Category Archives: Our New Acquisition

Papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright Lanford Wilson in Special Collections

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

We’re happy to announce that an exhibition of selected materials from the Lanford Wilson Collection, curated by our colleagues at the University Archives, is on view in the Ellis Library Colonnade. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson made a legacy gift … Continue reading →

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What’s in the box?

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

Last week I posted a picture on our Facebook page of a 320-pound special delivery we received.  Are you dying to know what’s in the box? It’s a wonderful collection of rare Kipling first editions and other Kiplingiana, donated to … Continue reading →

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Our New Acquisition: Textus sequentarium with comments by Hermann Torrentinus, 1496.

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

  Textus seque[n]tiaru[m] cu[m] optimo comme[n]to, was one of a few incunabula we acquired last year. Published in Cologne by Heinrich Quentell in 1496, the book is a collection of Sequences with extensive comments and explanations for students by a … Continue reading →

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