Illinois digital humanities projects that will blow your. We believe that rare books and manuscripts are for everyone, and we take our. Uiuc rare book library closes due to mold american libraries. As one of the leading research libraries in north america, the. Degree programs university of illinois college of law. The free librarys rare book department is proud to be home to one of the largest collections of charles dickenss manuscripts, letters, illustrations, and other ephemera outside the united. Louis, who are illinois alumni and supporters of the university. Search for materials among the university library s 14 million items.
The rare books and special collections library has obtained the late hugh c. Uiuc rare book library closes due to mold the university of illinois at urbanachampaign rare book and manuscript librarywhich occupies a vault within the main libraryclosed february. The rare books and manuscript library, located in room 346 of the main library, maintains the historical pre1921 childrens. Books at the library of the health sciences are shelved by the national library of medicine classification.
Catalog of an exhibition at the rare book and manuscript library of the university of illinois at urbanachampaign library, 21 september 2016 to 21 december 2016 to celebrate the 150th. Rare book and manuscript library university of illinois library. The thomas fisher rare book library is the largest repository of publicly accessible rare books and manuscripts in canada. William stanley merwin was a pulitzer prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist. Collections rare book and manuscript library u of i. The university library at the university of illinois at urbanachampaign is the network of libraries, including both physical and virtual library spaces, which serves the universitys students. Other locations at uiuc with childrens and young adult books. Atkinsons extensive collection on theodore dreiser 18711945, one of the most important twentieth. University library at the university of illinois at urbana. About rare book and manuscript library u of i library. The news bureau, part of public affairs, generates and coordinates news coverage of the urbanachampaign campus.
Specified library selections include one of the largest engineering libraries in the united states, an agricultural library, a center for american music, and a rare books and manuscripts. In addition to the general rare book collection, the university library acquires books from individual collectors. If we dont have what you need, search 90 other research libraries throughout illinois. Its rare book department, among the largest in american public libraries, exists. His papers consists of books, notes, manuscripts, correspondence, ideas for poems. Let us know what you think of the new catalog by using the tell us what you think of the library. Mariagabriella stuardi rare book and manuscript library at uiuc. Rare books collection university of illinois college of law. Search libraries all over the world and request items via interlibrary loan.
Gutter beginning in 1948 was acquired by the uic library in 1982 and is the foundation for the daley librarys rare book collection. Rare book and manuscript library university of illinois. Emblematica online is a virtual library that contains 1,388 facsimiles of rare emblem books hosted by the university of illinois urbanachampaign. Thomas is the head of the rare books and manuscript library and juanita j. Exactly 20 years after starting work as a graduate assistant in the rare book and manuscript library, lynne m. In the starting research section you will find general resources for how to locate.
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The library will endeavor to provide virtual services during this time, including online access to collections and virtual reference service ask a librarian online chat is available. The nations foremost expert on legal rare books has said of the rare book collection at the college of law that it easily ranks among the top ten in the country. Rare book and special collections reading room library of. Using the collections rare book department free library. Mariagabriella stuardi project cataloger rare book and. In the exhibit, the curators tried to convey some of the major shifts in the study of chemistry not just the movement from alchemy to modern science but also the way chemists changed the. University of illinois at urbanachampaign university library. Contact rare book and manuscript library u of i library. The unique materials of the rare book and special collections division of the library of congress, now totaling over 800,000 items, include books, broadsides, pamphlets, theater playbills, prints. The university of illinois rare book and manuscript library has acquired a manuscript written by sir isaac newton that includes instructions for making the philosophers stone.
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