http://www.newacquisition.org/blog the blog of Alexis Clements and New Acquisition Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:13:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was just turned on to this via a link from Luna Park, and it is remarkable. The Modernist Journals Project, housed on the Brown University website, archives a number of long-defunct journals of the modernist era. The journals are all available in high-quality PDF scans, including the original art and ... http://www.newacquisition.org/blog/2008/08/11/the-modernist-journals-project/ D’Isreali picked one of the most colorful quotes for his articles, and I can't resist quoting it as well, as it's so superbly purple: From Pamphlets may be learned the genius of the age, the debates of the learned, the follies of the ignorant, the bévues of government, and the mistakes ... http://www.newacquisition.org/blog/2008/01/10/the-search-begins-part-2/ It wasn’t easy finding a history of pamphlets, and I have yet to find anything specifically on American pamphlets. I gather this is to be expected, given that it’s a type of literature that is both varied and easily destroyed or misplaced. There’s really no single thru-line in pamphlets, their ... http://www.newacquisition.org/blog/2007/12/22/the-search-begins-part-1/ Have you been handed a pamphlet on the street on in the subway or while traveling that you've kept for one reason or another? Because the images were so striking or the message was so compelling? Scan them and send them over to The Pamphlet Collection in one of the ... http://www.newacquisition.org/blog/2007/12/01/calling-all-pamphlets/ The idea for New Acquisition had been sitting in my filing cabinet for some time, since my last year of college. Though the idea was far from complete and had a very different scope than what the thing has become, but it was the seed that was important. And the ... http://www.newacquisition.org/blog/2007/11/26/5/