Thank you everyone who came out to see our Sesame Street Exhibit which is now officially open till the end of the semester! And thank you also to the amazing Susie Tofte for her presentation on the early work of Jim Henson 🐸 #umdlibraries #umdspecialcollections #umd #libsky #sesamestreet

Happy Jim Henson Day! Come visit us in Hornbake for woodblock prints and buttons. And also catch a glimpse of Roosevelt Franklin, the key puppet feature in our upcoming Sesame Street exhibition! 🌈🌈🌈 #letterpress #umdlibraries #umdspecialcollections #umd #libsky #printmaking

@umdbooklab.bsky.social & @theclariceumd.bsky.social !

Tomorrow 9/18, from 12-5, swing by the presses at Hornbake Letterpress Studio, BookLab (Tawes Hall), and the Performing Arts Library (the Clarice) to create a broadside in celebration of Type High Day, a printer's holiday! We're testing out some ink colors in Hornbake...

It’s an exciting week for letterpress on campus! Join us Wednesday in STAMP for Constitution Day buttons and broadsides and Thursday at Hornbake, Tawes Booklab, and the Clarice for Type High Day! More to come on both of these events 🐢 #libsky #umdlibraries #umdspecialcollections #umd

Can't wait to unbox what's next! 📦👀
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Post #2 of our summer audiovisual blog series! We get into the storage at Severn Library and its importance for AV materials. Check it out! 🎥 hornbakelibrary.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/t...
#umdlibraries #umdspecialcollections #umd #libsky #LibSky #labor #activism #audiovisual #specialcollections

Post #1 of our summer audiovisual blog series is on our wordpress today! Learn about the care and management of our AV materials in the Labor collection! hornbakelibrary.wordpress.com
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Vive le 14 juillet! Today SCUA commemorates Bastille Day! Read more about how our collections connect to the French Revolution, featuring items from the Lafayette Family Papers, French Pamphlet Collection, and National Trust Library Historic Postcards Collection! hornbakelibrary.wordpress.com

Here’s a tiny glimpse of our hugee postcard collection! Baltimore postcards celebrating the writing of the Star Spangled Banner and the long fight for American independence from tyrants and kings! 🎆
#umd #umdspecialcollections #Libsky #4thofjuly #archives #umdlibraries #specialcollections

This Juneteenth we’re highlighting Frederick Douglass, the “Founding Father of the Second American Republic.” Douglass, whose statue stands outside Hornbake Library, is one of many liberatory voices we celebrate today.

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will.”

Did you know Hornbake Library has it's very own Letterpress Studio? Read all about here! 📖😄 #umd #letterpress #printmaking #umdlibraries
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Our final goodbye blog post to Homegrown 😔🥀 read it here! hornbakelibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/13/a...

My students had so much fun looking at these materials! Many thanks to Hornbake and Dr Schollaert!

Some materials pulled for a recent queer literature course! Pride month is every month for us >:) 🌈✨

Come join us at the Homegrown closing reception at 3:30! 🥀

The latest post on the SCUA blog reflects on a year of Homegrown and some of the work that went into creating the exhibit. Be sure to check out Homegrown's closing reception next Tuesday, April 29 from 3:30-5!

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A sneak-peek into what we have in store for #MarylandDay!
🐢🐢🐢marylandday.umd.edu

Happy Earth Day Terps!!!🌱🌎Our Homegrown exhibit features so many different ways people have fought for environmental justice on campus, in Maryland, and all over our world. Come learn about these community achievements at Hornbake! #EarthDay #environmentaljustice #UMDSpecialCollections #UMDLibraries

Our current exhibit “Homegrown: An Introduction to the Environmental Justice Movement” will be closing its doors soon! You can visit it at Hornbake during operating hours or join us at the Homegrown open house event on April 29th. Hope to see you there!🌱

It’s all happening at #MarylandDay! At Hornbake, we’ll showcase what Special Collections has to offer: rare book petting zoo, tours of the Homegrown exhibit, origami, letterpress printing, & the chance to meet the Real Testudo!

Be sure to visit us on Sat. April 26th from 10-4! marylandday.umd.edu

Hi Bluesky! We're the home of Special Collections & University Archives @ the University of Maryland.

We steward materials from a range of collecting areas including labor & unions, MD state history, broadcasting history, & more! Check out our blog for the latest news: hornbakelibrary.wordpress.com