CrowdsourceHerBook
@crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social
CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark.
Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/
Posts by Charlotte Epple
MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/
Posts by Charlotte Epple
MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
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The survey is now closed! Reflections, Bonus Books, and Thank You’s
Since launching the project on 8 March 2025, readers of this blog have sent me a lot of books with fascinating contents and object biographies. It has been a joy to look through all the submissions an...
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The year is coming to an end, and so is this crowdsourcing experiment. A massive thank you to everyone who got in touch! Read about the process and what's next here: csherbook.hypotheses.org/3221 #bookhistory #womenshistory
The year is coming to an end, and so is this crowdsourcing experiment. A massive thank you to everyone who got in touch! Read about the process and what's next here: csherbook.hypotheses.org/3221 #bookhistory #womenshistory
The survey is now closed! Reflections, Bonus Books, and Thank You’s
Since launching the project on 8 March 2025, readers of this blog have sent me a lot of books with fascinating contents and object biographies. It has been a joy to look through all the submissions an...
csherbook.hypotheses.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The year is coming to an end, and so is this crowdsourcing experiment. A massive thank you to everyone who got in touch! Read about the process and what's next here: csherbook.hypotheses.org/3221 #bookhistory #womenshistory
Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1886), dedicated to “Belle. from Uncle Edward December 25/91.” csherbook.hypotheses.org/2267 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1886), dedicated to “Belle. from Uncle Edward December 25/91.” csherbook.hypotheses.org/2267 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
This copy of Fireside Fairies by Susan Pindar (1849) was given to "dear little Julie, From Cousin Alice, Christmas 1854" csherbook.hypotheses.org/2133 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #womenshistory
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This copy of Fireside Fairies by Susan Pindar (1849) was given to "dear little Julie, From Cousin Alice, Christmas 1854" csherbook.hypotheses.org/2133 #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #womenshistory
This Christmas gift was given in 1897, a Victorian novel about a bunch of women deciding to not marry and founding a club together. #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
A Book for Christmas: #46 Minnie H. Brown’s The Old Maids Club, 1892?
This book was kindly shared by Chris Kraus. Type of ownership mark #1: inscriptionTranscription: “Minnie H. Brown December 25th 1897 Pitterton, Pa.” Type of ownership mark #2: inscriptionTranscription...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This Christmas gift was given in 1897, a Victorian novel about a bunch of women deciding to not marry and founding a club together. #abookforchristmas #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
Since the holidays are coming up, here's a Christmas gift! Mary Lewis (m. Barnfield) got this bible on Boxing Day 1859. #herbook #bookhistory #abookforchristmas
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Since the holidays are coming up, here's a Christmas gift! Mary Lewis (m. Barnfield) got this bible on Boxing Day 1859. #herbook #bookhistory #abookforchristmas
Another expertly researched and photographed contribution, with notes on a forgotten Canadian author, thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social. #bookhistory #canadianliterature #herbook #womenshistory
#44 Lizzie Beaty’s The Bastonais, 1877
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Lizzie Beaty” Bibliographic dataTitle: The BastonnaisSubtitle: Tale of the American invasion in Canada 17...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Another expertly researched and photographed contribution, with notes on a forgotten Canadian author, thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social. #bookhistory #canadianliterature #herbook #womenshistory
Scottish and English Ballads, belonging to “Emily Marion Bourne from Katie & Clara Oct 22nd 1877” #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
#43 Emily Marion Bourne’s Ballads, around 1877
This book was kindly shared by Ida Aaskov Dolmer. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Emily Marion Bourne from Katie & Clara Oct 22nd 1877” Bibliographic dataTitle: Ballads: Scottish an...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Scottish and English Ballads, belonging to “Emily Marion Bourne from Katie & Clara Oct 22nd 1877” #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
New books on the blog! This one is from the substantial library of Welshwoman Elizabeth Greenly (1771-1839). #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
#42 Elizabeth Greenly’s Poetical Works of Mr Gray, 1785
This book was kindly shared by Natalie Vultaggio-Steger. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Eliza Greenly 1789” Bibliographic dataTitle: The Poetical Works of Mr. Gray. A New Edition.A...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New books on the blog! This one is from the substantial library of Welshwoman Elizabeth Greenly (1771-1839). #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory
Survey is closing on 17 Dec!
Tell me about your woman-owned books! Submit them via the survey below.
✔️ printed before 1900
✔️ contains evidence of female ownership (a signature e.g.)
