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HMML Becomes an Independent Nonprofit
July 1, 2023

HMML Becomes an Independent Nonprofit

“As of July 1, 2023, HMML is operating as its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. HMML began in 1965...”

  • Margaret Bresnahan
Malta Parish Archives Project Completed
August 11, 2022

Malta Parish Archives Project Completed

“In 2016, HMML’s Malta Study Center began the Malta Parish Archives Project to...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
April 7, 2022

Creating Relationships — Sharing the Past to Build Toward Future Scholarship

“HMML Authority File (HAF) is a new open-access database created as part of...”

Dr. Catherine Walsh

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New Scanner is a Quantum Leap for Digitizing Microfilm at HMML
January 10, 2022

New Scanner is a Quantum Leap for Digitizing Microfilm at HMML

“Microfilm was used by HMML to preserve images of manuscripts from...”

  • Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Announces Second Season of its Virtual Series, “To Listen: A Global Journey”
January 4, 2022

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Announces Second Season of its Virtual Series, “To Listen: A Global Journey”

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Announces Second Season of its Virtual Series, “To Listen: A Global Journey”

  • Joe Rogers
Icon Collection Finds a New Home at HMML
December 2, 2021

Icon Collection Finds a New Home at HMML

“This year, HMML received a large donation of Russian icons from the collection of Edmund Gronkiewicz...”

  • Katherine Goertz
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Creates New Database to Assist Scholars of Understudied Manuscript Traditions
October 4, 2021

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) Creates New Database to Assist Scholars of Understudied Manuscript Traditions

“HMML has developed a new database to support and enhance the study of understudied manuscript traditions...”

  • Joe Rogers
August 23, 2021

Multispectral Imaging Tests at HMML

“In July 2021, a series of multispectral imaging tests were conducted at HMML by Mike Toth of...”

Margaret Bresnahan

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Prof. Getatchew Haile, FBA, 1931–2021
June 11, 2021

Prof. Getatchew Haile, FBA, 1931–2021

“With great sadness we learned that our dear friend and colleague...”

  • Dr. Columba Stewart
April 21, 2021

HMML Presents Third Program in “To Listen” Series on May 20, 2021

“Inspired by the need to promote active listening in the pursuit of understanding and connection, HMML developed a...”

Joe Rogers

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HMML Presents the Second Program in the “To Listen” Series on March 18, 2021
March 1, 2021

HMML Presents the Second Program in the “To Listen” Series on March 18, 2021

“HMML developed a series featuring cultural preservation partners and leaders from...”

  • Joe Rogers
HMML Presents New Program, “To Listen: A Global Journey”
January 8, 2021

HMML Presents New Program, “To Listen: A Global Journey”

“Inspired by the call to action in Fr. Columba Stewart’s 2019 Jefferson Lecture, this program will include interviews with...”

  • Joe Rogers
The Power of a Name
December 26, 2020

The Power of a Name

NEH grant for cataloging, to create an authority file system database, and work with Library of Congress (LC) and Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)

  • Dr. Catherine Walsh
Database Partnership Expands Access to West African Manuscripts
December 10, 2020

Database Partnership Expands Access to West African Manuscripts

HMML is now in partnership with the West African Arabic Manuscript Database

  • Dr. Ali Diakite and Dr. Paul Naylor
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library names Rachel McGarry and Nick Swenson to Board of Overseers
October 22, 2020

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library names Rachel McGarry and Nick Swenson to Board of Overseers

Museum and investment executives named to Board of Overseers

  • Joe Rogers
Refresh of HMML brand identity and website
October 5, 2020

Refresh of HMML brand identity and website

“Today we move forward with that name at the center of our new brand identity.”

  • Joe Rogers
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library completes digital cataloging of Khalidi Library’s manuscript collection
August 24, 2020

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library completes digital cataloging of Khalidi Library’s manuscript collection

“The Khalidi Library in East Jerusalem and The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library announce that the complete digitized manuscript collection...”

