Special Collections

A special exhibition from the Eskind Biomedical Library’s Historical Collections is now on display in the Heard Library Special Collections. The exhibit, entitled “Elixirs, Remedies, and Maladies,” opened this past… Keep reading

Guest Post by Brooke Jackson For this week’s blog post, I have decided to share some of my personal favorite books which I have cataloged or come across during my… Keep reading

Guest Post by Brenda Thompson If you peek inside the front cover of select books in the University of Nashville collection , you might see one of these “tiny graphic… Keep reading

Guest post by Brooke Jackson Of the books I’ve worked with from the University of Nashville Collection this semester, this rare volume published in 1732 (images below) has been one… Keep reading

Guest post by Brooke Jackson As an intern working in Vanderbilt’s Special Collections Library, I have come across many old books, some dating as far back as the 16th century!… Keep reading

Guest post by Brooke Jackson Many of the books in the University of Nashville Collection that we have been cataloging feature paper marbling. This method has been used in connection… Keep reading

Guest Post by Brenda Thompson For this week’s post, I decided to follow up on my February 13 blog post: Don’t Judge A Book by Its Cover. In that post,… Keep reading