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MM On-Demand: New York Stories in Manuscript: Anthony Janszoon van Salee & Samuel Jones (7/7/25)
Overview From its founding in 1625, New York City has always been a place of diverse peoples and opinions. Peter will explore stories of two individuals who exemplify the city’s diversity as revealed through two manuscripts: Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607-1676), believed to be the first Muslim to settle in [...]
Manuscript Mondays – Managing a Large Donated Collection
Manuscript Mondays Monday, June 9, 2025, 8:00 PM Eastern Free, Live Webinar Managing a Large Donated Collection Presenter: Robert Hopper [...]
MM On-Demand: License to Carry – Hemingway, Salinger, & the Archive of Lillian Ross (5/12/25)
Overview In a recently uncovered letter, Ernest Hemingway suggested to Lillian Ross that she get “a license to carry,” so lethal was her writing. Through an examination of a new trove of letters between them, as well as material from Ross’s archive, independent scholar Sarah Funke Butler will discuss Ross’s relationship [...]
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 [...]
