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Manuscript Digest: September– October 2024 – 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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MM On-Demand: John Law, Mississippi Bubble and Settling of New Orleans (8/7/23)
The Historic New Orleans Collection has built an extensive collection of materials related to John Law de Lauriston (1671–1729). Law was a Scottish gambler, banker, and monetary theorist. From 1717 to 1720 he attempted to eliminate France’s crippling national debt by creating a central bank that issued paper currency. The [...]
Collectors Guide to Sports Autographs
Sports Autograph Collecting Jackie Robinson Letter Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout. Karim Abdul Jabar, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Diana Taurasi. Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholas. Vince Lombardi, Payton Manning, Patrick Mahomes, Michael Strahan. Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, Arthur Ash, Roger Federer. Bobby [...]
Preserving Priceless Documents: National Archives
How to Preserve Priceless Documents at the National Archives The National Archives and Records Administration preserves the priceless records of the United States. This includes handwritten parchment from President George Washington’s era to 20th-century typewritten documents and modern electronic files. More than 1 million schoolchildren and adults each year come [...]
Stamps & Autographs: A Match Made in Heaven
Stamps & Autographs: A Match Made in Heaven BALPEX2023 The Baltimore Philatelic Society presents this 85th Annual Stamp Show at the Delta Hunt Valley Inn. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday September 1, 2, and 3, 2023. Manuscript collectors are often stamp collectors too. The beauty of stamps, the postal history behind [...]
Roger Brooke Taney – A Search for Correspondence
The Papers of Roger Brooke Taney Do you have in your collection any correspondence to or from Roger Taney? Those who are collectors of Andrew Jackson certainly know the name! He supported and served Andrew Jackson during Jackson's presidency. To most history students he is most famous as the man [...]
Society Board of Trustees: Class of 2026
Board of Trustees Class of 2026 Below are three society members who have committed to service on the Board of Trustees for the next three years. One is a brand new board member and two have taken on a second term. We thank them all for their commitment to the [...]
MM On-Demand: July Beach Party (7/3/2023)
Fourth of July on the beach It’s our Manuscript Mondays Almost Independence Day Virtual Summer Beach Party! Monday July 3, 2023 - 8:00 PM Eastern – Live We’ll open it up to a virtual gathering of friends, lively discussion, and a show and tell. This is a [...]
