…term come from, and what exactly does it mean? Alan Petrulis, “Indian Summer.” PR 300, David Feinstein Collection of Prints. A number of explanations have been advanced over the…

…Grant might seek an unprecedented third consecutive term (he did not pursue the Republican nomination in 1876, but was again a candidate, albeit an unsuccessful one, in 1880). The ass…

…to OED, that goes to a 1788 reference to a horse of remarkable height. However, in the log book “sky-scraper” is a nautical term describing the triangular sky-sail that flew at the very…

…collections are represented by a card. Sometimes these cards give us helpful information for creating electronic records (available for search on Bobcat), but other times, we aren’t so lucky. These…

…fiction was not always crystal clear. And so, naturally suspicions have emerged. In a 2005 article, an anthropologist examining the term “redskin” raised questions about a 1699 family letter in Smith’s book…

…interest was Lutz’s discussion of the Enlightenment origin and conception of “political science,” a term we use regularly despite the fact that we rarely associate politics with science directly. As…

…as large scale and long term collections care projects. One such long term projects is a Library Collections Condition Survey (LCCS). The focus of the survey is assessing current storage…

…of the United States for the term of two years, and within this state of New-York for the term of one year at least, appeared in the Court of Common…

…images would appeal to a broad range of consumers, having something for almost everyone — art, fashion, nature, theater, and sex appeal (it’s not clear if the term “bird” was…