Krantz Miniature Book Collection Gift

The Archives & Special Collections recently received a generous gift of 244 miniature book titles from William E. Krantz, F&M class of 1937.  The Helen D. Krantz and William E. Krantz Miniature Book Collection was compiled over the course of several decades.  Numerous subjects, presses, and binding styles are represented, including two with 19th century fore edge paintings.  The miniatures were acquired from book dealers located throughout the United States and Europe, and at Miniature Book Society (MBS) Conclaves.

Bill Hutson Collection MS 73

The Archives & Special Collections is pleased to announce that the Bill Hutson Collection MS 73 is processed and available for scholarly research. The collection documents the professional career of contemporary African-American artist Bill Hutson and contains personal materials relating to Bill Hutson's career as a fine artist and teacher.

A complete finding aid for the collection is available at http://library.fandm.edu/archives/mscoll/hutson.pdf

Documenting Historic Lancaster Architecture using SketchUp

This spring, Professor Kourelis' Master Builders of Lancaster seminar has been looking at historic Lancaster in a new way. In a series of exercises, students have been utilizing historic Sanborn fire insurance maps to recreate virtual city blocks using SketchUp. This free app from Google allows users to build 3-D models quickly and easily. See project results and learn more about the class by visiting their blog Master Builders of Lancaster.

Napoleon Seminar Exhibition

Under the direction of Scott Lerner, the Arthur and Katherine Shadek Professor of Humanities and French and Italian, eight students have curated a bilingual exhibition titled Napoléon représente/Napoleon Represents in the Nissley Gallery. The exhibition is the result of the students’ work last semester in Lerner’s French 373 course, during which the classmates examined the theme of representation and propaganda by and about the Emperor of the French.

Lerner and his students marked the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with a reception and gallery talk. The show, which will be on display in the Nissley Gallery through March 9, includes rare books from the College’s 1,890-volume Napoleon Collection and original furniture that once belonged to Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother.

For more information, please see the full F&M Diplomat article online at http://thediplomat.fandm.edu/article/939