Photo of an old enema string sitting on a wooden table with a 12 inch ruler next to it for scale. The syringe is approximately 17 inches long, made of a silvery medal, with a wooden knob on one end.
Picture of an undated enema syringe- not visible is the commemorative engraving #UnusualArchives #Archive30
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An 'entry' ticket to visit a patient in Rottenrow in 1945
Can you imagine only being able to visit twice a week?
Mrs Clark was 'in BLW' - we are not sure what this stands for? Maybe something labour ward? Does anyone know?
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Letter. Header: In the Name of the Old Ones Miskatonic Literary Circle. Dirk W. Mosig, December 21st, 1975 Dear Prof. Taylor: Thank you for your kind letter of December 19th. I was myself quite sold, initially, to the autobiographical interpretation of The Outsider, but later research makes me dout that HPL's childhood was nearly as miserable as my sketch suggests....There is little doubt that some autobiographical elements entered in the composition of several of Lovecraft's tales (The Outsider, The Silver Key, The Thing at the Doorstep, &c) but I doubt that any one tale can be reduced to strict autobiography.... Yes, indeed, Jung is anything but parsimonious.... But then, Freud's hypothetical constructs are also objectionable on the same grounds. The only psychological theory completely devoid of hypothetical constructs and intervening variables is Skinnerian behaviorism....Although I generally agree with Skinner's conclusions about the determination of behavior by the contingencies of reinforcement, a literary analysis in terms of operant conditioning theory would be, I fear, rather dull. My own favorite interpretation of THE OUTSIDER is the rationalistic one. After reading my little paper, Frank Belknap Long wrote that he felt confident that, had HPL lived to read the thing, he would have initialled the mechanistic-materialistic elucidation.... I am less confident of this than Belknapius, but it does fit with HPL's Weltansicht. I am particularly interested in HPL's philosophical thinking, not only because it parallels my own, but because I feel that his cosmic-minded rationalism provides the key for the appreciation of his memorable tales. George Wetzel made some suggestions on this line years ago, as did Matthew Onderdonk in the FRESCO Symposium. A few days ago I had the pleasure of reading a couple of MA theses (Svartz 1972, Brown U., Lynn, 1970, U. df R.I.) which also pointed out the significance of Loveeraft's materialistic-phi1osophy for the interpretatio…
SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE is now available as an inexpensive Dover reprint ($1.50), and would be ideal for a course in weird fiction, indeed. Let me know if your proposed course materializes. The WHISPERS papers are minor, one a Jungian analysis (sketchy and superficial) of a series of HPL's tales -- I was inspired to write this one by Prof. Barton St. Armand, whose forthcoming book from Mirage should be most interesting. The other should be out this month, and is a brief essay on HPL's prediction of "future shock" and a new dark age.... Digressing, Freud did make a good point when he called religion "the obsessive neurosis of mankind...." Jung, on the other hand, was involved in too much mysticism to be truly scientific. Nevertheless, it is curious to observe that both theories have received some borderline support from modern neurophysiological and ethological research. The modern "tri-unit" theory of the brain (metabolic functions & basic drives mediated by the "reptilian brain" -hindbrain plus midbrain plus diencophalon; inhibition of previous learning made possible by the limbic system; and planning & "higher" functions, like reasoning, involving the neocortex) shows an uncomfortable resemblance to the old trichotomy of id-superego-ego.... Ethological evidence as to the inheritance of fixed action patterns (such as that resulting from the research of Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen -the recent Nobel prize laureates-, Eibl-Eibesfeldt, and others) make the Jungian conception of the archetype less ludicrous. However, that is a long way from saying that either theory has been significantly validated. Jung's theory seems to be slightly more elegant, when applied to HPL's tales than Freud's libidinal approach, but neither should be taken seriously.... Back to another subject, I have been wondering for some time whether the academic community may be ready to lend at least some support to a Lovecraftian Journal) perhaps titled LOVECRAFT STUDIES, and patterned a…
One of our emeritus faculty members, Yozan (Dirk) Mosig, was an influential figure in Lovecraft studies. We acquired a letter archive from one of his correspondents. This wideranging letter, from Mosig to Taylor, debates various aspects of H.P. Lovecraft's thought. #UnusualArchives #Archive30
A field with babies popping out from the top of the crops.
#UnusualArchives Barnsley Archives have postcards on all types of themes. We have no idea what's going on in this one 🤔 #Archive30
Visiting card with a small image of a crown above the central inscription 'Vrouwe Margaretha Zelle-MacLeod' (hyphenating her birth name with that of her ex-husband) and the address 'Nieuwe Uitleg 16, La Haye.' (in the Hague) at bottom left.
