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Take a look at the Library’s locks - within our extensive collections, we have locks of hair from literary giants, including Charlotte Bronte and Mary Shelley (pictured). Shelley’s hair is in our new exhibit at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (opening Saturday - come see it) but we have many other examples in our collections. Apparently, it was common back in the day for folks to send each other their hair. Our friends at Flavorwire wrote all about it.

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   incredible! Also, I’ll be spending the night...NYPL this Friday night

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   Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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    Okay this just gave me goosebumps. In

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    I don’t know if I should find this cool, or creepy. A bit...both, I suppose.

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    I was just reading in...Met Alexander McQueen exhibition book Savage Beauty, how he...

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    Let’s skip talking about how creepy...archive hair, and let’s start cloning lady writers!

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    THIS HAIR IS THE SAME COLOR AS MINE. AND HER NAME WAS MARY TOO. WEIRD. nypl:

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    only one who finds this a little creepy,...not just because of who

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    This is strange, right? The NYPL has

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    this is just really creepy. though I hope that someday they ask me for...add to the...

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