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| Torres-Garcia. La Tradicion del Hombre Abstracto. The John M. Wing Book Fund. | |
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| Ogerius de Locedio. Sermones de cena Domini. Newberry Case MS 204. (Newberry/Western Michigan MS 5.) Howard Mayer Brown and Roger W. Weiss Rare Book Fund. |
Viewing new acquisitions, such as those in this exhibition, is like opening holiday presents. Every year the Newberry adds to its holdings materials such as the medieval liturgical manuscripts, printed books of the Renaissance, colonial Americana, Latin American fine press volumes, and the contemporary calligraphic pieces you will see displayed. They span 800 years, the earliest items being from the thirteenth century, the most recent, twenty-first century.
How does the Newberry Library acquire these remarkable things? Some are purchased, many are gifts. Some are even “time shares” thanks to an innovative Joint Acquisitions Program through which seven Midwestern institutions pool resources. Without generations of generous donors dating back to the Library’s founding benefactor, Walter L. Newberry (1804-1868), none of these treasures would have come to the Newberry Library, where anyone 16 or older may consult them.
Admission to exhibits at the Newberry Library is free and open to the public.
Amassing Treasures: Building the Newberry’s Collections in the Twenty-First Century
Saturday, March 15 at 1:30 pm
SPEAKER: Paul Saenger (Newberry Library – George A. Poole III Curator of Rare Books and Collection Development Librarian)