#UnusualArchives is a crowded field in our collections, but here's Mata Hari's visiting card - as she was tried by the French authorities, it's unclear why it came to us. #CM150 #Archive30 #PGM #WWI #FWW
George Witt donated his collection of erotica to the British Museum in 1865 & which formed the Museum’s Secretum. With the collection was printed ephemera & scrapbooks with beautiful (& sometimes erotic!) illustrations, now in the archive. #Archive30 #UnusualArchives #BritishMuseum #Archive
![Title page of the Latin version of Margaret Cavendish's duel biography of her and husband, William. To the left is an engraved image of William, in his Cavalier style dress, including large lace collar, entitled 'William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle'. To the right, the title of the book is given in Latin, with the names 'Guilielmi' [William] and 'Margareta' [Margaret] being the most prominenant words.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wj5kvgounn6ciqi3kdn6mgas/bafkreibw57gfwqugy53ngkofh2ju3fuvicjlnjvtufiy7mqnffgnusxkuu)
Title page of the Latin version of Margaret Cavendish's duel biography of her and husband, William. To the left is an engraved image of William, in his Cavalier style dress, including large lace collar, entitled 'William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle'. To the right, the title of the book is given in Latin, with the names 'Guilielmi' [William] and 'Margareta' [Margaret] being the most prominenant words.
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle was a prolific writer in the late 17th century. Despite the fact she herself couldn't speak Latin, her dual biography of her and her husband, William Cavendish, was the only one of her books to be published in Latin.
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Poster advertising asbestos, 1939. Suits and screens shown.
We have some #UnusualArchives in the 'Our Favourites' online gallery, such as this asbestos poster, 1939. Staff observed that it’s surreal seeing adverts portraying asbestos in such a positive manner considering what we now know! See more here: bit.ly/4a9loKO #Archive30
Post Office Telegram from 25th August 1939
Post Office Telegram from 1st September 1939
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These telegrams from 1939 are unusual we think… preparing for casualties
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A loop of cams and carabiners - looks heavy
#UnusualArchives is the theme for today's #Archive30.
We reckon being a #mountain library is already pretty unusual but we're sharing our Presidential chain of office.
Made up of cams and carabiners it's quite heavy - but is donned (briefly) by incoming club presidents.
#Archive30 #UnusualArchives Our #Herbarium archive has thrown up some fascinating items including a set of leaf-shape posters with real leaves pasted on to paper and hand-written titles, probably used for teaching, 1890s. @arascot.bsky.social #WinterbourneHouseandGarden
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You might expect everything in our archives to be medical but that isn't the case. Did you know we also hold material relating to Irish archaeology? This includes over 150 letters between George Petrie and Lord Adare on the topic. #UnusualArchives
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Cast of the humerus bone showing a healed fracture. The bone is displayed in a wooden case with glass lid.
#UnusualArchives is the theme for today's #Archive30.
This is a cast of David Livingstone's humerus showing a healed fracture. It's quite an unusual thing to have. How he got the fracture is also pretty unusual - he was attacked by a lion! 🦁
heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/111
A hand annotated map of Trinidad with a hole in it
A close up of a hole in the map labelled I found a cockroach nibbling
Apparently a cockroach started to make a tasty meal out of this map of Trinidad belonging to Geologist Arthur Gilbertson Hutchinson. He helpfully pointed out the patch where it had been nibbling..!
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Today's #Archive30 is #UnusualArchives. We have very few first-person accounts of WW1 from ordinary private soldiers, but Charley's War www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/31.htm is the remarkable journal of a Pontypool collier who served in the 2nd Mons as a messenger
For #Archive30 #UnusualArchives we are looking back at our research on unusual causes of death among Victorian MPs. The case of death by turnip has been one of our most popular articles since we first shared it. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/b...
A photograph of a cigarette next to an envelope addressed to Lady O'Conor and the top of a letter. OCON 3/3/7.
Today's #Archive30 theme is #UnusualArchives.
A couple of months ago, one of our researchers called us over to share their surprise at finding a cigarette in their file!
It was enclosed with a letter which the diplomat Nicholas O'Conor sent to his wife Minna, in July 1895 from Peking [Beijing].
Today's #archive30 theme is #unusualarchives. What items out of the ordinary do you have in your stores?
Dried and pressed lichen that is green/brown held in a white card folder
Dried and pressed lichen that is green/brown held in a white card folder
As part of our Setting the Record Straight Project, we’ve discovered this pressed lichen amongst the papers of York astronomer, Edward Pigott.
The lichen appears to have been pressed at Fontainebleau, while Pigott was detained there between 1803 and 1806 during the Napoleonic wars.
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We don't have many hats in the Archives. This bicorn hat is part of the Guildry collection, and would have been worn by the Lord Dean of Guild. Until 1975 the LDG was a member of the Council committee. The Guildry is now a charitable organisation.
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Old puzzle box with a flock of cranes on it
bright orange and red still life with glasses, a book, and flowers
drawing of a person in yellow looking at buildings with a Keep Out sign
Mixed media composition with a face and newsclippings, accent with lines cut from ads and tin foil
At first glance, this crane puzzle is unremarkable. When you crack the lid, though, it's full of artwork! The box is part of the Holzrichter Collection. He taught art at UNK for many years. We think these pieces are student work that he saved.
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