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Digest: November – December 2025
Manuscript Digest: November - December 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. To start your free subscription click here. You’ll begin receiving the Digest with the next issue. Add Manuscript_Society@mail.vresp.com [...]
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Manuscript Monday: Constructing Scientific Eminence in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (2/9/26)
Overview The Library of Congress holds more than 12,000 manuscript collections documenting a broad range of American history and culture, among them around 1,000 collections in the history of science and technology. Acquired as part of a broader collecting program targeting “nationally eminent Americans,” the Library’s science and technology acquisitions [...]
MM On-Demand: The Pathfinder Papers: Exploring the History of the Fontaine-Maurys, a Founding Family (1/12/26)
Overview Russell Hooper will discuss his collecting journey, how he became interested in the Fontaine–Maury family, and his vision for telling a story drawn from the history preserved in the papers. He will also highlight notable individuals represented in the collection, including: Matthew Fontaine Maury, “The Pathfinder of the Seas” [...]
Manuscript Mondays: Holiday Monday! (12/8/2025)
Manuscript Monday, Monday, December 8, 8pm EST Join us for a members-only meeting to ring in the holiday season and share a special manuscript in your collection, a collecting story, or anything else on your mind relating to the wonderful world of manuscripts. Please register on Zoom. We look forward [...]
MM On-Demand: A Sensuous Education: Belle da Costa Greene’s Travels in Europe (11/17/25)
Overview In 1905, Belle da Costa Greene (1879-1950) was hired by J. P. Morgan to work in his growing library in New York. When the library was opened to the public in 1924 Greene became its first director, but even before this she had played a central role in shaping [...]
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 [...]
