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Digest: September–October 2025
Manuscript Digest: September - October 2025 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. Douglass-Lincoln Debate Reopens Smithsonian Magazine, September/October 2025 What did Frederick Douglass think of Lincoln? A recently rediscovered [...]
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2025 Annual Trip Recap: Cambridge & Oxford
Manuscript Society Members Discover Hidden Gems in Cambridge This fall, a group of Manuscript Society members traveled to Cambridge and Oxford, England for an unforgettable behind-the-scenes experience. Over several days, they explored some of the cities' most storied libraries, museums, and archives—places that hold centuries of history and some of [...]
MM On-Demand: The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Project (10/6/25)
Overview The Special Collections and University Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is home to more than 20,000 volumes of rare books and incunabula, dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript is a bound vellum manuscript of approximately 200 pages that are each handwritten [...]
Manuscript Society to Attend the Boston Book Fair
Come visit the Manuscript Society Booth at the 47th annual Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair November 7-9, 2025. Held once again at the Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay, the fair features both American and international book and manuscript dealers in a wide array of disciplines. This three-day event features [...]
MM On-Demand: The Role of Manuscripts in Numismatic Literature & Research (9/8/25)
Overview This presentation will provide an overview of the numismatic literature field and highlight significant manuscript items in American collections. We will explore the most significant repositories of numismatic manuscript materials and share first-hand observations of working with related institutions. The talk will cover specific applications of manuscripts within numismatic [...]
MM On-Demand: First to Answer Lincoln’s Call, Rejected by Yale: Heber S. Thompson and the Power of Manuscripts (08/11/25)
Overview The Ravi D. Goel Collection of Heber S. Thompson highlights the Civil War experiences of the first Yale College student to answer President Lincoln’s call for volunteers after the Battle of Fort Sumter. Heber S. Thompson, a member and author of The First Defenders, enlisted on April 17, 1861. [...]
MM On-Demand: New York Stories in Manuscript: Anthony Janszoon van Salee & Samuel Jones (7/7/25)
Overview From its founding in 1625, New York City has always been a place of diverse peoples and opinions. Peter will explore stories of two individuals who exemplify the city’s diversity as revealed through two manuscripts: Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607-1676), believed to be the first Muslim to settle in [...]
Manuscript Mondays – Managing a Large Donated Collection
Manuscript Mondays Monday, June 9, 2025, 8:00 PM Eastern Free, Live Webinar Managing a Large Donated Collection Presenter: Robert Hopper [...]
