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Rosa Parks Collection Opens at the Library of Congress
The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress will open formally to researchers on Feb. 4, on the birthday of the civil-rights icon.
Penn Libraries Acquires Collection of 18th-Century Occult and Alchemical Manuscripts
The Huntington Purchases Rare Pasteur, Austen Family, and “Wicked Ned” Collections
The Eric Carle Museum Announces New Chief Curator
(Amherst, MA—January 20, 2015) The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is pleased to announce that Ellen Keiter has joined the staff this month as the Museum’s new chief curator.
Yale’s Beinecke Library Acquires Archive of Playwright Paula Vogel
New Haven, Conn.—The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale
Library of Congress Acquires Archive of Photographer Camilo José Vergara
The Library of Congress has acquired the photographic archive of Camilo José Vergara, who for the last 40 years has documented America’s post-industrial cities.
The Folio Prize Announces 2015 Nominations
London, UK, December 14, 2014—THE FOLIO PRIZE, sponsored by The Folio Society, has revealed the 80 books nominated by the Folio Prize Academy for consideration by this year's Folio Prize jud
Benjamin Franklin Printing Blocks Identified
Gerald W. Cloud Named Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts at the Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, announces the appointment of Gerald W.
Newly Discovered Works by Oscar Wilde to be Displayed in Exhibition at the Rosenbach