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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 7h
See early twentieth century menus from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. Stop by the Special Collections Research Center for the exhibit "Breakfast, Luncheon, and Dinner: Dining Out in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s": myumi.ch/39EPn
The Pine Room, with images of a home, flowers, a lighthouse, a whale, an anchor, etc.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do you recognize any of these places on campus? This map of the University of Michigan Campus was hand-drawn in 1937. Can you spot any differences between now and then? #MapMonday myumi.ch/nVDM3
Hand drawn pictorial map of the University of Michigan's campus in 1932.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mon, Sept 28: Watch a movie with us...from the comfort of your own home. Our first monthly virtual movie for the semester is "The Fall." Join us on Zoom at 6 for the movie, or jump on at 8:20 for the discussion. myumi.ch/QMn7w
Virtual movie night, and a man in uniform wearing a black hat and a red mask.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I know we keep sharing info about this 1926 map of Ann Arbor (created by two women to raise money for the Michigan League's site), but it's very cool! Read more about it in "The making of a map": myumi.ch/ykbJd
Colorful pictorial map of Ann Arbor from 1926.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Working on a cool project? Apply for a library mini grant of up to $1,000! We're looking for projects that enhance global scholarship, support community partnerships, or advocate for diversity and inclusion. Apply by end-of-day on Sept 28. The details: myumi.ch/8JgJ2
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
9/24, 5pm: Celebrate the centennial of the iconic "Down in Ann Arbor Town" map! Learn how the map came to be and the cartographic context that produced it. Plus refreshments & a copy of the map! Join in person or via Zoom. More: myumi.ch/X8y3r
Color pictorial map of Ann Arbor from 1926.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
9/24, 5pm: Celebrate 100 years of the iconic "Down in Ann Arbor Town" map by learning about how the map came to be and the cartographic context that produced it. (And maybe pick up your own copy!) Join us in the Hatcher Gallery or on Zoom: myumi.ch/X8y3r
Colorful pictorial map of Ann Arbor drawn in 1926 by Jessie Horton Koessler and Gertrude A. Strickler.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're glad you're back, Wolverines! Interested in learning about maps ranging from the universe to a single building? Visit Clark Library (2nd floor Hatcher). We've got an info desk, study space, exhibits, atlases, and maps and maps and maps! #MapMonday myumi.ch/4xQA6
A color map of the Clark Library with sections and entrances and exits. The text on the bottom describes the location and status of the different types of materials and whether they are opened or closed to the public.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Monday 9/21, 4pm: Join us (in the Hatcher Gallery or on Zoom) for a panel discussion about social and culinary trends of the early 20th century. It's the exhibit opening for "American Home Cooking in the 1920s." (Plus cake!) myumi.ch/nVrAR
Colored line illustration of two women in 1920s drop-waist gowns and two men in suits lounging at a kitchen table in front of an open refrigerator holding wine glasses.
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Dave Carter @davereadscomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did you know?: In addition to the many shelves of translated manga in the main comics collection at AAELibrary, @umichlibrary.bsky.social also has many shelves of original Japanese manga volumes in the Asia Library!
Many manga volumes on library shelvesMany manga volumes on library shelvesMany manga volumes on library shelvesCover of The Jiro Taniguchi Collection volume 1
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TODAY: Third Thursdays at the Library! Hatcher Library, 4-6pm. * The Work of Women Cartographers * The Advancement of Democracy in Korea * Winnie-the-Pooh Has a Birthday * Literary and Artistic Expressions of Resistance * 250 Years Through Books (Shapiro) myumi.ch/egXd2
Colorful pictorial map of Ann Arbor, drawn in 1926 by Jessie Horton Koessler and Gertrude A, Strickler.Crowds gathered at the Plaza in front of the Provincial Office in Gwangju for the National Rally for Democratization, 05/14/1980, copyright Gwangju Ilbo.Winnie-the-Pooh: A Pop-up Book, with Christopher Robin pulling Pooh through a hole.Revolutionary poet and folk singer Gummadi Vittal Rao, popularly known as Gaddar, in 2008 (photo by Prakash Singh/AFP via The New Indian Express).
