SJLahey, to bookhistodons
@SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

Are any of you at London Firsts tonight? If so, let’s meet up! (I’m here in the queue…) @bookhistodons

CitizenWald, to books
@CitizenWald@historians.social avatar

The Complicated Ethics of : Literary treasures are too often hidden away from the public—but the world of private collecting isn’t all bad. - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/05/rare-book-private-collection-ethics/678254/?utm_campaign=books-briefing&utm_content=20240503&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=The+Books+Briefing

Not sure it's as complicated as all that 😀 (especially compared with other fields), the more so as it's from a collector and in effect answers its own question (attached). But good to put the issues out there. Also nice that features local collector Lisa Baskin

Many rare books, manuscripts, and items in the collections at these institutions are donated by or purchased from private collectors. In other cases, a donor supplies the funds for an institution to make general or specific acquisitions. If you've visited the permanent “Polonsky Exhibition of the New York Public Library’s Treasures,” you might have seen one-of- a-kind items on rotation, such as an early manuscript draft of Oscar Wilde’s 7he Importance of Being Earnest, a lock of Mary Shelley’s hair, and a page from the manuscript of an unpublished chapter of 7he Autobiography of Malcolm X. These pieces were “acquired through the generosity of” a donor or were donated by a collector.
Collectors tend to donate or sell their collections to institutions if they don’t put them back into the marketplace via auction houses or rare-book sellers. “Collecting isn't mere shopping,” Heritage said. “The best collecting requires vision, passion, knowledge, and creativity—and, above all, persistence.” Collecting, for Heritage, has the capacity to be a form of advocacy through the creation of knowledge and the ability to tie together strands of knowledge that otherwise couldn’t be done unless one has a lifelong devotion to a particular subject. Some collectors have honed niche collections that have since been deposited in libraries (either wholly or partially). Walter O. Evans collected Black artwork and literature that now constitute mainstay collections—such as the Walter O. Evans Collection of Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers and the Walter O. Evans collection of James Baldwin—at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The Douglass papers in Evans’s collection have been digitized so that scholars, students, and the public can access them.

oa, to maps German
@oa@swiss.social avatar

Aus Anlass seines 175. Geburtstags ist seit heute auf die Privatbibliothek von Albert Heim (1849-1937, Professor für ) mit über 100 Drucken und aus seinem Nachlass publiziert: https://www.e-rara.ch/nav/classification/30046365

davidboatymcboa, to random
@davidboatymcboa@mastodon.scot avatar

Happy New Year one and all if you’re following my @neilhimself raffle we are now down to 495 raffle tickets left to go please see the full description as written by Lyra’s Books for this amazing edition of Neil’s 🌟STARDUST🌟 only 2 such books exist!
Link to the tickets also below

https://raffall.com/348278/enter-raffle-to-win-a-very-unique-copy-of-stardust-by-neil-gaiman-hosted-by-linda-silliman-millar

kimlockhartga, to books
@kimlockhartga@beige.party avatar

@bookstodon In my quest for physical copies of several out of print books, I have had some success with BookFinder, Abe, Thrift Books, Bookshop, and Better World Books. Are there other services I should try?

I'm trying to expand my Stephen Graham Jones collection in particular, and it's daunting, esp. finding THE LONG TRIAL OF NOLAN DUGATTI in print. Ha. Maybe it's my long trial.

SJLahey, to bookhistodons
@SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

Today I’m back ‘home’ in Cambridge University Library—where mythical hazards lurk in the ! 😱🐉
@bookhistodons @medievodons

SJLahey, to Law
@SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

Spent today looking at in St John’s College (Cambridge) Library’s Rare Books Reading Room—a wonderful space (📷 1: St John’s Chapel). This manuscript (📷 2) belongs to a group I discussed in my uOttawa MA thesis (sup.: Andrew Taylor); how amazing to see it in person.
@bookhistodons @medievodons

