Physical piece of material Visit the collection on Lvl 2 of the Marriott Library AND TOUCH IT! Accession number and material category Searchable in the Library Catalog AND MCX Database Searching the first 4 digits will show you multiple related samples Brief description of...
“…my small stock of professional knowledge…” REPORTS DU TRES ERUDITE EDMUND SAUNDERS… Edmund Saunders (d. 1683) London: W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft, and M. Flesher, 1686 First edition Edmund Saunders grew up in poverty. He taught himself to read and write and eventually became Lord Chief Justice during the reign of...
Greetings, As the primary users of the Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts & Architecture Library and its collections, I wanted to use this opportunity to explain small change that we are implementing this summer. Starting last week, our reference services merged with those of the Knowledge...
Letterpress Printing: Text + Image Crane Giamo, Instructor June 14—August 2 Tuesdays, 5:00—8:00 Book Arts Studio, J. Willard Marriott Library, Level 4 $340, register here. Get a handle on what it takes to crank out an edition of gorgeous letterpress prints. This active, eight-week class introduces the fundamentals of letterpress, from...
Perich, born in Dubrovnik, lived in Paris from 1965 to 1970. He became close to the Lettrist artists and poets there, as well as a group of underground filmmakers. He presented programs of avant-garde films at the American Film Center every week. In 1970 he...
“Stones stand at stiff attention as sun nears” MILITARY CEMETERY Here stationed without trumpet, without tears Are the unwilling dead. Days walk the rounds Of sentry duty past the ordered mounds. Stones stand at stiff attention as sun nears, Inspects them and departs. On earthen ears The volley from the silent rifle...
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are a highly requested resource in libraries. Each collection of hand-made maps contains detailed surveyor information on commercial, industrial and residential sections of cities and towns ranging from the mid 1800s to the mid 1900s. While the J. Willard Marriott Library...
Vojvodjanski zbornik: almanah. vols. 1 (1938) and 2 (1939) Novi Sad: S.n., 1938-1939 xPG1400 I5 V64 This journal of art and culture was produced in Vojvojdina, an autonomous province of Serbia, on the eve of the second World War. The journal, published in these two issues only, assembled...
Rare Books is proud to support the Book Arts Program with its collections. For more information about the Book Arts Program and future workshops, visit their website or like them on Facebook. Up-cycled Stories: Books as Process Julianna Christie, Marnie Powers-Torrey & Emily Tipps May 28 Saturday, 10:00–6:00 Book...
“It was all as grand as grand could be.” Feathers, Paws, Fins and Claws Presentation and Reception Christine A. Jones and Jennifer Schacker Weller Book Works Trolley Square Thursday, May 26, 6:30PM This event is free and open to the public A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through...
