A phonograph record on a post card? A professor throws a curveball at Special Collections.

Recently Paul Sommers, Paige-Wright Professor of Economics, stopped by the archives with an unusual item: he had purchased a “melody card” online, a paper phonograph record first manufactured in the 1930s, most notably on cereal boxes or as inserts in magazines. His postcard reads: Play this record on the PHONOGRAPH, 78rpm speed manual. Prof. Sommers doesn’t have a record player that […] Continue reading Continue Reading A phonograph record on a post card? A professor throws a curveball at Special Collections.

Hey Students! Try Our WT Workshop on Research & Zotero

Are you working on a senior thesis or starting a big research project? Drowning in journal articles and books, but not sure how to keep track of them all? Let us help you with the next stage of your journey as a power researcher in our Winter Term workshop “Zotero and Beyond: Power Research Tips […]…Continue Reading Hey Students! Try Our WT Workshop on Research & Zotero

Thanksgiving hours at the Libraries

Davis Family Library Monday 11/24: 7:30 am – 1 am Tuesday 11/25: 7:30 am – 8 pm Wednesday 11/26: 9 am – 5 pm Thursday-Saturday 11/27-29: CLOSED Sunday 11/30: 24/7 exam period begins at 9 am. Card access only outside of regular library hours. Armstrong Library Monday 11/24: 7:45 am – midnight Tuesday 11/25: 7:45 […]…Continue Reading Thanksgiving hours at the Libraries

Laurie L. Patton Named Next President of Middlebury

The Middlebury Board of Trustees today named Laurie L. Patton, dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion, as Middlebury’s next president. Patton will take office on July 1, 2015, succeeding Ronald D. Liebowitz, who has served as president since July 2004. Patton, a distinguished […]…Continue Reading Laurie L. Patton Named Next President of Middlebury