Recent Acquisitions

Archives and Special Collections continues to develop its holdings through the generosity of donors and through acquisitions that support research, teaching, and learning at Loyola University Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University. This page highlights new additions to our collections.

Edgar Allan Poe, The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy (Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1969)

Baltimore's own Aquarius Press produced this volume of Poe's tale, which includes sixteen haunting lithographs by Federico Castellon. LNDL's Special Collections include many editions of Poe's work, in formats ranging from 19th century magazines, to comic books, to fine art editions like this.

James Lamar Weygand, Adventure with Paper: An Encounter with a Meat Grinder (Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1969)

This miniature book, less than three inches tall, is at once a paper maker's diary and a portfolio of his creations. Weygand describes his paper making process and details the materials that comprise the examples bound in the volume, demystifying the process and producing a very personal work.

Helaine Victoria Enterprises, Stone Walls do not a Prison make..., 1975

Helaine Victoria Press was founded in 1973, with the mission to produce and distribute women's history postcards. They also produced posters like the one featured here, which is part of LNDL's Women's rights poster collection, circa 1970-1976, newly processed and available for researchers.