Photo of a detail of a leaf in a medieval manuscript: folio 53 recto in Cambridge, St John’s College, manuscript A.7. 21 lines of French copied in black ink, in a precise, spiky hand, with the first 14 lines indented to accommodate an enormous decorative initial ‘E’ for ‘Edward’ (for this is England’s King Edward II). The letter is rendered in blue and white atop a black-painted square densely packed with fine, scrolling filigree vines in gold. At centre, superimposed atop the letter, is a painting of a king, his long brown hair and beard just beginning to grey beneath his golden crown. Clad in a pink, ermine-trimmed cloak over a vermilion robe, he sits enthroned—golden sceptre in one hand, golden orb in the other—gazing at the adjacent text with an expression of deep suspicion. Can the scribes be trusted? Only time will tell.

libcolleen, to random

Culinary History: University of Iowa home to one of the country's largest historical cookbook collections
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/culinary-history-university-of-iowa-home-to-one-of-the-countrys-largest-historical-cookbook-collections

libcolleen, to random

3+ yrs out from March 2020, who is carrying on teaching hybrid or online sessions in Special Collections/Archives? Are you carrying on with virtual reading room sessions? I'd love to put together a virtual panel for on what 2020 virtual services look like now.
What is the momentum forward?

KnoxvilleRose, to Occult

Check out the Curiously Curated Collection of Vintage Books at KnoxvilleRose on Etsy 🌹📚🌹

video/mp4

SJLahey, to mylittlepony
@SJLahey@mastodon.social avatar

A ! Painted in Bruges in the late 14th century, this one now lives in Cambridge University Library’s ‘Roberts Hours’.

@bookhistodons @medievodons

KnoxvilleRose, to Paranormal

Here's today's features from the Curiously Curated Collection of Vintage Books at KnoxvilleRose on Etsy 🌹📚🌹

www.instagram.com/reel/CyoMilm...

katykaty, to random
@katykaty@glammr.us avatar

Reminder, you could be my boss! I believe the search committee will start reviewing apps soon.

Job posting: Director, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

https://temple.taleo.net/careersection/tu_ex_staff/jobdetail.ftl?job=23002557

Private
CitizenWald, (edited )
@CitizenWald@historians.social avatar

Another distinctive feature of the Mark Funke book catalogues, especially when dealing with politically important or sensitive material:

prefatory explanations by the book seller, and sometimes forewords by outside specialists.

I did one for the catalogue, and a and did the one for

https://funkebooks.com/catalogues/

@bookhistodons @bookstodon @worldwarshistory
4/n

CitizenWald, to bookstodon
@CitizenWald@historians.social avatar

Hey, @bookstodon and @bookhistodons ! ICYMI @librarycongress has a new / Bibliomania / blog,, launched at the start of last month:

https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2023/06/01/welcome-to-bibliomania-the-blog-for-book-lovers/

to which you can now subscribe

https://updates.loc.gov/accounts/USLOC/subscriber/new?topic_id=USLOC_193&loclr=earare

ryanschultz, to librarians
@ryanschultz@mastodon.social avatar

Atlas Obscura - The Oldest Treasures from Twelve Great Libraries: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/oldest-library-books-manuscripts-cuneiform-tablets @librarians

mara, to TwitterMigration

Posted this intro right before deciding to migrate servers (lol yolo):

In light of the recent , I’m going to take a stab at ! My name is Mara (she/her). I’m an American and at an academic . I read a ton: especially and . I am & married with 1 child and 1 , a proud member, & itinerant . I like , , & . Hi everyone!!!

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • JUstTest
  • GTA5RPClips
  • DreamBathrooms
  • khanakhh
  • ngwrru68w68
  • Youngstown
  • magazineikmin
  • mdbf
  • slotface
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • kavyap
  • tacticalgear
  • tester
  • provamag3
  • osvaldo12
  • cubers
  • ethstaker
  • everett
  • Durango
  • InstantRegret
  • Leos
  • normalnudes
  • modclub
  • anitta
  • cisconetworking
  • megavids
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •