special collections
PHILADELPHIA, PA April 17, 2013 — In a historic move, the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation and The Rosenbach Museum & Library today announced their intent to merge, creating The Rosenbac
AUSTIN, Texas — Head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library Stephen Enniss has been appointed as the new director of the internationally renowned Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research lib
NEW YORK, March 2013 — Columbia University Libraries’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library (RBML) is pleased to announce the acquisition of t
AUSTIN, Texas — The archive of Nobel Prize-winning writer and University of Texas at Austin alumnus J.M.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Edward E. Marsh has spent thirty years and millions of dollars assembling one of the largest and most significant collections of science fiction on the planet.
An exploration of the history of giving at the Society Library through archival records and the books themselves.
Free and open to the public.
Free and open to the public.
Charlottesville, VA, October 1, 2012 — Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia has been awarded an $896,000 grant from The Andrew W.
It would take a genius to illustrate one of the most boring books imaginable, a code of tax laws, and create a comic tour-de-force.
NEW YORK, September 4, 2012—The Museum of Modern Art, Columbia University and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation have announced that the vast archives of Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867-1959) have b
