Honoring the History of the Brandeis Library - An Insight into Brandeis` Special Collections

The Archives and Special Collections at Brandeis University Library is a collection of rare books and unique manuscripts, with a short history built by people who believed in the mission of Brandeis to welcome faculty and students from all backgrounds. This special-edition book features sixty rare books and manuscripts, with full-color images and descriptions written by Brandeis faculty, graduate students, librarians, and scholars.

Format: Hardback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2021
Publisher: Brandeis University Press

The Archives and Special Collections at Brandeis University Library are a treasure trove of rare books and unique manuscripts that span several centuries, despite having a relatively short history as a collection. The roots of the Special Collections, like the roots of Brandeis University itself in 1948, were laid by individuals who believed in the university's mission to welcome faculty and students from all backgrounds and who wanted to see the new enterprise succeed and flourish. Today, the Brandeis Library boasts thousands of rare books and tens of thousands of linear feet of manuscript collections, with the manuscript boxes laid end-to-end stretching further than the length of the Boston Marathon.

This special-edition book showcases sixty of these rare books and manuscripts from the library's Special Collections. Accompanying the descriptions are full-color images provided by Brandeis faculty, graduate students, librarians, and scholars. The featured items include rare books, artistic works, photographs, manuscript collections, