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Getting it in Writing: Knowledge Preserved and Passed on in Handwritten Catalogs

“On a recent chilly October morning, I reached for one of HMML’s copies of...”

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman

March 20, 2025

August 1, 2024

Like a Dog

“In Arabic literature, as with many cultures, dogs are viewed with some ambivalence...”

Dr. Josh Mugler

December 20, 2022

The Next Stop was Kremsmünster Abbey

“When Father Oliver Kapsner began to microfilm the medieval manuscripts at Kremsmünster Abbey, Austria, in late 1964, he could not have imagined...”

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman

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September 29, 2022

A Book You Would Love to Read...

“A book you would love to read is lost, altered, destroyed, buried, hidden, left unpublished, unwritten, banned.”

Dr. Catherine Walsh and Margaret Bresnahan

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July 28, 2022

Microfilm Milestones

“HMML’s first library partnerships were to photograph the collections of prominent libraries in...”

Dr. Josh Mugler

April 28, 2022

A Tale of Two Bears — Astronomy in Austrian Libraries

“When I was a boy, the night sky always fascinated me—stars, moon, planets, nebulae, comets, and...”

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman

January 20, 2022

A Man for All Seasonings

“It was the late 14th century, and Shīrāz was the city of poets.”

Dr. Josh Mugler

Crossing the Red Sea in the 1640s

“In September 1647 CE, al-Ḥasan al-Ḥaymī left the port of al-Mukhā (Mocha) in...”

Dr. Josh Mugler

May 27, 2021