We heard that the only way to kill a zombie was by destroying its brain, but the rare VFEZ species subset can only be destroyed by a broken heart. As our VFEZ visitor, whom we hoped would take advantage of a NYLI trial membership, began to cry dust… the very air around the front desk began to quake and waver….
Nothing but the NYLI jacket & strewn microfilm left behind….
We are unlikely to see the nearly extinct VFEZ again, and while the OED even lists the use of Zombie in the world of finance, it has yet to add the Vegetarian variety….
If you’ve gotten to the end of this rather unusual blog, you may have thought — Is it Halloween? Check your calendar again, you’re no fool, it’s April 1st…..
Now seen as the end of Summer — and a kind of bookend BBQ when paired with the season’s kickoff of Memorial day — Labor Day was initially a reaction to worker unrest … But perhaps after you’ve digested your last hot dog, you can explore some Labor & Employment sources available here at The…
While the American Thanksgiving holiday began during Colonial times and was officially established in November by President Lincoln, the spirit of giving is also part of humanity’s tradition of trying to improve society…. And, in the 1980s, a National Philanthropy Day with activities was first celebrated — and then made official by President Reagan in…
You probably know that November 11th is known as Veterans Day, a Federal Holiday…. And you may know that Veterans Day was original “Armistice Day” — commemorating the end of World War I (November 11, 1918) … But did you know that November 11th officially became Veterans Day on June 1, 1954 (P.L. 280)? You…
September 17th is Constitution Day. Why September 17th? That’s the day the U.S. Constitution was signed in Philadelphia is 1787… And while the OED gives multiple meanings for every word — including constitution — most Americans (and certainly most librarians!) immediately associate it with the document, often amended, that is the basis of our government….
The classic love triangle of Beecher, his best friend Tilton and Tilton’s wife Elizabeth pushed post-Civil War issues of reconstruction off the front pages for almost three years. A storied New England family of authors, preachers and social reformers would be divided. And some legal eagles of the Mid-19th Century, including NYLI stalwart William M….
Like librarians of the present, NYLI‘s William H. Winters made use of the latest technologies while preserving the treasures of the past…. Winters, a Harvard graduate, became New York Law Institute’s Librarian in 1872 and immediately began securing complete sets of Statutes and Session laws of every state as well as obtaining official copies of…
