If you ask me “How are you?” this week be prepared for a substantive answer.

The annual Boston Antiquarian Book Fair is next weekend and (other than the Friday preview night) admission is free. You can check out the coolest things for sale from over a hundred booksellers from the US and Europe and if you’ve got $175K burning a hole in your pocket you can stagger home carrying a first edition King James Bible. Check out more highlights at https://www.abaa.org/Blog/post/boston-book-fair-2024-highlights

I love that they digitized this 11th century manuscript from every angle, so you really get a feel for it as an object. https://nrs.lib.harvard.edu/urn-3:doak.mus:104814325

Welcome to my new search engine All The Words You Searched For which either returns results that contain all the words you searched for or says that there are no results that contain all the words you searched for.

These 1920s workplace motivational posters are especially fun if you read them in Mr. Burns’s voice. Now get back to work before I call in the Pinkertons! https://digital.hagley.org/AVD_1973_418?f%5B0%5D=hagley_subject_names%3A%22Mather%5C%20%26%5C%20Company%22

I made a sign for days when I’m feeling emotionally fragile.

If my back yard is any indication, Massachusetts hasn't changed much since this 17th century map depicting it as rich in bunnies. https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:3f462s680

One of the most common questions I get is “Where can I find information about the prevalence of hernia among Union troops, mapped by Congressional district?” and today I’ve got great news. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2024/10/15/profiles-in-science-risk-factors-measuring-and-rating-health-illness-and-mortality/

"Roughly 25 Harvard professors conducted a silent study-in at Widener Library on Wednesday to protest the library’s decision to temporarily ban pro-Palestine students who held a similar demonstration last month.

During the study-in, Securitas guards recorded the participants’ names and Harvard ID numbers and distributed sheets of paper warning of possible penalties under the University’s January protest guidelines."

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/17/harvard-faculty-protest-in-widener-library/

Princeton faculty polled on their opinion of suffrage for women, 1915. https://princetonarchives.tumblr.com/post/764521783711940608/on-october-15-1915-the-daily-princetonian