A musthave for aficionados of rare books, this volume lovingly shows how a great research library is at the heart of the university educational experience. Yale university library yale law school repository digital commons. The birds of america audubon at beinecke yale university. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has graciously contributed images from their collections to shakespeare documented, and. The modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it. The collection consists of photographs documenting the construction of beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books.
American modernist writers and the orient yale university. The beinecke library is open to all yale university students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. For any titles that are not yet in orbis, they can be found in the beinecke librarys uncataloged acquisitions database. Yale university yale university library beinecke home contact us search the site yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Standard citation forms for rare materials cataloging. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library recently launched a new website, redesigned by yale its. Kraus, who had purchased it from the estate of ethel voynich, wilfrid voynichs widow.
Yale university yale university library contact us search the site. Often referred to as the dunlap broadside in honor of john dunlap. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. A record for this resource appears in orbis, the yale university library catalog. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. Beinecke library of yale university yale university press.
In case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows. Its holdings draw hundreds of scholars, artists, and critics from around the world to the reading room each year. The amazing beinecke rare book library of yale university. Edwin schroeder reappointed director of the beinecke rare. Manuscript on parchment uneven quality, severely trimmed of a florilegium comprised of a series of meditations and prayers. Mar 21, 2019 these titles are being cataloged in orbis, the yale university library catalog. The beinecke s website, catalog records, finding aids, and digital images enhance scholarship and promote use of both the digital and the original object. October 18 december 20, 1996 organized by patricia c. Individuals are always welcome to visit the beinecke librarys ground floor and mezzanine public exhibition areas, to see the building, permanent exhibitions, and varied special exhibitions throughout the year. Among the most significant american books of the 19th century, audubons the birds of america is extraordinary in several ways. Carys relationship with yale university was maintained and strengthened in this period by her friendship with margaret rollins and her husband, carl purington rollins, for some three decades printer to the university. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library location.
The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Guide to research tools orbis yale s online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections. The reason behind this is to completely control temperatures and humidity. Guide to research tools orbis yales online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections. Gordon bunshaft beinecke library architektur, visualisierung.
The beinecke library is committed to providing broad access to its collections for teaching, learning, and research in accordance with yale university policy. List of paleographic resources ms word list of standard reference works. Voynich purchased the manuscript from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. The cary collection of playing cards became the property of the yale university library on the death of mrs. The librarys holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building.
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. Originating in 1701 with the gift of several dozen books to a new collegiate school, the librarys collection now contains approximately 15. Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Cary playing card database to read more about this, refer to.
Fifty works from yale university s beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Aug 03, 2015 in case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher 16011680 in 1666. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library yale university. Yale universitys famous beinecke library is no exception. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. The beinecke library has digitized more than a million images of collection material. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. Oct 11, 2019 the library will have on view the original an act for liberty to erect a collegiate school, enacted by the connecticut colony in new haven on october 9, 1701, the founding legal document of the university, as well as other early documents of the new college from the early 18th century. Survey of collections and repositories american folklife center. 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. An information sheet about the librarys history, mission, architecture, collection, and services is available at the security desk. Log in to place or check the status of requests for materials from manuscripts and archives, the medical historical. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students.
It will reopen in september 2016 equipped for another 50 years as a worldclass. All of these keywords or any of these keywords or this entire phrase. Voynich in 1912 from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library the civil rights history project. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher, s. Special thanks to the office of the university printer for their work on the beinecke 50th anniversary visual design and support throughout the project.
Included are preconstruction views, construction progress views, and completed interior and exterior views. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library contains the principal rare books and literary manuscripts of yale university and serves as a center for research by students, faculty, and other scholars, whether affiliated with yale or not. For further information, consult the appropriate curator. Search fulltext for descriptive information plus fulltext that occurs in a work.
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. If you would like to provide us with feedback about the site, you can leave us a comment here. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Primary sources can be found in all of yales libraries and museums as well as in online resources. Willis, curator of the yale collection of american literature last revised june 7, 2012. Yale universitys home for rare works, including the mysterious voynich. The yale university library is the library system of yale university in new haven, connecticut. Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library.
Miles, george curator, western americana collection beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library digital collections. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut. 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. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. The new beinecke website is now part of the yalesites web publishing platform and features a reimagined visual design evoking the buildings iconic architecture. Menta, anne marie library service assistant beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The rachel carson papers is the physical property of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Story time demonstrates the richness that can emerge when books are considered together. Digital collections beinecke rare book yale university. In 1969, the codex was given to the beinecke library by h. Literary rights, including, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
The text, apparently a unicum, is a cento of biblical. Built in 1963, the library belongs to yale university, located in new haven, connecticut. Yales rare book library is designed to shield precious. Use the search box at the bottom of the page to begin your exploration. Cary playing card database quick search searches the title, maker and notes fields. This gallery highlights three portable medieval manuscripts from the collections of yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library, in celebration of the medieval academy of americas meeting in new haven, connecticut, march 1820, 2010. 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 the treasures it holds. Log in to place or check the status of requests for beinecke materials. Yale collection of western americana, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. About the collections beinecke rare book yale university. Located on yale universitys campus in new haven, connecticut, the beinecke can hold 180,000 volumes in its central tower and more than one million volumes in its underground book stacks. Introduction the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds largest buildings devoted to rare books and manuscripts housing about 180,000 volumes in the central tower and over 1 million that are kept in the underground book stacks. The beinecke library contains yale university s principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars.
I use irfanview but you could use any comic book reader program. The enormous 4 volume double elephant folio carefully and accurately documents more than 430 species of american birds in lifesize prints, making it an important work of natural history and scientific observation. Jan 20, 2016 edwin schroeder photo by michael marsland yale university edwin e. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and. Timothy young is curator of modern books and manuscripts at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. 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. Redesign of beinecke library website its your yale. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. These titles are being cataloged in orbis, the yale university library catalog. On a sunny day, its unique exterior seems to be floating above its darkened ground entry level.
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