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Manuscript Digest: March – April 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. […]
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Manuscript Monday – All Things Manuscripts
Manuscript Mondays "All Things Manuscripts" Monday, April 7, 2025 8:00 PM Eastern Special Open Mic Meeting format Join us for an open discussion of all things manuscripts. Share a recent manuscript you have acquired, your areas of collecting interest, or general news. Ask questions of other attendees about appraisal, [...]
MM On-Demand: Yours Respectfully, “A Wild Project…but Grand” (3/10/2025)
The Sallie Bingham Center and the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection: Yours Respectfully, “A Wild Project…but Grand” Laura Micham will share some of the ways the Lisa Unger Baskin collection has been cataloged and described, used in research and teaching, and exhibited, both digitally and physically, since it debuted in the [...]
MM On-Demand: Can You Teach an Old Dog to Learn New Tricks? (2/3/2025)
Dr. Jason Silverman will reflect on a half century of research, writing, and publishing. He will discuss his experiences, humorous and otherwise, from researching his master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation to his fifteen books. In the process he will talk about how he has found that the definition of researching [...]
MM On-Demand: J. K. Lilly Jr. Collector (1/13/2025)
J.K. Lilly Jr. was a visionary, a keen businessman with a generous spirit and one of Lilly Endowment’s three founders. He built extensive collections of coins, stamps, books and manuscripts, nautical models and military miniatures, among others. Upon opening, the Lilly Library featured nearly 100,000 rare books and one million [...]
Cambridge and Oxford in 2025
The Manuscript Society Announces its 2025 international study trip! September 10 - 18, 2025 Cambridge and Oxford plus Add-On trip to London September 18 -21, 2025 Bodleian Library, Oxford photo by Diliff. The Manuscript Society is pleased to announce another custom-designed European study trip for our members. Our [...]
MM On-Demand: Vietnam War through Manuscripts (11/11/2024)
The American War In Vietnam As Shown Through Manuscripts Six decades later, the American War in Vietnam remains a controversial and influential event. Stuart has been collecting the conflict for a quarter century, building one of the most important archives in private hands. He owns letters by the great leaders [...]
MM On-Demand: Six Steps of Digital Preservation with Lauren Goodley (10/7/2024)
Overview Many people do digital preservation activities, whether we’ve received training to do so or not. Tools and procedures abound, but how do we make decisions about how best to use these resources? Going back to the basics of archival practice and preservation can help. It can be useful to [...]