  • Joe Rogers
Advanced Imaging Data for HMML Palimpsest Project Hosted on OPenn
June 4, 2020

Advanced Imaging Data for HMML Palimpsest Project Hosted on OPenn

“The HMML palimpsest SJU Ms Frag 32 is a single parchment leaf from...”

  • Dr. Melissa Moreton
New Preservation Projects — HMML Looks to the Future
May 22, 2020

New Preservation Projects — HMML Looks to the Future

“HMML’s cultural, religious, and geographic focus has expanded considerably since it began...”

Why Cultural Heritage Matters Program and Resources
May 11, 2020

Why Cultural Heritage Matters Program and Resources

“Why is a Cultural Heritage Matters is a TPT 30-minute program which highlights the reasons why preserving the past...”

“HMML@Home” — A New Way to Stay Connected
April 27, 2020

“HMML@Home” — A New Way to Stay Connected

“HMML curators are continuing to work from home through the current global pandemic...”

HMML Launches New Series — HMML@Home
April 3, 2020

HMML Launches New Series — HMML@Home

“HMML curators are continuing to work from home through the crisis...”

BBC Radio Airs Story on HMML and Fr. Columba
February 25, 2020

BBC Radio Airs Story on HMML and Fr. Columba

“BBC World Service’s Heart and Soul program aired a story featuring HMML’s work in preserving the manuscript collections of Timbuktu.”

Ancient Writing Revealed During HMML Palimpsest Imaging at Stanford's SLAC Lab
February 21, 2020

Ancient Writing Revealed During HMML Palimpsest Imaging at Stanford's SLAC Lab

“HMML’s very own palimpsest fragment recently underwent high energy x-ray imaging at...”

  • Dr. Melissa Moreton
HMML Fieldwork — Fr. Columba Travels to Mali, Renews Agreement
January 31, 2020

HMML Fieldwork — Fr. Columba Travels to Mali, Renews Agreement

“In December, Fr. Columba traveled again to Mali to visiting HMML’s digitization sites in both...”

January 21, 2020

HMML Receives $1.4 Million NEH Grant to Preserve and Share Manuscript Heritage

“The grant will fund a three-year project to catalog 53,000 digitized manuscripts and create...”

Joe Rogers

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Governor Walz to Headline Event Honoring Minnesota's “Monument Man” of Endangered manuscripts
October 30, 2019

Governor Walz to Headline Event Honoring Minnesota's “Monument Man” of Endangered manuscripts

“Fr. Columba, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) at Saint John’s University, is being honored for his work...”

  • Joe Rogers
November 1, 2019

HMML Staff Make Scholarly Impact

“The staff at HMML continue to contribute broadly to the fields of history, cultural studies, and...”

Dr. Melissa Moreton

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National Endowment for the Humanities names Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, the 2019 Jeffereson Lecturer
July 22, 2019

National Endowment for the Humanities names Fr. Columba Stewart, OSB, the 2019 Jeffereson Lecturer

“Established by the NEH in 1972, the lectureship is the highest honor bestowed by the federal government for...”

  • Joe Rogers
Seeing the Invisible — Multispectral Imaging of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts
July 1, 2019

Seeing the Invisible — Multispectral Imaging of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts

“This year marks twenty years since the first significant efforts were made to use multispectral imaging (MSI) to reveal hidden...”

  • Dr. Melissa Moreton
vHMML Reading Room Surpasses Milestone
May 18, 2019

vHMML Reading Room Surpasses Milestone

“vHMML Reading Room, HMML’s digital library, now holds over 50,000 records...”

  • Joe Rogers
vHMML Museum Goes Live
May 5, 2019

vHMML Museum Goes Live

“vHMML Museum, a new component of the vHMML digital platform, went live on...”

  • Joe Rogers
HMML opens new exhibition “Mediterranean Travel — People, Places, Encounters”
June 29, 2018

HMML opens new exhibition “Mediterranean Travel — People, Places, Encounters”

“Mediterranean Travel” explores more than travel narratives and journals...

