Press
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections Department
181 S. College Ave, Newark DE 19717
Date/Time: Monday, Wednesday – Friday: 9 am – 5 pm; Tuesday: 9 am – 8 pm
For fifty-five years, Henry Morris’s Bird & Bull Press has printed fine press books, many of them devoted to to the art, craft, and history of printing and papermaking.The exhibition draws upon the University of Delaware Library’s extensive collection of books printed by Henry Morris and the vast collection of manuscript materials found in the Bird & Bull Press Archives at the University of Delaware Library. The Bird & Bull Press Archives contain a wealth of materials documenting Henry Morris’s printing career. The Archives include the manuscripts, typescripts, production files, printers’ dummies, and page proofs used in the production of many of his books, including several books whichMorris has self-selected as his personal favorite productions. Also included in the Bird & Bull Press Archives are numerous printing artifacts, including metal engravings, wood cuts, paper samples and a paper mold. Additional items from Special Collections provide examples of some of the rare books which Morrisreprinted under his Bird & Bull Press imprint. Together, these materials allow one to view the production of Morris’ books in all their stages, from inception to finished form, throughout the entirety of his fifty-five year career.
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