Guests – Page 2 – Circulating Now from the NLM Historical Collections

Detail of the head and shoulders of a historical engraving of an artistically posed nude intersex person labeled as female.

Gendering the Non-Binary, 1763, Part II

October 3, 2024 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Guests Leave a comment

By Allison Hill-Edgar ~ As described in Gendering the Non-binary, 1763, Part I, finding two unsigned engravings of intersex individuals

Detail of the head and shoulders of a historical engraving of an artistically posed nude intersex person labeled as male.

Gendering the Non-Binary, 1763, Part I

September 26, 2024 Circulating Now Archives & Manuscripts, Collections, Guests One comment

By Allison Hill-Edgar ~ For those of us who enjoy immersing ourselves in libraries and special collections, especially those that

A page of manuscript in Arabic with words emphasized with size and color.

Ghāyat al-Itqān vs Ghāyat al-Bayān: Similarities and differences

September 19, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Rare Books & Journals Leave a comment

By Ayman Yasin Atat ~ During my recent visit to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) I explored the manuscripts

Photograph of campus entrance wall in Spanish style reading Cal Poly Humboldt

Making Exhibition Connections: Cal Poly Humboldt University Library

September 12, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Exhibitions, Guests, Making Exhibition Connections, Series Leave a comment

Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibitions.

A bound manuscript in Arabic open to a page with indented lines and red ink.

Unveiling the Manuscript MS A78 at NLM: The New Chemical Medicine

August 15, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Rare Books & Journals One comment

By Ayman Yasin Atat ~ During a recent visit to the National Library of Medicine (NLM), I had the opportunity

Medical work done in the corner of a hospital, in a room with high ceilings and tall windows with the glass all broken out.

A Photographic View into the Medical Response at Hiroshima

August 8, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Guests, Prints & Photographs, Rare Books & Journals Leave a comment

Circulating Now welcomes guest blogger Jen Woronow. Her research explores the sociology and visual culture of historical and contemporary conflicts.

Frankenstein banners set up in a lobby area.

Making Exhibition Connections: Health Connect South Dakota

August 1, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Exhibitions, Guests, Making Exhibition Connections, Series 3 comments

Libraries, museums, and organizations throughout the United States and across the world host National Library of Medicine (NLM) traveling exhibitions.

A collage of color film stills from the 1970s featuring women, children, and profamilia.

Promoting Birth Control in 1970s Colombia: Unlikely Alliances On and Off the Screen

July 11, 2024 Circulating Now Collections, Films & Videos, Guests, News One comment

Explore a new addition by Paula Orozco-Espinel to Medicine on Screen: Films and Essays from NLM, a curated, freely-accessible portal presenting digitized historical audiovisual titles from the world-renowned NLM collection.