- Over at Sammelband, Cait Coker on "The Special Collections Classroom in the Time of COVID-19."
- From Aaron Pratt for the HRC blog, "Gutenberg's Blanks."
- Newly online from the Library of Congress, digitized collections of the papers of Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, and William McKinley.
- Jane Mainley-Piddock is editing a volume of M.R. James' letters: you can support it via Unbound (I have!)
- Over at Teaching the Codex, "Goatskin in the garden: how does it feel to prepare your own parchment?"
- Now online from the Yale Law Library, Mike Widener's exhibition "Precedents So Scrawl'd and Blurr'd: Readers' Marks in Law Books."
- Among the May Rare Book Monthly articles are Susan Halas' "Bookselling in a Time of Coronavirus" (rounding up responses from various booksellers about how they're dealing with the craziness); Michael Stillman's report on the Dirk Obbink happenings; and Bruce McKinney's check-in with Marvin Getman about the potential of holding some virtual book fairs.
- From Medieval Manuscripts Provenance, "Missing Initials from the Murano Gradual."
- In Atlas Obscura, Rebecca Rego Barry writes about a recently-sold "chocolate museum in a box."
- A large collection of Civil War photographs from the Medford History Society are now being stored at Tufts University (and are available digitally through Digital Commonwealth).
- From Jerry Morris at My Sentimental Library, "Ventures in Book Collecting During This Coronavirus Pandemic."
- Over on the Cambridge Libraries Special Collections blog, "Rare Caribbean Pamphlets."
- Cynthia Smith writes for the LC's Worlds Revealed blog about "Ortelius: A Legendary Mapmaker."
- Rebecca Rego Barry notes the upcoming Freeman's sale of William Toplis' Wodehouse collection.
- From the BL's Medieval Manuscripts blog, "Designing the Arnstein Bible."
- On the Bodleian blog, a look at a 17th-century book of magical charms from their collections.
Upcoming Auctions
- Rare Books, Manuscripts & Relics, Forbes Collection Part II, Kerouac Estate Part III at University Archives on 6 May.
- Books and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions on 7 May.
- Printed & Manuscript African-Americana at Swann Galleries on 7 May.
- The P.G. Wodehouse Collection of William Toplis at Freeman's on 7 May.
- Americana – Travel & Exploration – World History – Cartography at PBA Galleries on 7 May.