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
March 22, 2018

Manuscripts Meet the World — Handwritten Books from Around the World

“The exhibition conveys the universality of handwriting, and shows how manuscripts...”

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HMML opens new exhibition “Living Prayer — Prayer Brought to Life, Living Through Prayer”
March 7, 2018

HMML opens new exhibition “Living Prayer — Prayer Brought to Life, Living Through Prayer”

“The exhibit is free and open to the public in HMML’s Reading Room and Alcuin Library’s Culhane Gallery...”

Digital copies of the Rossi, Ansaldi and Caetani Yemeni manuscript collections now available in vHMML Reading Room
February 27, 2018

Digital copies of the Rossi, Ansaldi and Caetani Yemeni manuscript collections now available in vHMML Reading Room

Digital copies of the Rossi, Ansaldi and Caetani Yemeni manuscript collections now available in vHMML Reading Room.

HMML Featured on CBS News’ Program 60 Minutes
December 21, 2017

HMML Featured on CBS News’ Program 60 Minutes

HMML was featured on the CBS news program “60 Minutes”

Harvard Magazine Profiles HMML's Father Columba
December 19, 2017

Harvard Magazine Profiles HMML's Father Columba

“Harvard features an alumni profile of Father Columba Stewart in the January-February 2018 issue of...”

Permanent gallery for The Saint John’s Bible opens at Saint John’s University
November 13, 2017

Permanent gallery for The Saint John’s Bible opens at Saint John’s University

“The Saint John’s Bible has traveled the world on exhibition and inspired people of all cultures and...”

NEH funds 2018 Summer Institute in Mediterranean Studies at HMML
August 14, 2017

NEH funds 2018 Summer Institute in Mediterranean Studies at HMML

“HMML has a vast collection of online manuscript and resource materials on the early modern Mediterranean...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML awarded a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for vHMML 3.0
August 2, 2017

HMML awarded a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for vHMML 3.0

“The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library an outright grant of...”

New Exhibition in HMML’s Reading Room — Fragmented Beauty
June 1, 2017

New Exhibition in HMML’s Reading Room — Fragmented Beauty

“Our knowledge of the past is often fragmented: ancient artifacts, historical documents, architectural ruins, and...”

April 11, 2017

HMML Partners with the Institute for Advanced Study to Share Threatened Manuscript Heritage from Yemen and Neighboring Countries

“HMML is collaborating with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, to provide open access to...”

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New Exhibition at HMML Terra Incognita Tracing Western Understanding of the Earth Through Maps
February 9, 2017

New Exhibition at HMML Terra Incognita Tracing Western Understanding of the Earth Through Maps

“In the 21st century, we are accustomed to locating geographical information at the...”

Innovative Manuscript Research Tool on vHMML Now Available
August 29, 2016

Innovative Manuscript Research Tool on vHMML Now Available

“vHMML Reading Room will be a game-changing research tool for anyone interested in manuscript studies...”

August 3, 2016

HMML & Syriac Manuscripts — New Exhibition in HMML's Reading Room

“In 1715, Giuseppe Simone Assemani, then a titular bishop of Tyre, a Maronite scholar and...”

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Artistic Director and Scribe of The Saint John's Bible Receives Apostolic Knighthood
June 16, 2016

Artistic Director and Scribe of The Saint John's Bible Receives Apostolic Knighthood

“Donald Jackson received one of the highest honors bestowed upon laypeople by the Vatican.”

HMML’S Malta Study Center and the James Ford Bell Library Open Exhibition on the Great Siege of Malta
May 26, 2016

HMML’S Malta Study Center and the James Ford Bell Library Open Exhibition on the Great Siege of Malta

“The exhibition features more than twenty original rare books and manuscripts narrating the history of the...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
Father Columba Stewart Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship
April 7, 2016

Father Columba Stewart Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship

“Father Columba Stewart has been awarded a 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation...”

February 18, 2016

HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins Digitization Partnership with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti

“The Malta Study Center at HMML has signed a partnership agreement with the Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti (FPM) to begin...”

