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Leaves Of Grass At 150, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Leaves Of Grass At 150, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This booklet accompanied the exhibit which marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Whitman's major work, Leaves of Grass (1855). The items on display were drawn chiefly from the Thomas Cooper Library's Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-Century Literature, and this booklet records the arrangement and explanatory text of the exhibit as actually mounted. The exhibit is arranged chronologically, to show the growth and development of Whitman's poetry, and the effects on his books of his own close involvement in their production. Included are all the major editions in the development of Leaves of Grass, from two variants of …
The End Of World War Ii: A Commemorative Exhibition From Rare Books And Special Collections, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
The End Of World War Ii: A Commemorative Exhibition From Rare Books And Special Collections, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This catalog accompanied the exhibit which documents the end of the war in Europe and Asia using resources in Rare Books and Special Collections. Several collections that either focus on the war or have significant connections to the war years are highlighted.
Tennis: The Story Of A Sport - An Exhibition Celebrating The William D. Haggard Iii Tennis Collection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Tennis: The Story Of A Sport - An Exhibition Celebrating The William D. Haggard Iii Tennis Collection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
The William D. Haggard III Tennis Collection brought to Thomas Cooper Library its first major collection of rare books about sports history. This exhibition tells the story of tennis over the past seven centuries, beginning with a first edition of the first book about tennis (1555). The earlier cases illustrate the development of tennis from its medieval origins in cloister and royal palace, through its central role in the Renaissance and pre-Revolutionary France. The second half of the exhibition follows the reshaping of tennis in France, England, and America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-2005): A Bicentennial Selection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-2005): A Bicentennial Selection, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog accompanied the exhibit of a sample of the author’s works held by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. The representative selection of materials contained books from the library’s Historical Children’s Literature Collection and the Augusta Baker Collection of African-American Children’s Literature and Folklore. It included examples of some of the first English translations of Andersen’s writings, as well as several of his classic fairy tales and materials exhibiting the ways in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century children’s book illustrators reacted to and interpreted the text.
Down To The Seas, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Down To The Seas, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This is the first exhibition from Thomas Cooper Library 's G. Ross Roy Collection of John Masefield, which was donated in 1999. Highlights include a copy in Masefield's own hand of his best-known poem, "Sea Fever," and a number of inscribed copies from the library of Audrey Napier-Smith in which Masefield painted small water-colour sketches of sailing ships or other scenes. Place of publication is London unless otherwise stated; + indicates a book with a water-colour or pen sketch.