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ever wonder where to find buried treasure? Come to the Clark Library to take a closer look at this buried treasure map! Maybe you'll get lucky. #TalkLikeAPirate #MapMonday myumi.ch/MpkE3
Colorful map of the world with descriptive scrolls, images of pirates, and a key to buried treasures
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
See the U-M Museum of Art display “American Sampler: Activating the Archive.” Artifacts, artwork, & documents that illuminate strategies, visual vocabularies, & methods of protest—with Labadie Collection items from our Special Collections Research Center. myumi.ch/8qVN6
Close-up image from a black & white poster of two black men, one of whom is raising his hand high in the air and the other appears to be clapping.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Faster and More Fun: American Home Cooking in the 1920s” opens Sept. 21 in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room, with materials from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. It explores social & technological shifts in food consumption. myumi.ch/2jbEZ
Dustjacket with a colorful image of a fashionably dressed woman in an orange sleeveless dress and short hair, looking down at a table set with water in a goblet and a green salad in a dish.A menu for the “Mid-Day Menu” with an illustration of a flying white bird at the top (maybe an albatross?). Below are the words “Hotel St. Catherine, C.D. Peirce, Manager,” and a menu including dishes like “Old Plantation Vegetable” soup, green onions, olives, pickled beets, french bread, scones, baked barracuda, boiled ox tongue, chicken croquettes, creamed peas, and summer squash.
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University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Join the U-M Library to celebrate the culmination of a decade-and-a-half long project to fully catalog the library's extraordinary collection of Greek manuscripts and our forthcoming companion volume! Stop by Hatcher room 660D on 10/23 to learn more about the collection and volume: buff.ly/WNqgzdt
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The Greek Manuscripts of the University of Michigan: A Celebration of the Collection and Its Catalogue
Three scholars offer complementary perspectives on the study of Greek manuscripts.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
ArtForum reviewed the exhibit American Sampler: Activating the Archive, a partnership between the library and the U-M Museum of Art. Read American Sampler: An Archive of Protest Art Meets the Moment: myumi.ch/rwd96
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American Sampler: An Archive of Protest Art Meets the Moment
Protest art from “a long twentieth-century history of dissent” storms out of the archive at the University of Michigan Museum of Art
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our #SpecialCollections team prepares collections for use by researchers on campus & around the world. Among the latest are “The Truth About Charlie” series from the Jonathan Demme Papers (documents the film's creation) and the John Depol Collection (300 wood engravings & more).
"The Truth about Charlie" scripts.“The Truth about Charlie” working script includes Director Jonathan Demme’s personal annotations and edits.John DePol, a celebration of his work.A box of John DePol's Benjamin Franklin wood engravings.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Eeyore, Tigger, Owl, Rabbit, and Christopher Robin. This year marks 100 years of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh! Our Children’s Literature collection features original editions, pop-up and movable book versions of the stories. myumi.ch/gkZPq
Pop-up image from Milne, A. A., et al. Winnie-the-Pooh : A Pop-up Book. 1st ed., E.P. Dutton, 1984 from The William A. Gosling Pop-up and Movable Book Collection.An illustration by E H Shepard from a 1926 London edition of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Detail of Pooh’s paper doll costumes from Holden, Queen, and A. A. Milne. Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin Cut-out Dolls : Many Costumes and Clothes to Cut-out for Pooh and Christopher. Merrimack Publishing Corporation, 1988.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The third Thursday of each month, 4-6p, we host an open house in Hatcher featuring materials from our collections. This semester #SpecialCollections presents Winnie-the Pooh, Magic and Monsters, Mountains and Rivers, and the Divine Comedy. Library events: myumi.ch/egXd2
Christopher Robin drags Winnie-the-Pooh down a staircase.Creepy monster from Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, with multiple rows of teeth in his gaping mouth.Colorful collage of mountain peaks from across the U.S.Woodcut depicting one of the circles of the inferno.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our Papyrus Conservation Summer Seminar attendees learned and practiced the latest papyrus preservation techniques on small and large manuscript fragments. "International cohort of papyrus conservation students repair manuscripts unread for 2,000 years": myumi.ch/E7W93
Fragment from the Book of the Dead, with an image of Horus.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cocoa Sticks, from Meals for Small Families by Jean Mowat, epitomizes a key theme of the 1920s: an unapologetic use of commercially made and packaged foodstuffs in support of simple & speedy meal preparation." Curator Juli McLoone's recipe of the month: myumi.ch/pgR8J
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University of Michigan @umich.edu · 01/09/2026
C. Cybele Raver was confirmed as the University of Michigan’s 17th president today at a special meeting of the Board of Regents. Please join us in welcoming President-Elect Raver! myumi.ch/9JJEP
“I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve as the 17th president of the University of Michigan. It is an extraordinary honor, and I am thrilled to join this community.” Dr. C. Cybele Raver, President-Elect. Headshot of Raver in front of Burton Tower.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thanks for stopping by the Shapiro Library for Party for Your Mind! Hope you had as much fun as we did!
To women standing to the right of a giant block M.Two U-M students stand on either side of a giant block M.Two people standing at either side of a giant block M.
