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Manuscript Digest – June-July 2021 – 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. […] […]
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MM On-Demand: Autographs: Phonies, Fakes & Forgeries (09/14/19)
Appraising Autographs, Manuscripts, & Historical Documents – Identifying Phonies, Fakes, Forgeries Discover the secrets to easily spotting the most notorious fake autographs, bogus manuscripts, and facsimile documents that plague the field. Certified Autograph Appraiser and Manuscript Society Trustee, Brian Kathenes, will take you on an exciting autograph identification journey. In [...]
Supreme Court Autographs, Letters, and Portraits
John Jay, John Marshall, Roger Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Oliver Wendell Holmes and William Howard Taft. All members of the United States Supreme Court. But you knew that. They are only a few of the justices highlighted in a new on-line exhibit. Featured are some of the notable portraits and [...]
Thomas Jefferson Letter Returns Home
One of Thomas Jefferson's 1826 letters announcing the appointment of the University of Virginia's first professor of law returns to the UVA's Arthur J. Morris Law Library. The letter is now on display. John Tayloe Lomax was a Virginia native practicing law in Fredericksburg. He was chosen by Thomas Jefferson [...]
Free Webinar: Autographs: Phonies, Fakes & Forgeries
The Manuscript Society now offers free webinars! Our first one will be on September 10, 2019 at 8PM EST. Join Society Trustee, Brian Kathenes, for an absolutely free live-stream webinar: “Autographs - Phonies, Fake, and Forgeries.” Brian will a share some of the most famous and intriguing phonies, fakes, and forgeries [...]
Taylor Sims – 2019 Maass Grant Winner
Taylor A. Sims is named the 2019 Richard Maass Research Grant recipient to support her work on “Everyday Women and the English Reformation: Gender and Religion in the Diocese of Salisbury, 1450–1600.” This year's $5,000 grant supports her research in varied manuscripts. Sims, a PhD candidate at the University of [...]
2020 Maass Research Grant Announced
The Richard Maass Research grant is once again offered by the Manuscript Society in 2020. The grant amount of $5,000.00 supports research expenses directly related to the use of original manuscripts. Expenses include travel to manuscript repositories, photocopies, and user fees as well as other direct costs. Applications are due [...]
Interview: Dave Smith – Disney Archivist, Collector and Member
Not long before Dave Smith's unanticipated death, Manuscript Society Board of Trustees member, Kevin Segall sat down with Dave to interview him about his career, collecting interests and any advice he had for young people interested in archives. That interview from in the Spring issue of Manuscripts, is shared here. [...]
