Three Gutenberg Bibles, the only surviving manuscript of Milton’s Paradise Lost, Thoreau’s journals, 1,500 Old Master drawings: financier John Pierpont … More
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From Rescue to Renewal: The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA
In 1980, a young graduate student made his first, seemingly quixotic trip to collect from people the books he needed … More
The Bard for All: DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library Reopens
In June 2024, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, celebrated its reopening after an $80.5 million renovation and expansion … More
Dublin Libraries
Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, Sean O’Casey, George Bernard Shaw — the list of Irish writers who … More
More than a Place to Read: Memphis Library’s Innovative Transformation
This article written by Yasmeen Abdallah appears courtesy of 1014, a space to explore global challenges and opportunities on … More
Epic Orozco Murals at Dartmouth College
A college library in New Hampshire is an unlikely place to look for a major body of work by one … More
