Curator of (very old) curious books, prints on fabric, functional ephemera (newberry.org), Director of a pop-up book society (movablebooksociety.org). History of art, science, decorative food, pirates. Where's the WHIMSY? 🚫AI Mostly Chicago. She/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mx2gj2dvyc2oCare for some Kubašta? The Day of the Bison Hunt, 1962 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social #PopUptober04 Oct 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2gj2dvyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwy6pvqw6k2sI for one am ready to join the Papal brigades in the fight against the machines. Are these the machines? [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwy6pvqw6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwvz5vumxk2bI'm the Pope, I might not know much about art, but I know what I like?02 Oct 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvz5vumxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwvkvp65oc2rForbidden Newberry Tonight! AND in @chicagotribune.com!02 Oct 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvkvp65oc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwtea6ns7c25The Pop-Up Newberry on September 30 and October 101 Oct 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtea6ns7c25https://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwnsyd6cjk22ImPRESSed Yet? I am thrilled to announce that Impressive Textiles: Premodern Printing on Fabric will be published October 27 in print and Open Access with @acmrs.bsky.social, thanks to 30 textile and print scholars, and 1 groundbreaking exhibition @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! #CoverReveal 1/529 Sep 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwnsyd6cjk22https://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwm73u2p2k2eMight have an impressive announcement to make tomorrow morning...28 Sep 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwm73u2p2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwiuxoi77k2nEmergency Endpapers! Autumnal edition, from Probabsco Collection (Case C 86 .73) @newberrylibrary.bsky.social https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/1igqgvp/alma99291606880586727 Sep 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwiuxoi77k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwgzxdy3xc2uDon't mind if I do26 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgzxdy3xc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwfbrujl2k2sAt undisclosed location for music and apparently foam dice shots26 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfbrujl2k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwduzfe2kk2lThem Bones25 Sep 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwduzfe2kk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mwbc7fb4mc2wWhat's Looming? This spectacular color printed #NewAcq from my 17th c. German buddy Georg Philipp Harsdörffer! The gorgeous rug border, which alternates colors in different printings, alludes to his proposed campaign against the Turks. And FYI, Impressive Textiles is just around the corner!24 Sep 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbc7fb4mc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mw6uayuims27Throwback to my last UCLA visit! #ChainBinding23 Sep 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6uayuims27https://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mw4im3tofk2aRare Duck!? Love this printed fabric cover for a 1960s reproduction series of Hiroshige landscapes in miniature, but something looks oddly familiar! 🔪🐥?22 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4im3tofk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mw26tkzn522bLovely Ladies... Dutch engraver Crispijn de Passe (as well as his sons and quite possibly his daughter Magdalena) engraved a series of the "most beautiful courtesans" around 1630. This one, "Mrs. Margery of Richmond," reappeared c. 1650 (in reverse woodcut) in a joke book published in Britain! 1/?21 Sep 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw26tkzn522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvusmubbtc2tMood #Caturday #NotALion19 Sep 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvusmubbtc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvs5qutqxc2qTomorrow! Online! Free! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs5qutqxc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvppwygz4k2zMy phone is apparently ready for spooky season* *Forbidden Newberry is almost upon us! Oct 2! https://www.newberry.org/calendar/forbidden-newberry202617 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvppwygz4k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvnl5b7kw22lANOTHER Shrubbery! (15th c. modular woodblocks coming in handy, Inc. folio 485 @newberrylibrary.bsky.social)16 Sep 2026 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnl5b7kw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvkqnmwpuk22TIL the Nuremberg Chronicle* DOES fit in my backpack! *The Taschen facsimile, which we needed at work for reasons.15 Sep 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkqnmwpuk22https://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvbd73s2d22t?11 Sep 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbd73s2d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mvaoun3ua22xNew Book OLD Bookmark! Yesterday, I noticed this wonderful use of recycling in an 18th c. moral theology text! A much earlier, disused Latin manuscript is now one of my favorite bookmarks @newberrylibrary.bsky.social! 📖♥️ #ThingsInBooks #bookmark @fragmentarium.bsky.social #ManuscriptWaste #newacq11 Sep 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaoun3ua22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drkarrschmidt.bsky.social/post/3mv64qj6whs23When you got a little more sleep and have people to go see...10 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:zlmvtndd7m3u7uudsvyvd3hl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv64qj6whs23