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Special Collections and Archives Monroe Library 3rd Floor Loyola University New Orleans 6363 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 Free and open to the public. Though Janet Mary Riley did not define herself as a second-wave feminist, by today’s standards, she was a quiet but fierce civil rights advocate and tireless women’s rights activist. […]

Join ALUMNAE and Nancy Sharon Collins today for a unique opportunity to commission an original hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind monogram for personalized shoes, stationery, an email signature, a wedding gift, and so much more. Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018 12-7:00 pm, EST. 60 Hudson St Tribeca, NYC. Mrs. Collins, the country’s leading expert on hand-engraved social stationery, is

Why Do Most Monograms Look Alike? MAY 17 @ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Monograms and ciphers sold to personalize products such as luggage, handbags, totes, linens, dress shirts, sweatshirts, T-shirts, and even baby onesies mostly look the same. Stationer Nancy Sharon Collins explains their historical progression and the evolution of the monogram into something

Enjoy an intimate look at a Tennessee Williams that only his greatest publisher and dearest friend, James Laughlin, would have known—all through the vehicle of their personal letters to one another. Presented by stationer Nancy Sharon Collins and local actors, this staged reading includes selections from The Luck of Friendship: The Letters of Tennessee Williams and James

Learn to write that letter you really don’t want to! This informative session about personal correspondence by Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer LLC, is a “how-to” presentation for drafting hard-to-write letters. Using visually compelling, real-life examples—historic and contemporary—Collins illustrates the nuts and bolts for how to compose thoughtful, thorough letters and notes addressing sensitive emotional situations.