Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Library and Information Science Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

PDF

University of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

1999

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Library and Information Science

Paris Imprints Of The 1920s, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina Sep 1999

Paris Imprints Of The 1920s, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the small-scale exhibit of material from each of the major American expatriate imprints of the post-Great War decade, and complements of the Ernest Hemingway centenary exhibit in the mezzanine gallery.


The Culture Of Camelias, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina Apr 1999

The Culture Of Camelias, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This brochure describes a Department of Rare Books & Special Collections exhibit of collection materials about camellias. The collection was formed by Mrs. Sheffield Phelps (Claudia Lea). The Phelps Memorial Collection of Garden Books was donated to the University by Miss Phelps in 1959 on her mother’s death, with additional donations in the 1970s after the dispersal of the Phelps home. The exhibition tells the story of how camellias were brought in the early 1700s from the Far East to Europe, and then to America, how they were identified and named, and how the major varieties were developed by 19th-century …