About the collections beinecke rare book yale university. Log in to place or check the status of requests for materials from manuscripts and archives, the medical historical library, the lewis walpole library, and other special collections at yale. Voynich in 1912 from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. Beinecke library of yale university yale university press. Many call the fifteenthcentury codex, commonly known as the voynich manuscript, the worlds most mysterious book.
I was also fortunate in having access to the expertise of the curators of the beinecke library collections. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript. Guide to research tools orbis yales online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images. Toklas, larry kramer, glenway wescott and monroe wheeler, among many others. The collection spans the years 1921 to 1981, with the bulk of the material covering the period from 1950 to 1964. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript. Cary playing card database to read more about this, refer to. The book was donated to yales beinecke library in 1969, where it continues to attract the attention of scholars and codebreakers attempting to crack its riddles and solve its mysteries. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library amusing planet. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass but after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library the beinecke rare book and manuscript library was built in 1963, houses several million volumes and is the largest collection of rare books and manuscripts in the americas and one of the largest in the world. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid the university. The rachel carson papers at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library consist of manuscripts, notebooks, letters, newspaper clippings, photos, and printed material relating to the life and career of rachel carson.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. Voynich manuscript high resolution scans by beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Cosponsored by yales department of english and beinecke rare book and manuscript library, the program hosts a series of public lectures throughout the academic. Abaa glossary of book collecting terms abc for book collectors pdf bookbinding and the conservation of books catalogers desktop classification web estc estc web matching heritage of the printed book hpb lc authorities lc catalog rare books and manuscripts section rbms. Log in to place or check the status of requests for materials from manuscripts and archives, the medical historical. In rare cases a tracing may be made or the book transferred to the beinecke library. Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Redesign of beinecke library website its your yale. Cary playing cards essay quick search searches the title, maker and notes fields. Catalog introduction for a fieldbyfield description of this online catalog. Dec 08, 2017 the draft typescript for this and other cards in a set of christmas greetings are among the extensive langston hughes papers in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
Garavan, yale class of 1897, in honor of his wife and fellow collector of americana. Wynne, research librarian in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, guided me through the first phase of the undertaking. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an. The vast majority of our digital collections are open to the public some material must be restricted to the yale network. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer wilfrid voynich. Guide to research tools orbis yale s online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections. Cary playing card database to read more about this. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, it is yale universitys principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts.
Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. The beinecke library, one of the worlds greatest repository of books and manuscripts documenting the humanities, is also one of the gems of 20thcentury modernist architecture. Completed in 1963 and situated on yale universitys campus, in new haven, connecticut, the library has room for approximately 780,000 volumes. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. Oxfords di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. Sep 30, 2014 yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. When the sterling memorial library was constructed in the early 20th. The draft typescript for this and other cards in a set of christmas greetings are among the extensive langston hughes papers in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
As they cross the plaza, lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint, a siren blares and people run from the building. Fifty works from yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass. Oxfords bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yales beinecke. Willis, curator of the yale collection of american literature last revised june 7, 2012. Provenance notes and tracings are generally made only for items in the beinecke library and other special collections. All of these keywords or any of these keywords or this entire phrase. Beinecke library renovation beinecke library renovation. The beinecke houses outstanding special collections devoted to american literature, german literature, western americana, and british literary and historical. Beinecke cataloging manual provenance notes and tracings. Mar 21, 2019 the beinecke rare book and manuscript library has many printed and archival sources for research into lgbtq history, literature and culture. Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et. The collection includes more than 2,000 photobooks from around the world along with related ephemera, archives of the ipls history, and leclairs.
Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library. Log in to place or check the status of requests for beinecke materials. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and culture in the twentieth century. Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of. Inside a stark modern marble building, yale universitys rare books are housed in an architecturally stunning, elevated, glassedin, 6story tower of book stacks. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher, s. I was also fortunate in having access to the expertise of the curators of. If very old or unusual provenance evidence is found in other items, they may be referred to the appropriate curator in the beinecke library. In 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library yale university. The yale program in the history of the book brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars to explore the materiality of the written word over time and across cultures.
The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has many printed and archival sources for research into lgbtq history, literature and culture. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library can accommodate 180,000 volumes in the central tower and more than 600,000. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. Established by a gift of the beinecke family and given its own endowment, the. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library digital collections. History and architecture beinecke rare book yale university. We have opened a temporary reading room in yales sterling memorial library, located directly across wall street from the beinecke. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. The hughes archives were given to yale university by the renowned writer beginning in 1941, continuing throughout his lifetime, and including more materials from his. Kaweah grew out of the international workers association iwa in san francisco, a city that has spawned more utopian movements than any other location in america. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. Digital collections at the beinecke library beinecke rare book. Visit online to engage the past in the present for the future.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library recently launched a new website, redesigned by yale its. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. The new beinecke website is now part of the yalesites web publishing platform and features a reimagined visual design evoking the buildings iconic architecture. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. American modernist writers and the orient yale university. Yale s beinecke rare book and manuscript library photos by salt water new england beinecke houses one of the worlds largest collections of rare books and manuscripts and currently has about half a million volumes and several million manuscripts. The beinecke holds most of the original papers from the formation and founding of kaweah, allowing a rare, intimate look at the struggles and intrigue of forming a utopian commune. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. This book takes the visitor through the building with gorgeous views of the gordon bunshaft structure and into the reading room, with essays by library curators on. October 18 december 20, 1996 organized by patricia c.
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