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Welcome Lindsay Mahowald, HMML’s New Advancement Data Manager
“HMML’s mission is carried forward by the people who steward its work every day...”
- Katrina P. Schlude
HMML Welcomes New COO, Congratulates Promoted Director of Programming
“HMML is pleased to announce two key staff leadership appointments...”
- Dr. Columba Andrew Stewart
HMML Board Welcomes New Members, Elects New Chair
“Five new members have joined the 29-voting member HMML Board...”
- Dr. Columba Stewart
Malta Parish Archives Project Completed
“In 2016, HMML’s Malta Study Center began the Malta Parish Archives Project to...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
New Scanner is a Quantum Leap for Digitizing Microfilm at HMML
“Microfilm was used by HMML to preserve images of manuscripts from...”
- Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Creates New Database to Assist Scholars of Understudied Manuscript Traditions
“HMML has developed a new database to support and enhance the study of understudied manuscript traditions...”
- Joe Rogers
Multispectral Imaging Tests at HMML
“In July 2021, a series of multispectral imaging tests were conducted at HMML by Mike Toth of...”
- Margaret Bresnahan
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Receives $5 Million Grant From Arcadia
“This five-year grant focuses on digitization, archiving and cataloging of endangered manuscript collections...”
- Joe Rogers
Prof. Getatchew Haile, FBA, 1931–2021
“With great sadness we learned that our dear friend and colleague...”
- Dr. Columba Stewart
HMML Presents Third Program in “To Listen” Series on May 20, 2021
“Inspired by the need to promote active listening in the pursuit of understanding and connection, HMML developed a...”
- Joe Rogers
HMML Presents the Second Program in the “To Listen” Series on March 18, 2021
“HMML developed a series featuring cultural preservation partners and leaders from...”
- Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library names Rachel McGarry and Nick Swenson to Board of Overseers
Museum and investment executives named to Board of Overseers
- Joe Rogers
Refresh of HMML brand identity and website
“Today we move forward with that name at the center of our new brand identity.”
- Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library completes digital cataloging of Khalidi Library’s manuscript collection
“The Khalidi Library in East Jerusalem and The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library announce that the complete digitized manuscript collection...”
- Joe Rogers
Advanced Imaging Data for HMML Palimpsest Project Hosted on OPenn
“The HMML palimpsest SJU Ms Frag 32 is a single parchment leaf from...”
- Dr. Melissa Moreton
New Preservation Projects — HMML Looks to the Future
“HMML’s cultural, religious, and geographic focus has expanded considerably since it began...”
Why Cultural Heritage Matters Program and Resources
“Why is a Cultural Heritage Matters is a TPT 30-minute program which highlights the reasons why preserving the past...”
HMML Launches New Series — HMML@Home
“HMML curators are continuing to work from home through the crisis...”
BBC Radio Airs Story on HMML and Fr. Columba
“BBC World Service’s Heart and Soul program aired a story featuring HMML’s work in preserving the manuscript collections of Timbuktu.”
Ancient Writing Revealed During HMML Palimpsest Imaging at Stanford's SLAC Lab
“HMML’s very own palimpsest fragment recently underwent high energy x-ray imaging at...”
- Dr. Melissa Moreton
HMML Fieldwork — Fr. Columba Travels to Mali, Renews Agreement
“In December, Fr. Columba traveled again to Mali to visiting HMML’s digitization sites in both...”
Governor Walz to Headline Event Honoring Minnesota's “Monument Man” of Endangered manuscripts
“Fr. Columba, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John’s University, is being honored for his work...”
- Joe Rogers
National Endowment for the Humanities names Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, the 2019 Jeffereson Lecturer
“Established by the NEH in 1972, the lectureship is the highest honor bestowed by the federal government for...”
- Joe Rogers
Seeing the Invisible — Multispectral Imaging of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts
“This year marks twenty years since the first significant efforts were made to use multispectral imaging (MSI) to reveal hidden...”
- Dr. Melissa Moreton
vHMML Reading Room Surpasses Milestone
“vHMML Reading Room, HMML’s digital library, now holds over 50,000 records...”
- Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Mentioned in December 2018 National Geographic Magazine
“Materials curated by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) are featured in the...”
Digital copies of the Rossi, Ansaldi and Caetani Yemeni manuscript collections now available in vHMML Reading Room
Digital copies of the Rossi, Ansaldi and Caetani Yemeni manuscript collections now available in vHMML Reading Room.
Harvard Magazine Profiles HMML's Father Columba
“Harvard features an alumni profile of Father Columba Stewart in the January-February 2018 issue of...”
NEH funds 2018 Summer Institute in Mediterranean Studies at HMML
“HMML has a vast collection of online manuscript and resource materials on the early modern Mediterranean...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML awarded a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for vHMML 3.0
“The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library an outright grant of...”
Father Columba Stewart Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship
“Father Columba Stewart has been awarded a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation...”
The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Launches vHMML
“HMML is very excited to announce the launch of vHMML (“Virtual HMML”)...”
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Awarded $4 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund
“Arcadia Fund has awarded a $4 million grant to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”
HMML Receives Major Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
“The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”
HMML Digitizes Timbuktu's Historic Manuscript Collections
“HMML is creating digital records of more than 22,000 rare and historically-significant documents from a...”
HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins New Digitization Project at the National Archives of Malta
“Known as the Officium Civile Sacrae Inquisitionis (OSI) Fond, the collection contains records that date from...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML Awarded $500,000 Grant From Henry Luce Foundation to Support Development of an Online Reading Room for vHMML
“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded a $500,000 three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support...”
Malta Study Center Partners with the Mediterranean Seminar
“The seminar’s mission is to encourage scholarly collaboration across disciplines and...”
- Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML Returns to Mali to Digitize Manuscripts from Timbuktu Library
“Fr. Columba Stewart and his team have returned to Bamako, Mali, where he and...”
Council of the British Academy Bestows Edward Ullendorff Medal Upon Getatchew Haile
“The Council of the British Academy has bestowed the Edward Ullendorff Medal upon Dr. Getatchew Haile.”
HMML Awarded Grant to Develop Virtual HMML
“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded a grant of $350,930 from The Institute for Museum & Library Services for...”
HMML Completes Armenian Manuscript Project in Aleppo, Syria
“HMML-trained technicians in Aleppo, Syria, have completed the digitization of 225 Armenian manuscripts...”
HMML Awarded $3 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund
“A $3 million grant from the Arcadia Fund of London has been awarded to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”