A field trip to Special Collections

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Our last blog post shared a feature story about the London Stage Database from CAS Connections, a publication of the UO College of Arts and Science. ICYMI:

The Show Must Go On: Groundbreaking digital humanities project brings theater history to the public

One of the images in that story was taken by Nate Kersey, class of 2025 (congratulations, Nate!). He joined me, Michele, and Erin at UO’s Knight Library for a visit to Special Collections and Archives, where we had the chance to check out eighteenth-century editions of plays by Eliza Haywood, Colley Cibber, Thomas Southerne, John Dryden, Hannah Cowley, and Susannah Centlivre, among others. Some of the photos from that day will be making their way on to the main website as we add more content, but for now, here’s a sneak preview of some of our favorites:

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From left: Erin Winter, Michele Pflug, and Mattie Burkert examine an eighteenth-century book in University of Oregon’s Special Collections and Archives at Knight Library. Photo by Nate Kersey
over-the-shoulder view of two people examining a small, yellowed book with a rectangular brass magnifying glass
Mattie Burkert and Michele Pflug get a closer look at a note handwritten in an eighteenth-century book. Photo taken at University of Oregon Special Collections and Archives by Nate Kersey
close up of a square magnifying glass focused on a handwritten scrawl in eighteenth-century script
An eighteenth-century reader of this copy of Eliza Haywood’s “A Wife to Be Let” left their mark on the final page. Photo taken at University of Oregon Special Collections and Archives by Nate Kersey

 

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