John Dunning Archives

May 13, 2024
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Digital Doubloons

Title: Digital Doubloons Ahoy, landlubbers! Digital Archivist, John Dunning, back one final time to spin a yarn about a piece of digital treasure we hoard here in Special Collections. A...

Apr 17, 2024
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Digital Booty

No, not that type of booty . . . treasure! Ahoy, me hearties!  Digital Archivist, John Dunning, is back here again to remind ye’ scallywags of the digital treasure we...

Mar 20, 2024
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Digital Arghhh-iving!

Ahoy, mateys! John Dunning, Digital Archivist here, to tell ye’ of the new voyage underway in Special Collections. Driven to better preserve, collect, and hoard (as all good pirates do)...

Jun 19, 2023
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Mathias Embry Correspondence

June 20th marks the 160th anniversary of Private John Posey’s enlistment as a Black solider in the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D fighting in the Civil War. Posey was...

Aug 15, 2019
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Staff Pick: Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8 by Hiroshige

Mt. Hiyori and Toba Bay in Shima Province, no. 8, or, Shima hiyoriyama toba minato Collection: Fry Family Papers, 1837-1993 (#1197) Staff Person: John Dunning “I leave my body in...