Archives at yale contains finding aids from 10 libraries and repositories at yale university. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, 121 wall st, room for more information about the weekly sessions and other related events, please click here. Manuscript on parchment uneven quality, severely trimmed of a florilegium comprised of a series of meditations and prayers. American modernist writers and the orient yale university. The beinecke library contains yale university s principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the library of the holy roman emperor rudolf ii to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the society of jesus in rome. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
The james laughlin papers contain writings by laughlin and others, an award acceptance speech by laughlin, papers and audiocassettes relating to new directions at 50, the 50th anniversary of new directions exhibition at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, and various material removed from printed volumes. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut. Beinecke cataloging manual form and genre headings. Willis, curator of the yale collection of american literature last revised june 7, 2012. We have opened a temporary reading room in yales sterling memorial library, located directly across wall street from the beinecke. Search fulltext for descriptive information plus fulltext that occurs in a work.
It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass. Fifty works from yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Log in to place or check the status of requests for beinecke materials. Sep 30, 2014 yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. Located on yale universitys campus in new haven, connecticut, the beinecke can hold 180,000 volumes in its central tower and more than one. The medieval academy reprints for teaching shailor, barbara on. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid. One of the worlds largest libraries devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, it is yale universitys principal repository of literary archives, early manuscripts, and rare books. A musthave for aficionados of rare books, this volume lovingly shows how a great research library is at the heart of the university educational experience. Curatorial administrative assistant of early books and manuscripts at beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke rare book library gordon bunshaft som great.
List of paleographic resources ms word list of standard reference works naco records for rare materials. Many call the fifteenthcentury codex, commonly known as the voynich manuscript, the worlds most mysterious book. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university holds one of the worlds finest collections of rare books and literary manuscripts. Please request uncatalogued materials at least one week in advance of your research visit. On a sunny day, its unique exterior seems to be floating above its darkened ground entry level. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Library staff working remotely continue to provide online support for research and yale classes. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher, s. Manuscripts and archives, the medical historical library, the lewis walpole library, and other special collections at yale university library. Guide to the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, photographs author compiled by staff of manuscripts and archives date september 1998 language of description finding aid written in english. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. Wynne, research librarian in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, guided me through the first phase of the undertaking. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale brbl is an architectural icon and its 500,00 rare books and over one million volumes make it one of the most important research facilities of its kind in the world. I was also fortunate in having access to the expertise of the curators of the beinecke library collections.
Illustrated from the beinecke rare book and manuscript library mart. Through the yale university library system, related collections in archaeology, anthropology, fashion, film, history, and literature are. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library yale university. New haven in 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. This book takes the visitor through the building with gorgeous views of the gordon bunshaft structure and into the reading room, with essays by library curators on the treasures it holds. October 18 december 20, 1996 organized by patricia c. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. With the humours of sir iohn falstaffe, and swaggering pistoll. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars.
All yale libraries are closed until further notice. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library amusing planet. Beinecke library is the largest building in north america exclusively for rare books and. The first illustrates alphabets in various scripts. Completed in 1963 and situated on yale universitys campus, in new haven, connecticut, the library has room for approximately 780,000 volumes. Fifty works from yale university s beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Abaa glossary of book collecting terms abc for book collectors pdf bookbinding and the conservation of books catalogers desktop classification web estc estc web matching heritage of the printed book hpb lc authorities lc catalog rare books and manuscripts section rbms. Rebecca goldberg curatorial administrative assistant of.
Todays puzzle pictured above for the paleogaphical challenge suggested solution to yesterdays challenge shown below give me thy grace good lord to sett the world at nought. The beinecke library is committed to providing broad access to its collections for teaching, learning, and research in accordance with yale university policy. Yales rare book library is designed to shield precious works. About the beinecke renovation beinecke library renovation. The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world.
All of these keywords or any of these keywords or this entire phrase. Since its opening in 1963, the marble exterior of beinecke rare book and manuscript library has kept hidden yales most obscure texts and invited the speculation of visitors and students alike. Two diverse cryptic alchemies written by one copyist and linked by two series of alchemical emblems. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale.
Jun, 2017 built in 1963, the library belongs to yale university, located in new haven, connecticut. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library the civil rights history project. Stephen jones, head of access services at the beinecke library, shared with the news some of the most widespread rumors and absurd myths that. This model book for scribes is composed of two parts.
Kevin repp beinecke rare book and manuscript library wednesdays, 10. The rachel carson papers at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library consist of manuscripts, notebooks, letters, newspaper clippings, photos, and printed material relating to the life and career of rachel carson. Yale universitys home for rare works, including the mysterious voynich. Guide to research tools orbis yale s online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and culture in the twentieth century. Cary playing card database quick search searches the title, maker and notes fields. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library thornton. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript. All yale library buildings and reading rooms are currently closed. The second part of the codex is composed of decorative initials arranged alphabetically.
Beinecke library of yale university yale university press. Home romanov photograph album 2 search terms search type. There is a strong focus on american authors, but british, french and slavic literatures are also well represented, and the holdings relating to futurism, dada and surrealism are among the most extensive in the world. The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students. Rare books and manuscripts section rbms controlled vocabularies latin place names. The collection spans the years 1921 to 1981, with the bulk of the material covering the period from 1950 to 1964. Yale university library yale law school repository digital commons. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world.
Wilson, sams senior administrative assistant beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books. More than 100,000 arts titles are housed at sterling memorial library, the classics library, and beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The first text, philosophia hermetica, in italian verse, is linked to federicl gualdi. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. Finding aids describe the creation, content, context, and arrangement of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. Digital collections beinecke rare book yale university. Voynich in 1912 from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. Construction photographs of the beinecke library are available in the beinecke s digital collections. Hoppin professor and dean of the yale school of architecture, discusses the architecture and history of the beinecke library, designed by gordon bunshaft of the firm skidmore, owings and merrill.
Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts. Oxfords di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate. Vinci, john assistant head of security beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke cataloging manual yale university library. Beinecke rare book library by gordon bunshaft som architect, at new haven, connecticut, 1963, architecture in the great buildings online. Barton, melissa curator of american literature, drama and prose writings beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Beinecke library renovation beinecke library renovation. Survey of collections and repositories american folklife center. Manuscript on parchment of gregorius bock, scribal pattern book. Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library.
While quite large, the digital collections represent only a fraction of all collections. A record for this resource appears in orbis, the yale university library catalog. The modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it was established as a gift from the beinecke family. Introduction the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds largest buildings devoted to rare books and manuscripts housing about 180,000 volumes in the central tower and over 1 million that are kept in the underground book stacks.
Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer wilfrid voynich. The chinese rare books at yale database brings together information about chinese rare books and manuscripts held primarily in east asia library special collections in sml and also in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Oxfords bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yales beinecke. The second part of henrie the fourth, containing to his death, and coronation of henrie the fift. This list reflects the form and genre terms frequently used by the rare book cataloging unit in its cataloging of beinecke printed materials and includes terms that the library believes are important and is updated to reflect changing usage and needs. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. The hughes archives were given to yale university by the renowned writer beginning in 1941, continuing throughout his lifetime, and including more materials from his. The draft typescript for this and other cards in a set of christmas greetings are among the extensive langston hughes papers in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. As they cross the plaza, lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint, a siren blares and people run from the building. The librarys holdings include about a million items. The text, apparently a unicum, is a cento of biblical.