A seemingly innocent book from the 1800s — purchased off the internet by an antique collector — delivered a spooky mystery: a packet of human hair stashed within its pages. Christina Dyer, who ...

Since the book was published in 1924 the copyright is no longer an issue and Albert Francis “Frank” Brevoort (Memorial #91923027) has more than a death date on his Find a Grave page.

Skin-bound books may sound like weird artifacts that belong in Evil Dead movies or Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. But from the 1600s to 1800s, these suede-like tomes were less necromancy, more ...

Several weeks ago, I went with a group of fiber artists to see "The Hook and the Book: the Emergence of Crochet and Knitting in American Popular Culture, 1840-1876," on exhibit at the Library ...