Wishing you wonder in this holiday season! The Dominican University Archives are closed from 12/24 to 1/2. See you next year!

Happy New Year to all of our friends and followers. May 2017 be a wonderful year for you!

This marble representation of the #VirginMary and #Jesus is done in the pieta style, with a wooden cross behind. #MaryMonday

What's more impressive - this book's beautifully painted cover, or its tiny size?! #tinybook

This #woodcut shows the Biblical figure of Achitob/Ahitub, a descendant of Aaron.

Here's a shot of a beautiful empty Social Hall and Dining room for today's #tbt. What events do you remember happening here?

4 parks in Oak Park got children's shelters/playhouses in the 1920s - this bookplate seems to have been for a small library in one of them.

This 19th century book on Bocaccio has beautiful marbeling AND beautiful edge details! #winwin #marbledMonday

This clay statue of the #VirginMary came to Dominican all the way from Bethlehem!

Not exactly a #tinybook, but this horn book with the Lord's Prayer sure is small!

Welcome back, students! Have a great second semester!

Health and fitness goals are some of the most popular New Year's Resolutions - these students might be getting started on theirs!

The #VirginMary and #Jesus are represented in crystal in this small piece from Canada.

Our students are in their first full week of classes, studying away like this woman in a hand-colored slide from Japan in our collections.

Looking for some diet foods in the post-holiday season? How about a nice hot pork mold?! #whatscookingWednesday

We're throwing it waaay back today to 1913 and the precursor to Rosary College: St. Clara's Academy in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin!

How appropriate that "The Mutability of Literature" gets a muted, #marbled cover! #MarbledMonday

This #pieta statue shows the #VirginMary lovingly cradling the body of #Jesus after the Crucifixion.

Our students are back on campus and settling in. Any tips for them on making the most of the new semester?

The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is represented in this icon. Her patronage is Poland, and she has been venerated since the 14th century.