Florilegium: creating a plant compendium
by Lynne Raughley
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A quest for knowledge shapes a family history
by Alan Piñon
For the family of Professor Monroe Hafter, books were an extension of the family in a way. And the professor’s pursuit of new additions to his collection shaped the future of the entire family as they journeyed far from their home in Ann Arbor in order to find important literature to feed his research.
Medicine and magic through the ages
Medical amulets
by Lynne Raughley
When curator and outreach librarian Pablo Alvarez took on responsibility for the Library’s history of medicine collection back in 2014, he found among its thousands of rare texts a small box of gemstones and spells, made to cast off demons and cure ailments.