#bookhistory
#crowdsourcing
#womenshistory
✔️ printed before 1900
✔️ contains evidence of female ownership (a signature e.g.)
#bookhistory
#crowdsourcing
#womenshistory
Get involved!
If you are interested in contributing to the project by sharing your books, please feel free to email the editor, Charlotte Epple, at cepple[at]sdu.dk. You can contribute by filling in the Crowdsource...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Survey is closing on 17 Dec!
Any ideas what "Flopy" (?) might be short for? #bookhistory #skystorians
December 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Any ideas what "Flopy" (?) might be short for? #bookhistory #skystorians
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No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No YOU'RE still mucking around with a family record in an account book that also includes daughters' marriage portions. A few $$, some "household utensills." Late 1720s, Massachusetts.
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We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997
#40 Amelia Graham’s A little treatise of being born again, 1727
This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Amelia Graham’s book Truro, Franklin County Ohio MDCCCXXXV 1831” Bibliographic dataTitle: A ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
18th century book of sermons with neat provenance inscription of Amelia Graham from Truro, Ohio. #herbook #bookhistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2997
Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory
#39 Lulu Bird’s Blix, 1899
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: inscriptionTranscription: “Heres [sic] a true little story of the land – you are going to – For Lulu Bird from – the skipper of the ...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some more book entries out on the blog today, among them a novel by Frank Norris with a very sweet Valentine's inscription and traces of pressed flowers inside, contributed by @brianbusby.bsky.social. Thank you! #bookhistory
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Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Family cookbooks, filled with handwritten notes, sometimes held together with rubber bands, tell the story of generations of homemakers. They are irreplaceable treasures.
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
🦃 Celebrate the cultural & family histories on their worn & stained pages ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
#Thanksgiving
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#rosesagainstviolence for @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social who knows this cat!
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
#stopgenderbasedviolence
#stopviolenceagainstwomen
#stopgenderbasedviolence
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
And finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And finally, this endearing children's book about a kitten that decided to leave home and become a robber. It belonged to Nellie Woodford. Nellie was raised by her aunt Sophia after her mother Sarah Comfort's death. #bookhistory #herbook #womenshistory csherbook.hypotheses.org/2176
This book on friendship, surely also given as a gift, belonged to Sophia Woodford. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This book on friendship, surely also given as a gift, belonged to Sophia Woodford. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
This book of psalms belonged to Adaline Woodford (left), who later gifted it to her sister Sophia (right). They were sisters-in-law of Sarah Comfort Woodford, the owner of Famous Men of Britain. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This book of psalms belonged to Adaline Woodford (left), who later gifted it to her sister Sophia (right). They were sisters-in-law of Sarah Comfort Woodford, the owner of Famous Men of Britain. #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
I've been sent four books all owned by women in the same family. With photos! Here's the first: Famous Men of Britain (1856), inscribed by Sarah Comfort Woodford. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2447 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've been sent four books all owned by women in the same family. With photos! Here's the first: Famous Men of Britain (1856), inscribed by Sarah Comfort Woodford. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2447 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook
#onthisday in 1896, Estelle Champlin added this copy of The Herb-Moon to her library. The scraps of paper on the pastedown are from a review of the novel, probably pasted into the book by the book seller and later removed. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2160 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #otd
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#onthisday in 1896, Estelle Champlin added this copy of The Herb-Moon to her library. The scraps of paper on the pastedown are from a review of the novel, probably pasted into the book by the book seller and later removed. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2160 #bookhistory #womenshistory #herbook #otd
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‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
July 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
‼️Next year, the REBPAF Final Conference will be held in Dublin.‼️
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
We invite submissions of papers & posters; the deadline is 15 Dec 2025. We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to Ireland!📚
#REBPAF #MSCA #REBPAFConference #CfP #BookHistory
[See images for details & how to apply.]
Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Here's another prize book, this time awarded for "good attendance" to Minnie Brownsett from Manchester. csherbook.hypotheses.org/2393 #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory
#29 Katie Seymour’s Christie Redfern’s Troubles (1892)
This book was kindly shared by Brian Busby. Type of ownership mark: gift label, inscriptionTranscription: “Mall Board School, Brading. MISS MOORE’S PRIZE. PRESENTED TO Katie Seymour for attention to s...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This prize was awarded to Katie Seymour of Ryde, Isle of Wight, "for attention to studies" in 1893. Thanks to @brianbusby.bsky.social for sharing the book and its story! #herbook #bookhistory #womenshistory