The Library Ghost

     Lots of patterns from Peterson's Magazine and Godey's Lady's Book from the early 1880s!  I am never doing this again!  (I will probably do this again.)  The Briggs and Co. transfer book was published c.1880 in England, re-issued in 1883, and published in the US in 1886, so I feel like it counts. Appliqué      Weaver, Jane. " Handkerchief Shield, Etc ." Peterson's Magazine , vol. 82, no. 4 (Oct. 1882), p. 312.      Weaver, Jane. " Lamp Mat ." Peterson's Magazine , vol. 80, no. 5 (Nov. 1881), p. 389.     Weaver, Jane. " Valance for Window: Appliqué ." Peterson's Magazine , vol. 82, no. 1 (Jul. 1882), p. 77. Beadwork      Weaver, Jane. " Beaded Rose ." Peterson's Magazine , vol. 81, no. 6 (Jun. 1882), p. 410.      Weaver, Jane. " Designs for Beaded Embroidery ." Peterson's Magazine , vol. 82, no. 4 (Oct. 1882), p. 317.      Weaver, Jane. " Stripe for Darning or Bea...

     Like my previous post, this is one I originally made to Tumblr.  I think it has a decent balance of different topics and presenters, though once again I am woefully in need of sources on masculine fashion.  This post will be updated as I discover more material! General information      Rowe, Kaz. " Did the Victorians Think Ankles Were Too Scandalous? " YouTube . September 8, 2021.      Zebrowska, Karolina. " Victorian Fashion Is Not What You Think It Is ." YouTube . March 19, 2019. Accessories      Banner, Bernadette. " 'Afro-Victorian': Bringing Historical Black Women's Dress into the 21st Century w Cheyney McKnight ." YouTube . October 20, 2021.      Cox, Abby. " A Fashion Historian Explains the History of the Handbag ." YouTube . January 26, 2023.      Dyer, Serena. " Reacting to Bizarre Victorian Fashion Items (Part 2) ." YouTube . November 26, 2022.      Foyer,...

     This is an unexpurgated version of a Tumblr post which had to be cut for length.  It was intended to be for those just getting into the subject, or those looking for more on a specific topic.  Unfortunately, it really doesn't treat fashion outside of Britain, France, and their colonies, but for Anglophone readers, I think it's a good starting resource! General information     Cox, Abby. " I Wore 18th-Century Clothing *Every Day for 5 YEARS & This Is What I Learned (Corsets Aren't Bad!) ." YouTube . May 10, 2020.     Dyer, Serena. " How much did 18th-century women know about their clothes? | Fast Fashion v Georgian Dress ." YouTube . July 30, 2020.      Rudolph, Nicole. " 18th century Fashion 101 : how media messes up ." YouTube . May 20, 2023.     Viljanmaa, Maria. " 1780s dressing the different social classes, english fashion ." YouTube . March 30, 2023.      McKnight, Cheyney. ...

     Unlike most of my posts, this one isn't really a research resource, although I suppose it could help writers looking for technical aspects of diabetic life.  However, I oversee diabetes training about once a week for much of the year, and I thought I'd collect some basic information in one place.  I may eventually cross-post a version of this to Tumblr, if I can find a way to make it look less intimidating (suggestions welcome!). General info      —. "Diabetes Tests & Diagnosis." National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases . Posted July, 2022. Accessed April 13, 2024. < https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/tests-diagnosis >      —. "Fake Diabetes Cures." Diabetes.co.uk . Posted October 29, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2024. < https://www.diabetes.co.uk/Fake-diabetes-cures-.html >      —. "Statistics About Diabetes." American Diabetes Association . Posted...

     Some day I will stop complaining about the appalling lack of scholarly material treating Welsh-language sources for Arthurian legends, but it is not this day.  In the mean time, have some reference material! Alliterative Morte Arthure      Adler, Gillian. "'Ȝit þat traytour alls tite teris lete he fall': Arthur, Mordred, and Tragedy in the Alliterative Morte Arthure ." Arthuriana , Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 2015), pp. 3-21.      Benson, Larry D. ed. King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and the Alliterative Morte Arthure . Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 1994.      Crofts, Thomas H. "Perverse and Contrary Deeds: The Giant of Mont Saint Michel and the Alliterative Morte Arthure ." In The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain , edited by Amanda Hopkins and Cory James Rushton. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2007, pp. 116-131.      Jefferson, Judith A. an...

     In case anyone else ever needs a bibliography of works relating to oil and wine presses in antiquity... here they all are! Greece      Hadjisavvas, Sophocles and Chaniotis, Angelos. "Wine and olive oil in Crete and Cyprus: socio-economic aspects." British School at Athens Studies , Vol. 20 (2012), pp. 157–173.      Maniatis, George C. "The Byzantine Olive Oil Press Industry: Organization, Technology, Pricing Strategies." Byzantion , Vol. 82 (2012), pp. 259–277.      Margaritis, Evi and Jones, Martin. "Olive oil production in Hellenistic Greece: the interpretation of charred olive remains from the site of Tria Platania, Macedonia, Greece (fourth--second century B.C.)." Vegetation History and Archaeobotany , Vol. 17, No. 4 (July, 2008), pp. 393–401. Italy      Frezzotti, G. and Manni, M. Olive Oil Processing in Rural Mills . Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1956.  ...

     I wanted to assemble resources for those looking to learn about the inspirations behind H. P. Lovecraft's stories.  The vast majority are set partially or entirely in Essex County, Mass., with fictional towns like Kingsport and Innsmouth based on real ones familiar to Lovecraft.  He also took inspiration from other pulp and horror writers, particularly Edgar Allen Poe, as well as the history of the witchcraft trials in and around Salem.  Hopefully, this will provide a little assistance to LARPers, Call of Cthulhu players, and weird fiction writers! Edit 5/10/24: Added links for public domain works. At the Mountains of Madness      Burroughs, Edgar Rice. " At the Earth's Core ." All-Story Weekly , vol. 30, no. 1–4 (April 1914).      Lovecraft, H. P. "At the Mountains of Madness." Astounding Stories , vol. 16, no. 6–8 (1936).      Merritt, A. " The People of the Pit ." All-Story Weekly , vol. 79, no. 3 (Janu...