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Nick Camp @ncamp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Starting off the semester with another donation to @umichlibrary.bsky.social Computer & Video Game Archive.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
TODAY is the day! We're having a Party for Your Mind! Make sure you visit inside and outside the Shapiro Library (just off the Diag) from 2-4pm. Food, games, giveaways...and, of course, a photo with the giant block M. myumi.ch/MppWn
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Studying abroad soon? Going on a family vacation to Italy? This pictorial map of Venice will prepare you for the city's labyrinth of canals! #MapMonday myumi.ch/G72dp
A colorful, detailed, and ornate map of Venice.
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Emily Beitiks (she/her) @emilybeitiks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Excited that the Accessible Comics Exhibition I co-created with @nsousanis.bsky.social will be heading to the University of Michigan this fall. Check it out! Exhibit Opening: Comics Beyond Sight @umichlibrary.bsky.social www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st...
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Exhibit Opening: Comics Beyond Sight
Hear from the exhibit creators, engage with the exhibit, and talk with tabling presenters.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What does the future of video games for research look like? With Sony PlayStation planning to discontinue the production of physical game discs, David Carter, video game archivist at U-M Library, weighs in: myumi.ch/AxxNw
Video game keyboard and cartridge.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
There are over 40 native sheep breeds in the United Kingdom. This colorful map highlights the U.K.'s rolling pastures, showing major cities alongside the unique sheep of each region. #MapMonday myumi.ch/Pb3AQ
British Sheep Breeds written in red at the top. There's a border of pictures and descriptions of 40 sheep around the edge of the map, with a colorful pictorial map of the United Kingdom in the middle. The map shows major cities and cartoon sheep sprinkled throughout.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We don't just house ancient papyri, we teach others best practices to conserve it. AP video: "Global scholars learn finer points of papyri conservation at rare University of Michigan seminar" myumi.ch/zN9Qy
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Global scholars learn finer points of papyri conservation at rare University of Michigan seminar
Nine scholars from around the world spent 10 days at the University of Michigan, completing a seminar that conveys the best practices for conserving ancient texts written on rolls made from the papyru...
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Working on ancient items can be scary, so our one-of-a-kind Papyrus Conservation Summer Seminar teaches techniques to papyrologists and conservators. AP article: "Inside one of the world’s few crash courses in conserving and caring for ancient papyrus manuscripts" myumi.ch/7J9pr
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Inside one of the world's few crash courses in conserving and caring for ancient papyrus manuscripts
Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts.
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Rackham Graduate School @umichgradschool.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So... what happens after you submit your final dissertation to @umichlibrary.bsky.social? As it turns out: a lot! Learn more about the Unlocking Dissertations Project & how to make sure your dissertation is public: myumi.ch/bDE4V #UMich #GradSchool #Rackham150 #WeAreRackham #OpenAccess
An areal view of the Great Lakes region from space. Text: Eighty-nine percent of dissertation views come from outside the U-M campus.Exterior detail of the Hatcher Graduate Library on the U-M campus on a sunny day. Text: Dissertations reached 2.3 million active users in about 200 countries and territories over the last three years.Planet earth from space. Text: Low- and middle-income countries account for roughly 23 percent of all downloads, supporting researchers in places where paid databases may be out of reach.A U-M flag flies over the Michigan Union. Text: Impact is also local: Engagement is strong across Michigan, with major use in Detroit and other cities such as Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Kalamazoo.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ever wondered how the visually impaired navigate geography? Cartography isn’t just visual. This tactile map of Australia uses haptic textures and braille to render complex landforms and borders entirely through touch. #MapMonday myumi.ch/QMwnZ
Beige map of Australia made with raised dots for texture and braille for words.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We love when a student employee has a great learning experience while also doing real work for the library! Tanya Dhulipudi wrote about her experience in the blog post "Creating an Odisha Library Guide: My Library Engagement Fellow Experience": myumi.ch/rAb6J
A temple in India.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hand-painted maps of all your favorite films! This Cinemaps atlas, drawn by Andrew DeGraff, showcases movies like The Princess Bride, Star Wars, The Breakfast Club, and more. It even shows the routes major characters navigated! #MapMonday myumi.ch/kVZPn
Cinemaps book opened to "The Princess Bride" page. On the left, there is a yellow, red, and blue hand-drawn map of the Princess Bride movie world with trails marking where certain characters moved. On the right, there is a description of the movie.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Traveling out West this summer? When this map was created in 1939, vacationers took a “modern” bus along the Santa Fe Trailways to explore everything from Zion National Park to San Francisco. #MapMonday myumi.ch/d8Ag6
On the left, the 1939 map reads "For New Travel Thrills See California via Santa Fe Trailways" and "Take a Bus Vacation in Air Conditioned Comfort" with two happy girls below in bathing suits. On the right, it reads "This is America's Most Modern Bus" with a red and white bus underneath and an explanation about developments.A bus is pointed down toward a map with destinations in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. On the left it says, California and the Golden Gate Exposition, with text explaining why this is the year to see California.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Juli McLoone, Janice B. Longone Librarian for Culinary History, shares a #RecipeOfTheMonth, and this time it's Chocolate Blanc Mange. The 1927 book Fun in the Kitchen offers "easy recipes for girls," so McLoone enlisted an 8-year-old assistant chef! myumi.ch/WD5Jb
Fun in the Kitchen book cover, with a pan paying a violin and a fork and spoon dancing.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We periodically host conservators from across the globe for the rare opportunity to work with ancient papyri. (Pictured is a page from the letters of St. Paul, written on papyrus around 200 C.E.) Read about "Preserving the world's oldest paper trail": myumi.ch/kVZ42
Part of the Epistles of Paul, Romans 16:23 – Hebrews 1:7, written on papyrus.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Learn about the Unlocking Dissertations Project!
