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Bloomington, IN — As National Dictionary Day approaches on Oct. 16 -- the birthday of Noah Webster -- Indiana University's Lilly Library has established the Merriam-Webster Archive from business correspondence recently acquired as part of the Madeline Kripke Dictionary Collection.
Cincinnati, OH – On November 15, Hindman Auctions will offer The Henry Fitz Jr. Archive of Photographic History. Forgotten since the 1930s, a cache of some of the earliest photographic portraits taken in America was recently discovered in an unheated shed near Peconic, Long Island. It has been…
Minneapolis, MN — The Minnesota Book Artist Award is a unique category at the Minnesota Book Awards, going beyond the content of a book’s pages to celebrate the visual and structural qualities that are integral to the handmade book.
San Marino, CA -- The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired one of the world’s most significant libraries focused on the history of cardiology and cardiovascular science. The W.
New York — The Thursday, October 21 sale of Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries will offer exceptional examples from the medium’s brightest practitioners. Works will include those made in the nineteenth century through the modern era.
Los Angeles — Cal State LA and USC have been awarded a nearly $500,000 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources to digitize Mesoamerican and Spanish colonial materials.
Basel, Switzerland — It has been a long time since we were all able to meet in-person and celebrate the wonderful art of so many eras, countries, and styles, such as are always on display at Frieze Masters. Thus, Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG is excited to return this October with a selection of…
Dallas — One of the few remaining handwritten pages from the original manuscript of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third novel and fifth "Sherlock Holmes book," The Hound of the Baskervilles (estimate: $170,000+), will begin a new chapter of its own when it is sold in Heritage Auctions' Manuscripts…
New York — The Swann Galleries fall offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana was held on Thursday, September 30 delivering remarkable results across the board. The auction brought $938,298, with 89% of lots finding homes; demonstrating an upward trend and strength in the category as the fifth…
The Archives & Local History (ALH) department at Douglas County Libraries recently received a generous historical donation from the estate of siblings Robert F. (Bob) and Rosemary M. Metzler of Castle Rock. The Metzlers were professional educators and third-generation Coloradans whose family…
