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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 Society at Balpex 2024
The Manuscript Society joins the Baltimore Philatelic Society at Balpex 2024. https://www.balpex.org/balpex.html October 25th -27th, 2024 Free to attend 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Friday and Saturday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Sunday BWI Marriott Airport: 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 [Free Parking] Visit The Manuscript Society [...]
MM On-Demand: Caring for Your Manuscript Collection with Rebecca Elder (8/5/2024)
Overview Join us for a live presentation to learn more about properly caring for your manuscript collection. Experienced cultural heritage preservation consultant, Rebecca Elder will lead us through the physical aspects of paper documents, as well as proper storing and handling techniques for the longevity of your collection. It is [...]
NASA Helped Preserve the US Constitution
Science and History collide as NASA assisted the National Archives in determining why the Constitution is developing white splotches! As every collector of rare books and documents knows, one of the biggest barriers to collecting is preservation. The effect of time, dust, light, and moisture in the environment on paper [...]
ABSA: Auction And Book Sales Archive
BIBLIO, the independent marketplace for antiquarian and rare books, has announced the public launch of its new The Auction & Book Sales Archive (ABSA). ABSA offers information on the provenance, identification, scarcity, and value of antiquarian books and manuscripts. It provides access to millions of curated rare book and manuscript auction [...]
MM On-Demand: Food, Culture and Traditions with Christine von der Linn & Lizzy Young (7/1/24)
A Rare Book Summer Picnic: Conversations on Food, Cultural History and The Dining Table Overview With feet firmly planted in both the book and culinary worlds, Christine von der Linn and Lizzy Young will present in a casual, live, panel format stories of books and food and food history. Plus [...]
2024 Officers and Board of Trustees
At the Business Meeting of the attending Membership in San Antonio, Texas, Saturday, May 18, 2024 the new Officers and Board of Trustees members were voted into office. Below is a a complete list of the current Board of Trustees and Past Presidents Officers President: Jim West is a lifelong [...]
The Original Wikipedia: 18th Century Chinese Emperor Qianlong’s Siku Quanshu Project (5/6/24)
In 1772, Emperor Qianlong of China, a prolific poet, major art patron, and insatiable collector, ordered the largest encyclopedic compilation of books in Chinese history. Within 10 years, a team of more than 350 scholars and hundreds of editors had compiled 36,381 volumes (2.3 million pages) of the Siku Quanshu. Also known [...]
