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Manuscript Digest: November - December 2025 This complimentary e-digest, now published bi-monthly, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more news in this digest. To start your free subscription click here. You’ll begin receiving the Digest with the next issue. Add Manuscript_Society@mail.vresp.com [...]
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Manuscript Mondays: Holiday Monday! (12/8/2025)
Manuscript Monday, Monday, December 8, 8pm EST Join us for a members-only meeting to ring in the holiday season and share a special manuscript in your collection, a collecting story, or anything else on your mind relating to the wonderful world of manuscripts. Please register on Zoom. We look forward [...]
MM On-Demand: A Sensuous Education: Belle da Costa Greene’s Travels in Europe (11/17/25)
Overview In 1905, Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950) was hired by J. P. Morgan to work in his growing library in New York. When the library was opened to the public in 1924 Greene became its first director, but even before this she had played a central role in shaping [...]
2025 Annual Trip Recap: Cambridge & Oxford
Manuscript Society Members Discover Hidden Gems in Cambridge This fall, a group of Manuscript Society members traveled to Cambridge and Oxford, England for an unforgettable behind-the-scenes experience. Over several days, they explored some of the cities' most storied libraries, museums, and archives—places that hold centuries of history and some of [...]
MM On-Demand: The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Project (10/6/25)
Overview The Special Collections and University Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is home to more than 20,000 volumes of rare books and incunabula, dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript is a bound vellum manuscript of approximately 200 pages that are each handwritten [...]
Manuscript Society to Attend the Boston Book Fair
Come visit the Manuscript Society Booth at the 47th annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair November 7-9, 2025. Held once again at the Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay, the fair features both American and international book and manuscript dealers in a wide array of disciplines. This three-day event features [...]
MM On-Demand: The Role of Manuscripts in Numismatic Literature & Research (9/8/25)
Overview This presentation will provide an overview of the numismatic literature field and highlight significant manuscript items in American collections. We will explore the most significant repositories of numismatic manuscript materials and share first-hand observations of working with related institutions. The talk will cover specific applications of manuscripts within numismatic [...]
MM On-Demand: First to Answer Lincoln’s Call, Rejected by Yale: Heber S. Thompson and the Power of Manuscripts (08/11/25)
Overview The Ravi D. Goel Collection of Heber S. Thompson highlights the Civil War experiences of the first Yale College student to answer President Lincoln’s call for volunteers after the Battle of Fort Sumter. Heber S. Thompson, a member and author of The First Defenders, enlisted on April 17, 1861. [...]
