Rare and Manuscript Collections

…Coleridge. Also worthy of special notice are a substantial number of literary manuscripts of both poets, a large number of letters written to and about them by their friends and…

…their older records with us. The donations have lined the shelves in our climate-controlled vault with over 600 cubic feet of manuscripts, 100 international and 900 U.S. periodicals, and over…

…1973; and Paris: J. Gay, 1862. Cowell, Roberta. Roberta Cowell’s Story: An Autobiography. NY: British Book Centre, 1954. International Foundation for Gender Education [networked resource]. Intersex Awakening. Decatur, Ga.: American…

…Kroch Library San Francisco–based antiquarian book dealer, collector and historian Gerard Koskovich discovered some of the gems of our current exhibition “Speaking of Sex” and is responsible for a number…

…that number in the thousands of volumes, along with a unique gathering of materials on the Rhaeto-Romance language. Fiske also established the library’s 37,000-volume Icelandic Collection. The collection contains virtually…

…synthesizer. RMC hosts a growing number of archives on punk and post-punk music, including hundreds of fliers and posters, more than 1,500 fanzines, along with sound recordings, clothing, photographs, original…

…psychology”—who sought to do the most good for the largest number of people. The professional advice she offered to Americans in the comfort of their own living rooms helped normalize…

…Rare Book and Manuscript Collections. The image archive in Artstor contains a number of images related to the Fiske Dante Collection, in particular a comprehensive scan of the 120 images…

…A good number of the collection’s books and manuscripts document the life of Marie-Anne-Pierrette Lavoisier, a talented pupil of Jacques-Louis David who both illustrated her husband’s works and translated others’…

…In addition, RMC holds the papers of silent film actresses Irene Castle and Mame Hennessy; a large number of portraits and autograph letters of 19c. French, British, and American actresses;…