Patrick Leary

Yay!

@chicago.sun-times.com is rising to the occasion.

And for those curious to read it, here it is in the indispensable HathiTrust: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=md...

Pro tip: copy the url then paste it into archive.is

I was there again in the summer. It's a real throwback, and with some fantastic archival collections as well.

bsky.app/profile/bcdr... A sublimely witty man, as his many readers know. Does not suffer fools gladly, blocks them instead. A mix of unapologetically prescriptive English usage with a dash of musical theater and cultural commentary thrown in.

Every museum professional in America understands that the preservation of the artifacts in the collection is their first duty, their most sacred trust. You don’t allow any one of them to be removed, let alone given away. Todd Arrington did his duty. His firing is a dark day for museums everywhere.

The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship – RSVP The Linda H. Peterson Fellowship was named after the widely influential Yale professor and longtime RSVP Board member and Vice President, Linda Peterson. The purpose of the Peterson Fellowship is to…

Peterson Fellowships open today! Named for Yale professor and our dear friend, Linda H. Peterson, the Peterson Fellowship is designed to support one scholar for four full-time months conducting research focused on the British periodical press of long #19thC. Applications due Nov. 15!

So sorry to hear that Jane Goodall has died. She was just here in Chicago for the “Becoming Jane” exhibit at the Field. I treasure the memory of meeting her in 1971, after a lecture she gave; she was kindly, I was in awe. Lately I learned that she’s the heroine of several kids’ books, & rightly so.

The indispensable Carlyle Letters Online, guided by Brent Kinser, has found a new home at Western Carolina University: carlyleletters.wcu.edu This magnificent resource features free access to all of the letters of the 50-volume Duke-Edinburgh edition completed in 2023. #Victorian #19th-c.

I've never seen any group of guys who look as illegal as these guys.

YouTube video by lukertweek Peter Cook - The Miner

As Peter Cook established years ago, you have to have the Latin for the judging. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grg5...

William & Mary University in Virginia is looking for an assistant professor of Global Victorian Literatures. Application deadline is November 9. williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det... #C19th #19th-c

In bookshops I’ve had to keep to a catch-and-release policy.

You’re so welcome, Andrea. And Kristen tells me that the journal is on-track to remain OA for at least the next two years, which is wonderful news!

The journal Victorians (formerly The Victorian Newsletter) is out, with new format and new editor Kristen Pond, featuring a forum on amateurism and professionalization in science with intro by @aktange.bsky.social. Some terrific work here, and all is Open Access. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55573 #C19th

Adorable!

I'm so glad the conference went well, Kathy, and thanks for explaining how your experience there will feed into the annuals project. I'm going to be following your progress with the keenest interest!

We have been invaded. The invaders are wearing masks.

Title and abstract for the linked article

New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

Vivienne Seonaid Dunstan, 'The Scottish urban hierarchy and its interaction with the print trade and venues for reading, as revealed by an 1820s trade directory'

doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

I ❤️ WBEZ

I was home from college when the Watergate hearings were on and watched them intently day by day. Yet I found Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony just as dramatic as that of John Dean, and Liz Cheney's addresses ("your dishonor will remain") as deeply stirring as those of the more colorful Sam Ervin.

I like the book, but find it hard to forgive Rose's speculation about Ruskin's wedding night. The notion that he was shocked by Effie's body hair is totally made up. There's no evidence at all for it, and yet the book's popularity has now made it something that "everybody knows" about that marriage.

Hiller was so moving and funny in that role -- I hope that this award will make more people curious to seek out Somebody Somewhere. There's been nothing else quite like that gem of a show and I miss it a lot.

Memo to that staff of one: thank you!

The key, I think, was getting him to talk about other people--Joni, Cruise, Cusak, Bowie, Bangs. When someone talks about others the result is always more revealing than when they're asked to talk directly about themselves.

Thank you, I'd forgotten completely about this brilliant opener. I love that it plays on the theme that this was a rivalry between newspapermen in Chicago, the ultimate newspaper town. For me, Ebert's review in the Sun-Times made very Friday a special occasion.

Since we discussed this nine months ago, has there been any progress toward publishing Hansard through the BHO? As advised, I haven't been holding my breath(!), but I would like to be hopeful. Hansard at Huddersfeild remains much missed.

The last of a TV dynasty that began with his uncle Allen B. DuMont, who created the first practical TV set and the first TV network. If the DuMont Network kinescopes hadn’t been destroyed to recover silver, we’d know a lot more about it. No wonder Bruce was so keen to preserve TV and radio history.

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