Famous poet’s writings as a Federal employee shed new light on his life and work Washington, DC…The National Archives today announced the identification of nearly 3,000 Walt Whitman documents written during his service as a Federal government employee. This trove ...
The Civil War collections of Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections were featured in this week’s Inside Binghamton University Magazine. An exhibit to highlight materials from the collections and to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War is on display ...
The quest for the “real thing” is not always satisfied. Among the most beautiful and sought after objects of antiquity are the books and manuscripts created hundreds of years ago, and carefully preserved in libraries. Unfortunately, these are not always ...
Uncle Tom’s cabin; or, Life among the lowly was a novel written by American abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Living in New Brunswick, Maine, the wife of a Bowdoin college professor, and mother of six children, Harriet Beecher Stowe, ...
When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Selections from the Civil War Collections of Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War, Special Collections will be displaying a selection of materials from its Civil War ...
Special Collection’s Student Assistant, Elizabeth Grace, has chosen our featured book for March 2011: Daughters of Genius: In honor of Women’s History Month and the 100th International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011, a book about famous and notable women seemed ...
Begun in 1863, the collection has not had a secure, permanent home until the Governor announced in 2001 that the historic armory in Saratoga Springs, NY would be renovated to house the collection. The museum houses over 10,000 artifacts dating ...
Years ago, hundreds of ships manned by hundreds seafarers carried cargo from around the world what was once the busiest port in the world. Greeting the seafarers was the Seamen’s Church Institute (SCI), a 177-year-old maritime service organization affiliated with ...
Abraham Lincoln : his book; a facsimile reproduction of the original with an explanatory note by J. McCan Davis is our featured book for February 2011. Part of the Howard Collection, this diminutive book holds facsimiles of newspaper clippings of ...
The Book of Common Prayer, with its disappearing fore-edge painting of the ruins of Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire, is stored in the Special Collections section of the Glenn G. Bartle Library. Photo by Jonathan Cohen Book reveals rare fore-edge painting ...