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ever wondered what type of butterfly you’re looking at? This map from the 1950s helps you identify 70 beautiful US species by their unique colors, wing shapes, and regions. Happy butterfly identifying! #MapMonday myumi.ch/MprWR
Butterflies arranged in the shape of the United States, titled Symbols of Summer.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Did you miss our exciting news? Regents approved the design phase for a new building to serve as a center for the preservation, management, digitization, and distribution of most of our physical collection. Plans for a new library repository move forward: myumi.ch/2jmDM
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Once you start looking for maps as you go about your day-to-day life, they start to show up everywhere! Map Curator Anna Rohl shares some "Maps in the Wild" found in downtown Detroit. (This map is on display in the Detroit Public Library.) #MapMonday myumi.ch/gkRR4
Colorful map of Michigan and the Great Lakes.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Over 270 breweries, one great map! Michigan has long been known as a great beer state, and this Brewers Guild map truly makes the case. It features inset maps for Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and beyond. #MapMonday myumi.ch/4xeZQ
Michigan Craft Brewery map, 2018, with two full beer glasses, one saying "Drink Michigan Beer."Map of Michigan showing brewery locations across the state (marked with small pints of beer), with a legend along the left side.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Stargazing this summer? This glow-in-the-dark star finder with a zodiac dial helps everyday astronomers identify constellations based on the date and time of night. Rotate the dial to map the night sky and spot stars from your own backyard! See it in the Clark Library. #MapMonday
Black handheld cardboard with a yellow title: "Glow-in-the-Dark Star Finder with Zodiac Dial." There is a blue dial in the center that shows the constellations and spins to show different months.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
All library locations are closed on Friday, July 3 and Saturday July 4. The Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library in the Duderstadt Center will also be closed on Sunday, July 5. Check hours here: myumi.ch/D8g88
Chubby squirrel on a branch.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We've found our new Associate University Librarian for collections! Jessica Morales will join the U-M Library this September, coming from the University of Arkansas Libraries. Welcome, Jessica! myumi.ch/WDJwJ
Jessica Morales
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Summer calls for cool drinks and cool eats. Juli McLoone, Janice B. Longone Librarian for Culinary History, shares her recipe of the month: Sicilian Sorbet from Fannie Farmer's "The Boston Cooking School Cook Book," 1920. Peaches pressed through a sieve! myumi.ch/9JPW9
A mound of orange sorbet in a clear glass bowl on a green table
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Thrilled about our newly endowed librarian position! Curator Juli McLoone, the Janice B. Longone Librarian for Culinary History thanks to an estate gift from Daniel T. Longone, continues Jan's project to collect, preserve & share American culinary history. myumi.ch/xjdej
Curator Juli McLoone and donor Jan Longone with the Cook Book by Malinda Russell; photo by Jorge Avellan, WEMU, April 2019.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
As you prep your grill for hotdogs this July 4th check out this cool map of the U.S. once we gained independence! Happy semiquincentennial! #MapMonday myumi.ch/bDRXj
First American map of the United States, from 1784.
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University of Michigan Library @umichlibrary.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Celebrate Pride Month with a piece of history. This vibrant map captures Castro's resilient LGBTQ+ community by balancing joyful activism & nightlife with the heartbreak of the AIDS crisis. #Mapmonday Learn More: myumi.ch/qw1nX
A grid of blue lines, representing the main streets of San Francisco, structures the view of the Castro District, creating spaces filled with dynamic and colorful imagery, including an image of Harvey Milk in the bottom right corner.
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