Pedro Corrêa do Lago of Brazil, has collected for over five decades. His collection of autographs is the largest in the world. It surpasses his personal inspiration, John Pierpont Morgan. Richard Hall is a collector, appraisals expert, and adviser on manuscripts to Alex Cooper Auctioneers in Maryland. Both men are [...]
The Manuscript Society News takes readers on a never-ending road trip to member institutions. Next stop: the Iowa Masonic Library and Museums located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This white marble structure is home to one of the largest and most complete libraries of Freemasonry and allied orders in the United [...]
Washington, October 1940; Samuel Houston Johnson; Alice Glass; Big Oil.... Historian Robert de Caro's article "The Secrets of Lyndon Johnson's Archives" illuminates the discoveries and challenges found when researching in manuscripts! Remembering his first visit to the Johnson Presidential Library and Archives in Austin, "In front of me was a [...]
Manuscript Digest –January 2019– This complimentary e-digest, launched in 2012, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more. […]
Manuscript Digest –December 2018– This complimentary e-digest, launched in 2012, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more. […]
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