Author Archives: Rare Books and Special Collections

New Finding Aids for March and April 2016

New finding aids include the following: Sir Stuart Samuel Travel Diary (N-000359) This diary, written by British politician Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel (1856-1926), documents a visit that he and his brother, Herbert Samuel, made to the United States and Canada … Continue reading

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New Finding Aids for February 2016

New finding aids include the following: C. Leroy Ellenberger Correspondence Concerning Immanuel Velikovsky (C1518) Consists of the correspondence of C. Leroy Ellenberger, one-time advocate and now critic of Immanuel Velikovsky, which relate to an article he published in the journal … Continue reading

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New Publication: The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature

Minjie Chen, Project Cataloger for the East Asian collection of the Cotsen Children’s Library, just published her thesis The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature: Friends and Foes on the Battlefield with Routledge. Her book investigates how the history of the … Continue reading

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New Finding Aids for January 2016

New finding aids include the following: Students for Prison Education and Reform Records (AC429) [entirely born-digital] Students for Prison Education and Reform (SPEAR) is a student organization that works to empower students to advocate for prison reform on issues such … Continue reading

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New Finding Aids for November and December 2015

New finding aids include the following: La verite des sciences natureles, circa 1605 (C0938 no. 692) Likely one of the first French monographs about physiognomy, this manuscript was probably written in the years following the publication of the work “De … Continue reading

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