Recent Acquisitions: Iconic Images of Custer’s Last Stand

by | Sep 14, 2009 | Acquisitions, Graphics

The Clements Library has acquired two prints depicting Custer’s last stand: John Mulvany’s “Custer’s Last Rally” (1881) and Cassily Adams’ “Custer’s Last Fight” (1885). These two iconic images provide the best...

Recent Culinary Acquisition: Lone Star Cook Book

by | Aug 14, 2009 | Acquisitions, Books, Collections

The Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive has recently acquired the Lone Star Cook Book and Meat Special: From the Slaughter Pen to the Dining Room Table, by A. Fillmore (1929). A. Fillmore, an African American man from Texas whose father was also in the...