Tag: Special Collections

Photo of a page from the fifteenth-century manuscript psalter / book of psalms and prayers. Latin manuscript on parchment, red and blue penwork rubrications and decorations throughout, with large initial “B” on first leaf of psalms. Infrequent musical notations in lower margins. Occasional marginal decoration/annotation, including florets and faces.

15th Century Gift

In recent years, the Libraries have been working to enhance our holdings of medieval and early modern manuscripts, which have many uses as tools for research and discovery across the academic disciplines, from the humanities to the hard sciences. Frequently ...

Binghamton University Libraries Special Collections Exhibit Poster for "Curtain Call: Selections from the Theatre History Collection" featuring the cover of a playbill from "The Empire Theatre." Image displays a drawing of four theatre patrons in a green, decorative theatre box.

Curtain Call

Written by Jean Green, Special Collections Librarian “Curtain Call: Selections from the Theatre History Collection” is now on display in Special Collections and showcases material from this extensive collection. From ancient Greece to Hamilton on Broadway today, theater productions entertain, ...

15th century blue and red hand drawn lettering on a white page with black music notes

Fifty years of thanks

In November, Special Collections will mark the 50th anniversary of the acquisition of Binghamton University’s first early modern manuscript. In 1972, Professor Aldo Bernardo, co-founder of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies (CEMERS), facilitated the purchase of the ...

A medieval text open to a page with a bright illustration of a man in a garden

Special Collections and University Archives

Blythe Roveland-Brenton, Ph.D. ’83, director of Special Collections and Library Preservation, imbues the spirit of Binghamton through her continuous development of inspired student and instructor programming. The department’s high-impact practices include enabling scholars to interact with Special Collections’ general rare ...

Image of leather bound copy of James Audubon’s Birds of America

Audubon Acquisition

Our Special Collections Department has acquired an 1859 octavo edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America and it is glorious! With 500 hand-painted plates of the highest quality, this exquisite seven-volume set is a remarkable text organized by taxonomy. ...

Special Collections Librarian Jeremy Dibbell, left, discusses a recent acquisition, The Gradual of La Crocetta, with a group of students and faculty.

Spotlight on Special Collections: Q&A with Jeremy Dibbell

For most people, change isn’t synonymous with libraries but those who have the inside track know that change agents make the best librarians. The professional work involved in librarianship today includes identifying trends, learning and teaching new modalities, redefining best ...