Rare Books, Manuscripts & Artifacts
The Rare Books, Manuscripts & Artifacts collection contains materials illustrating various methods people have used to record transactions, thoughts, and knowledge in language forms: cuneiform writing in clay tablets; Greek on papyrus; sacred texts in Sanskrit on palm leaves, in Hebrew on a leather scroll, in illuminated manuscripts on parchment; early printed books. Individual collections include:
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The Leland Schubert Collection of 1920s imprint first editions
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The Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Collection (books from their own library, their art collection, and furniture)
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The Kate Greenaway Collection
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Early 20th century Sheet Music
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The Jaccaud Collection of Presidential Campaign Literature: Books, pamphlets, signs from 1834 to the present day
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A rare and contemporary Spanish Civil War Collection
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The Bayley/Walt Whitman Collection (first editions, photographs, correspondence)
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The Paula B. and Thomas W. Harvey Collection of Civil War Letters