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Manuscript Digest: November – December 2023
Manuscript Digest: November – December 2023 – 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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How to Preserve Ancient Manuscripts
Manuscript Preservation is always a challenge Paper does not last forever. One of the most significant challenges is acidic degradation. Libraries and archive collections are a valued resource for our history and culture, containing the wealth of human knowledge and artistic expression. They contain some of the earliest writings ever [...]
Manuscript Monday – Etiquette Your Mother Never Taught You
Manuscript Monday: Etiquette Your Mother Never Taught You: Special Collections, Museums and Rare Book Rooms Free Live Webinar Monday, June 6, 2022 8:00 - 9:00 PM Eastern One of the many privileges of being a member of a professional organization is the “behind the scenes” tours we are offered by [...]
MM On-Demand: The Lifecycle of Collections and the Collectors Who Build Them (05/02/2022)
Join Collections Advisor, Spencer W. Stuart, as he discusses the life cycle of collections and the collectors who build them. Moderated by Manuscript Monday host, Brian Kathenes, Spencer will share case studies and cover: The important things collectors should consider at key moments of their collecting. Motivations to collect Who [...]
MM On-Demand: A Look ‘Behind the Scenes’ Look at Writing w/ Allen Ottens (04/04/2022)
A 'Behind the Scenes' Look at Writing Ever wondered how to write a book and get it published? Allen Ottens, Manuscript Society Trustee and Author of "General John A. Rawlins: No Ordinary Man", will share his firsthand publishing knowledge, along with his expertise on the life and times of American [...]
Phillis Wheatley letter – On Slavery and Freedom
Phillis Wheatley Poet Phillis (also spelled Phyllis) Wheatley - “…. in every breast, God has implanted a principle, which we call love of freedom; it is impatient of oppression.” So, states Phillis Wheatly in her first publication after her emancipation from slavery in 1774. This rebuke of slavery [...]
Collecting Manuscripts – From Beginning to End
Spencer Stuart Manuscript Monday – The Life Cycle of Collections Monday, May 2, 2022 - 8:00 PM Eastern In this third Manuscript Monday, join Collections Advisor, Spencer W. Stuart, as he discusses the life cycle of collections and the collectors who build them. Moderated by Manuscript Monday host, [...]
Archaeology Never Stops – Colonial Williamsburg
Archaeology Never Stops: Neither rain, hail, sleet or snow, heat, bugs or more will keep the archaeologists at Colonial Williamsburg from continuing their work. Three Locations are the focus: Custis Square. An early 18th-century garden site that Virginia plantation owner and statesman that John Custis IV planted. First Baptist Church [...]
