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Reflections - Fall 2003, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

“Posters of the Great War” Exhibit on Display at McKissick Museum..... p.1
Herbert J. Hartsook Named Director of the South Caroliniana Library..... p.1
In Memoriam: George Plimpton..... p.2
One Year Later: Dean Paul Willis Reflects on 2002–2003..... p.2
Graphic Fiction Symposium Held November 18–19..... p.3
Linda Allman Becomes Director of Campuses Library Services..... p.3
“I-Day: September 11, 1963”..... p.3
Preservation Initiative Addresses Needs of Portrait Collection..... p.4
New Endowment Fund Supports Science and Mathematics Journal Collection..... p.5
New Map Donation Enhances Darwin Collection..... p.5
Educational Films Collection Returns to the Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
Library Endowments Benefit Students and …

Caroliniana Columns - Fall 2003, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

University South Caroliniana Society Newsletter - Columns

Contents:

The Director's Desk..... p.1
Report from the Annual Meeting..... p.1
Give Us Meat That's Fit to Eat!..... p.4
Wish List..... p.5
68th Annual Meeting (ad.)..... p.5
Preservation Initiative Addresses Needs of Portrait Collection..... p.6
Message from the President..... p.8
Not like Mississippi: I-Day at USC..... p.9
Holiday Exhibit (ad.)..... p.10
Allen Stokes and Herb Hartsook (photo)..... p.10
What Were They Thinking? 1954 Sorority Stunt-Night (photo)..... p.11
A Call for Volunteers (ad.)..... p.11
Memorials & Honoraria..... p.12

John Hersey: A Collection Of First Editions, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

The exhibit accompanied by this catalog was mounted to display the collection of John Hersey first editions assembled by Harry E. Hootman, the 2003 winner of the Thomas Cooper Society Student Book Collecting Award.

Printing And The Renaissance World, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit which illustrated the development and impact of printing, from Johann Gutenberg's mid-fifteenth century invention in Germany of moveable type, through its effects for the Renaissance in classical learning, for the Reformation in religion, for science and geography during the age of exploration, and (more briefly) for illustration, science, and literature. Among the items on display are an illuminated medieval manuscript codex from c. 1420; an early printed book from 1483, with hand-colored initials, and its original wooden binding; a wood-engraving by the German artist Albrecht Durer; a leaf from the 1611 first edition of the …

Reflections - Spring 2003, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Reflections

Contents:

USC Libraries Plan New Rare Books and Special Collections Facility..... p.1
Library Planning Committees Established..... p.2
Director of the South Caroliniana Library Steps Down..... p.3
Butterflies in Cyberspace: The John Abbot Watercolors Project..... p.4
Treasure Acquisitions Program..... p.4
In Memoriam: Dr. C. Warren Irvin, Jr. ..... p.4
Business Library Offers New Full-Text Database..... p.4
Emerson Bicentenary Exhibition on View in Thomas Cooper Library..... p.5
Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries..... p.5
News Briefs..... p.6
Burroughs Collection Donated to Thomas Cooper Library..... p.6
TDNet to Provide Improved Journal Access..... p.7
USC Columbia Libraries Survey Quality of Service..... p.7
New Faces: …

Chaucer And The Canterbury Tales, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit of materials from the University of South Carolina’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, which featured original material alongside modern high-quality reproductions of the most important of the Chaucer manuscripts and of the early printed editions of his work.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Bicentenary Exhbition, University Libraries--University Of South Carolina

Rare Books & Special Collections Publications

This catalog accompanied the exhibit and provides a permanent record of the Ralph Waldo Emerson bicentenary exhibition at the Thomas Cooper Library. Among the items in this exhibit are manuscripts, letters, first editions, association copies and memorabilia. On display are only a relatively small number of items which are in the Emerson holdings in the larger collection, but make clear the range, depth and quality of the outstanding materials that the Myerson Collection contains.