Archivist of the United States David Ferriero announced today that Thomas Lowry, a long-time researcher and Lincoln expert, confessed to altering a Lincoln document owned by the Archives.
Guest Blog by Jeffrey Murray, former senior archivist with Library and Archives Canada and FB&C Fine Maps columnist
In case any of you missed last night's Oddities on the Discovery Channel, here's a two-minute clip of the segment about a book bound in human skin.
On Friday, the Folger Shakespeare Library launches what looks to be an incredibly interesting exhibit, Beyond Home Remedy: Women, Medicine
As some of you may remember, William Scott, a Drew University student, was accused of stealing rare Methodist and presidential letters from the United Methodist Archives Center in March of last year.
So reported the New York Times today, the London-based auction house that bills itself as the leading auctioneer of books and manuscripts is in limbo. From the short article:
