Pennlibraries Gallery

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The image for this month in the Kislak Center wall calendar comes from an 1865 edition of *Gulliver’

It seems that this title belonged to a chained library, a method which began to appear in the Middl

Stewart Culin (1858-1929) was a Philadelphia-born ethnographer and author who collected many things,

It’s National Nursing Assistants Week, created to recognize those who have dedicated their lives to

It’s National Nursing Assistants Week, created to recognize those who have dedicated their lives to

Penn’s holdings of Indic manuscripts is the largest in the Western Hemisphere with more than 3,000 i

This intricately illustrated bookplate is from a bound selection of texts and chants for use in a Fr

Map of Antarctica, taken from volume one of “The South Pole” by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (1

Indian clubs were a popular method of exercise in the 19th century. Some fitness enthusiasts are rev

*Labeculae Vivae: Building a Reference Library of Stains for Researching Medieval Manuscripts* is cu

The circulatory system of a cow, as found in Andrew A. Gardenier’s *Handbook of Ready Reference.* Th

Frank Lloyd Wright, father of Organic Architecture, was born on this day in 1867. The design of this

Detail from a French textbook on physics created between 1787 and 1788. This work includes diagrams

A universal message of encouragement from the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporati

This is a bound collection of works about scholastic philosophy created by a student in early 18th-c

Next Friday, October 27th we are holding the opening reception for *The Worlds Between* on the sixth

Here’s a pert rhyme to get you through your Tuesday afternoon, thanks to Clement Winston and his wor

This endearing fellow is from the mind of economist Clement Winston, who’s workplace doodles are arc

Well, did you? With the help of Clement Winston, we are still clinging to the last dregs of Hallowee

Meet the Happy Gobbler! In this sketch by Clement Winston we can approximate Mr. Gobbler is a creatu

From a Biddle family trip to the West in 1912… What better way to enjoy a vacation than sitten with

“Everything in the world exists to end up as a book.” — Stéphane Mallarmé* * *Currentl

There’s still time to purchase tickets for *Zora Returns to Harlem*, taking place on October 4th in

Check out an exhibition of 16th-century books from the Thomas Evans Collection on display in the Leo

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