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Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Kate Wells, Rhode Island Collection Librarian within the Special Collections Department at the Providence Public Library.
As some faithful readers of this blog might recall, I'm a fan and a collector of Henry David Thoreau and his circle, and one of my favorite books is Men of Concord, a 1936 Houghton-Mifflin production that paired Thoreau's
AUSTIN, Texas — The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the archive of Indian author and philosopher Raja Rao (1908-2006), recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and numerous other literary awards. Rao’s estate donated the archive to the Ransom Center, a humanities research…
Collectors of Penguin's Modern Poets series will soon have another set to add to their collections.
Photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron, including the first image she ever took which truly satisfied her, are to be sold at Bonhams Fine Books, Manuscripts and Original Illustrations sale in London on 15 June. Four early prints are estimated at £6,000-8,000 and a magnificent portrait of Kate Keown…
Oxford, 13 June 2016 - Tolkien fans, scholars and members of the public will have a unique opportunity to view a recently-discovered map of Middle-earth as the Bodleian Libraries puts this rar
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 9, 2016 - The Library Company's Board of Trustees announced today that Dr. Richard S. Newman, the Edwin Wolf 2nd Director, will resign this summer due to family health issues. "It is with deep regret that I announce Richard Newman's resignation," Hal…
Worcester, MA—June 2016—Opening this fall at the Worcester Art Museum is the first comprehensive retrospective for artist Ed Emberley, among the most prolific and respec
Harvard's Houghton Library recently acquired the complete archive of Jean de Brunhoff's preparatory materials for his 1934 alphabet book, ABC de Babar. Over one hundred sketches, hand-colored proofs, and other items were gifted to the library by Laurent de Brunhoff and Laurent's wife, Phyllis Rose.