Dr. Daniel K. Gullo

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The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Launches vHMML
October 16, 2015

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Launches vHMML

“HMML is very excited to announce the launch of vHMML (“Virtual HMML”)...”

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Awarded $4 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund
September 21, 2015

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Awarded $4 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund

“Arcadia Fund has awarded a $4 million grant to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”

HMML Receives Major Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
April 14, 2015

HMML Receives Major Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

“The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”

HMML Digitizes Timbuktu's Historic Manuscript Collections
March 31, 2015

HMML Digitizes Timbuktu's Historic Manuscript Collections

“HMML is creating digital records of more than 22,000 rare and historically-significant documents from a...”

HMML Urgently Working to Save Manuscripts in Iraq, Hopes for Safety of Collections in Syria
March 17, 2015

HMML Urgently Working to Save Manuscripts in Iraq, Hopes for Safety of Collections in Syria

“Against a background of terrorism and the destruction of religious and cultural heritage sites, HMML...”

December 23, 2014

Hill Museum & Manuscript Library Joins the Renaissance Society of America

“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) has just been named an Associate Organization of the Renaissance Society of America...”

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HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins New Digitization Project at the National Archives of Malta
December 10, 2014

HMML’S Malta Study Center Begins New Digitization Project at the National Archives of Malta

“Known as the Officium Civile Sacrae Inquisitionis (OSI) Fond, the collection contains records that date from...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML Awarded $500,000 Grant From Henry Luce Foundation to Support Development of an Online Reading Room for vHMML
December 1, 2014

HMML Awarded $500,000 Grant From Henry Luce Foundation to Support Development of an Online Reading Room for vHMML

“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded a $500,000 three-year grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support...”

Malta Study Center Partners with the Mediterranean Seminar
June 2, 2014

Malta Study Center Partners with the Mediterranean Seminar

“The seminar’s mission is to encourage scholarly collaboration across disciplines and...”

  • Dr. Daniel K. Gullo
HMML Receives International SUCCEED Award
April 23, 2014

HMML Receives International SUCCEED Award

“The ceremony will be chaired by Nobel-Prize winning author Mario Vargas Llosa, the...”

HMML Receives Grant from Prince Claus Fund to Digitize Timbuktu Manuscripts
February 17, 2014

HMML Receives Grant from Prince Claus Fund to Digitize Timbuktu Manuscripts

“When Timbuktu’s ancient libraries were in danger of destruction by Islamist militias during the...”

December 23, 2013

HMML Returns to Mali to Digitize Manuscripts from Timbuktu Library

“Fr. Columba Stewart and his team have returned to Bamako, Mali, where he and...”

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HMML Awarded Grant to Develop Virtual HMML
September 4, 2012

HMML Awarded Grant to Develop Virtual HMML

“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded a grant of $350,930 from The Institute for Museum & Library Services for...”

HMML Completes Armenian Manuscript Project in Aleppo, Syria
May 3, 2012

HMML Completes Armenian Manuscript Project in Aleppo, Syria

“HMML-trained technicians in Aleppo, Syria, have completed the digitization of 225 Armenian manuscripts...”

HMML Awarded National Medal of Honor
October 25, 2011

HMML Awarded National Medal of Honor

“The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library has been awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service...”

HMML Awarded $3 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund
September 6, 2011

HMML Awarded $3 Million Grant from Arcadia Fund

“A $3 million grant from the Arcadia Fund of London has been awarded to the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library...”

HMML Begins First Manuscript Preservation Project in Jerusalem
February 1, 2011

HMML Begins First Manuscript Preservation Project in Jerusalem

“HMML has begun manuscript preservation work in Jerusalem...”

Researcher Identifies Second-Oldest Ethiopian Manuscript in Existence in HMML’s Archives
July 13, 2010

Researcher Identifies Second-Oldest Ethiopian Manuscript in Existence in HMML’s Archives

“Ted Erho, a doctoral student at Durham University in England, recently spent six weeks at HMML studying...”

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