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Transcendentalists & Friends, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Transcendentalists & Friends, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog accompanied the exhibit which displays a portion of the Joel Myerson Collection of Nineteenth-century American Literature. It brings to the library comprehensive collections of first editions for Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), Theodore Parker (1810-1860), Walt Whitman (1819-1892), and Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), along with manuscripts, letters, proofs, later and posthumous editions, and associated scholarship. With these core collections are smaller collections for lesser-known writers of the Transcendentalist movement, such as Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813-1892), significant groups of early editions from other writers of the period such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Bronson and Louisa May …
Audubon And Others, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Audubon And Others, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
Among the greatest treasures of the antebellum South Carolina College was its complete set of Audubon's huge double-elephant folio Birds of America (435 plates), published in parts between 1828 and 1838. The current exhibition traces the development of bird illustration, to give a context for viewing Audubon's achievement. The exhibition is arranged chronologically, starting with European bird illustrations of the sixteenth century and concluding with Audubon and other nineteenth century illustrators.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935 - An Exhibit Welcoming The Third International Charlotte Perkins Gilman Conference, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935 - An Exhibit Welcoming The Third International Charlotte Perkins Gilman Conference, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This brochure accompanied the exhibit of works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman which was installed to welcome the Third International Charlotte Perkins Gilman Conference (March 30-April 3, 2001), an official USC Bicentennial Event. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), now best known for her story The Yellow Wallpaper, was also internationally recognized in her lifetime for her writing and lecturing in the fields of sociology and economics. All the books on display were drawn from the Gilman holdings in the Department of Rare Books & Special Collections.
Early Geology Books, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Early Geology Books, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
This catalog is based on items displayed in early March 2001, for a class visit by Professor Pradeep Talwani’s undergraduate honors-college course in Solid Earth Geology. Most of the books have been in the library since the early 19th century, and some were among the books of Thomas Cooper (1759-1839), professor of chemistry and second president of South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina). These earlier acquisitions have been joined by items of geological interest in the C. Warren Irvin, Jr., Collection of Charles Darwin & Darwinana, donated to the library in 1996.
An Exhibit Introducing The Speiser & Easterling-Hallman Foundation Collection Of Ernest Hemingway With Correspondence Of Maurice J. Speiser, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
An Exhibit Introducing The Speiser & Easterling-Hallman Foundation Collection Of Ernest Hemingway With Correspondence Of Maurice J. Speiser, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina
Rare Books & Special Collections Publications
The University of South Carolina has received a major modern American literature collection. The Speiser and Easterling-Hallman Foundation Collection is centered on a superb collection of the books of Ernest Hemingway, with correspondence, transcripts, and proofs. There is additional strength in Maurice J. Speiser's correspondence with other friends and clients in literature, music, and the arts.