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Sankt Vith, Belgium

Sourdough Library

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.
Bratmobile performing in London, 1994.
New York, New York

Riot Grrrl Collection at NYU

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.
Unlike books, the starters need to be fed regularly.
libraries

Inside the World's Only Sourdough Library

The collection holds 105 starters and counting.
Anne Ewbank May 16, 2018
What secrets does a library hold?
libraries

Every Library Has a Story to Tell

Three new books for bibliophiles dig into the hidden human side of book collections.
Sarah Laskow April 24, 2018
American Antiquarian Society.
Worcester, Massachusetts

American Antiquarian Society

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.
The Arthur Conan Doyle Room
Toronto, Ontario

Arthur Conan Doyle Room

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.
Seattle, Washington

Book Arts & Rare Book Collections

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.
Charleston Community Library is located in a northwest area of Dundee, Scotland.
libraries

The Secret Codes Hidden in the Books of a Scottish Library

The mysterious symbols are a way for elderly readers to keep track of what they've already read.
Natasha Frost April 5, 2018
The Pima County Public Library maintains a seed collection in an old card catalog file.
libraries

Why So Many Public Libraries Are Now Giving Out Seeds

Seed-sharing programs aim to expand access to crops and educate the public, while also protecting scarce agricultural resources.
Katherine Davis-Young March 27, 2018
A mysterious bookplate.
libraries

Bookplates Hold the Secrets to Books’ Past Lives

The mysterious marks owners leave in their books tell stories of their own.
Sarah Laskow March 22, 2018
A party on the roof of Regina Anderson's home, at 580 St. Nicholas Ave. in Harlem. From left to right, attendees included Ethel Ray (Nance), Langston Hughes, Helen Lanning, Pearl Fisher, Regina Anderson (Andrews), Rudolf Fisher, Luella Tucker, Clarissa Scott (Delany), Esther Popel, Hubert Delany, Jessie Fauset, Marie Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier.
libraries

The Librarian at the Nexus of the Harlem Renaissance

Regina Anderson ate shrimp with W.E.B. Du Bois and let Zora Neale Hurston sleep on her couch.
Cara Giaimo March 21, 2018
The library exterior.
Los Angeles, California

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

"The greatest unknown literary treasure in Los Angeles."
Qatar National Library.
Doha, Qatar

Qatar National Library

The enormous diamond-shaped building packs a trove of academic and literary treasures into one futuristic space.
Columbian Press.
Rochester, New York

Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.
Cunningsburgh, on Mainland, Shetland, with meadows full of "coles" of hay, photographed by J.D Ratter, c. 1920s.
libraries

The Libraries That Preserve the History of Small Islands

Tiny islands, great archives.
Anika Burgess March 9, 2018
Lido, Italy

San Lazzaro degli Armeni

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.
Reanimation Library.
Brooklyn, New York

Reanimation Library

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.
The Exeter Book is the source of 95 of the 96 Old English riddles still known today.
objects of intrigue

One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

The Exeter Book also once served as a coaster.
Anne Ewbank February 27, 2018