Archive for March, 2009

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography

Lura Sanborn March 30th, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography edited by John Hannavy, Routledge, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 770.9 H19

Photography’s first century is recorded, analyzed and discussed in this new reference set.  Photography is placed in a variety of contexts such as: geography, institutions & exhibitions, inventions and people.

Check out entries on: Coloring by Hand, Photographic Jewelry and Tourist Photography.

Helpful for: Photography students, Humanities, History, Art Research.

For examples of 21st Century photography, stop by the lower level of the library to view a display of  SPS student photography from Mr. Lemay’s Studio Lighting Alternative Printing class project.

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New Book Acquisition: Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt

Lisa Laughy March 26th, 2009

Ohrstrom Library has acquired a copy of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt published by Cambridge University Press in 2009 (133.43 R72R).  One of the ten Associate Editors for this ambitious publishing project is St. Paul’s own Language Center Director, Margo Burns.  Ms. Burns also served as Project Manager for the hefty two inch thick 996 page book that was ten years in the making. The General Editor of the volume is Bernard Rosenthal.

John Murrin of Princeton University offers this review:

“Bernard Rosenthal and his exceptionally talented, international team of associate editors have produced the most comprehensive and carefully edited collection of legal documents from the Salem witch trials ever published. Unlike the three-volume collection of The Salem Witchcraft Papers, edited by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, who used the typescript prepared by the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal, the Rosenthal team has gone back to the original manuscripts and, in the process, corrected a number of serious errors of transcription. They have included more than thirty new documents either never published before or only printed in part.”

Ms. Burns has also created an in-depth website that provides links to primary resources on the web relating to the Salem Witchcraft trials as well as a link to the Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt – materials specifically covered in this book.  Together, the book and website offer an excellent comprehensive resource for anyone with interest in this fascinating period of early American History.

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New Reference Book: Women in Congress: 1917 – 2006

Lura Sanborn March 23rd, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

Women in Congress: 1917 – 2006 prepared by The Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 328.73 W28

Covering 4 generations, this volume provides biographical information on each U.S. Congresswoman.

Arranged chronologically until the current Congress, entries are then arranged alphabetically.

Also available is the U.S. Government companion site: HERE.

Helpful for: Women’s Studies, Politics, History, Humanities

Ohrstrom Library congratulates Claire Branch and Victoria Hetz on their selection as this year’s SPS Interns for Senator John F. Kerry. These two gifted young women will be excellent ambassadors for our school as they contribute to the operation of Senator Kerry’s office this summer.  Perhaps someday they too will be listed in Women in Congress.

Image above: Chapman, C. T. Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, speaking from the balcony of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Monday, April 2, 1917.  Photograph. 2 Apr. 1917. American Memory Project. Lib. of Congress, Washington. 11 Mar. 2009 <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/index.html>.

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