This week’s guest blogger is Alexander Sanfilippo-Scherer, Alumnus Classical Studies Major, Class of 2025, and a budding numismatist. He has completed multiple research experiences and an internship with the CUA Special Collections. . What can a simple coin tell us about the past? Ancient Coins can reveal many things to many different people. People that Read More
Posts with the tag: Greek and Latin
The Archivist’s Nook: Gaudium studendi nummi
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The Archivist’s Nook: CU Classicist James Marshall Campbell
This week’s post is guest-authored by Ronnie Georgieff, a graduate student in Library and Information Science at Catholic University. Monsignor James Marshall Campbell devoted his life to The Catholic University of America (CUA) as a student, professor in the Greek and Latin Department, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, his contributions shaped the Read More
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The Archivist’s Nook: A Venus Fixer Goes to War
“It’s been a strange way to do my wartime service but somebody had to do it and, since…I wondered inside who will take care of the monuments and the objects of art, I’m afraid I rather asked for it and so it was not improperly myself who was chosen.” – Staff Sargeant Bernard M. Peebles Read More
Posted in: The Archivist's Nook | Tags: Art History, Bernard M. Peebles, Greek and Latin, Italy, manuscripts, MFAA, Monuments Men, Museum Fine Arts and Archives Subcommittee, Sicily, University Archives, Venus Fixers, World War II, WWII | Comment