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Between the Stacks

Hidden histories from the university archive

The university archive holds over 200,000 items. Most have never been examined. Between the Stacks pulls one object from the collection each episode and follows the story wherever it leads.

Dr. Eleanor Voss Monthly 2 episodes

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The Letter That Started a Department

41 min

A handwritten letter from 1923 proposed an entirely new field of study. It was ignored for 30 years. Then everything changed.

0:00 41 min

A Map of Nowhere

36 min

An 18th-century map in the rare books collection depicts a coastline that doesn't exist. Or does it?

0:00 36 min