Julia Gaffield, a doctoral student in history at Duke University, discovered what is believed to be the only original written printed copy of Haiti’s Declaration of Independence in the British National Archive. While researching the early independence of Haiti in ...
Ladhope Leaves: A Spring Garland for 1887 is the Featured Book for April 2010. A charming book with decorated covers, untrimmed edges and a bright gilt top edge. Within, readers will find verse by John Ruskin, Andrew Lang, J.B. Selkirk, ...
Access the Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (SDBM) In 1997, Penn Libraries Overseer and rare book enthusiast, Lawrence (Larry) J. Schoenberg, C’53, WG’56, set out to build a database that would enable researchers to track and identify the world’s manuscript books ...
Speaker: Ed Shephard, Collection Development and Management University Libraries, EAP and UCTD. Call 777-6655 or e-mail dcampbell@binghamton.edu . Register at http://training.binghamton.edu. Wednesday, March 31, noon-1:30 p.m., Reserve Library Resource Room. Free for faculty, staff and retirees. ...
The campus remembers Professor Richard Antoun on February 26 (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te9ov4PRYDs ...
This “profusely illustrated” decorative book takes the reader through the Boston of 1878. The book begins with a sketch of Boston’s history proudly proclaiming that “no city in the United States has a more interesting history than Boston.” Then, it ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives collects and preserves the corporate records and official correspondence of the Museum. By doing so, they increase the knowledge and understanding of the history of the Museum. Archives holdings include Board of Trustees records, ...
Average people have helped to shape the human rights movement, Jean Quataert says in a new book about the development and impact of rights after World War II. Advocating Dignity: Human Rights Mobilizations in Global Politics, the latest book by ...
Cover of The Patience of Maigret by Georges Simenon ; translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Published by the Franklin Library, c1987. On display now, this exhibit displays a selection of decorative bindings from the John H. Hagan Collection ...
The John Martin Rare Book Room holds classic works on medicine and the health sciences dating from as early as the 15th century. These unique sets of several hundred images from the 5,000 volume John Martin Rare Book Room have ...