James Reiss: Poet and Professor Emeritus of English, Miami University
The Walter Havighurst Special Collections is home to a number of manuscript collections. One such collection is the papers of James Reiss. James Reiss is a widely published writer and poet. Reiss was...
View ArticleThe American Game
Walt Whitman may once have said something along the lines of “I see great things in baseball. It’s our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.” It can be risky when...
View ArticleEgypt Camp Comes to Special Collections
Yesterday was an extra “special” day for Special Collections because we were visited by a wonderful group of 6th graders from The Miami Valley School, an independent school located near Dayton. For...
View ArticleFrom the Stacks: A Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible
Last week, we brought out an assortment of materials from our collection to show to the visiting ‘Egypt Camp’ class. It is always a pleasure to see so many fascinating treasures on display, but for me...
View ArticleHead’s Up: The Value of Special Collections
“How much is it worth?” That’s often the first question we’re asked about materials in Special Collections, and when people ask that question they’re really asking about market value – the monetary...
View ArticleExhibit Crashing Special Collections: Making History Come Alive With My...
I am a Miami University graduate student in the History department. My exhibit, “’Domestic Memory’: The Journals, Correspondence and Artifacts of Henrietta McGuffey Hepburn” opened this month in the...
View ArticleNative American Women Playwrights Archive: Spiderwoman Theater
The Native American Women Playwrights Archive (NAWPA) is a collection of original materials by Native women playwrights of the Americas. NAWPA hopes to identify playwrights, collect and preserve their...
View ArticleFrom the Stacks: The Cradle of Coaches and Sid Gillman
Sid Gillman is considered by many to be the “Father of the Passing Game.” While Gillman did not invent the forward pass, his views and concepts were years ahead of his time. The principles used by...
View ArticleFrom the Stacks: The Great Detective
One of the pleasures of summer reading – or of any season for that matter – is settling in with a quirky but capable detective who will unravel the tangled threads and right the wrongs of modern life....
View ArticleThe John H. James Collection: A Nineteenth Century Life Uncovered
We’re happy to announce that the processing of the John H. James Collection, one of our largest manuscript collections, has been completed and finding aids for the collection are now available online....
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