The Newberry Library provides a home to a world-class collection of books, manuscripts, and maps, and also to a growing community of readers. Our collections, spanning many centuries, feature a wide range of materials, from illuminated medieval manuscripts to rich genealogical resources, and from early printed books to the personal papers of Midwest authors. The Newberry offers highly acclaimed programs for serious readers: fellowships for scholars, seminars for undergraduates, professional development activities for teachers, and a variety of seminars, lectures, and workshops.

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Newberry Surpasses $100,000 Challenge Grant!Thank You For Your Support!
Fall Seminars Have Arrived Register now; classes begin September 21
D'Arcy McNickle Center Name Change
Daily Life Along the CB&Q RailroadSpotlight exhibition is open through October 16
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Grant To Catalog French Pamphlet CollectionsMore than 22,000 pamphlets will be processed
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Newberry Podcast: History of the Jewish BookDavid Stern discusses past and future of the book
Digital Resource: Daily Life Along the RailroadsMid-20th Century Images of Rural & Urban Midwest
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Marbled Papers and Fine Bindings by Norma Rubovits Exhibition

This exhibition pays tribute to Norma Rubovits's enormous creativity across forty years in two related fields, fine binding and paper marbling. September 30 - December 31, 2010; Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery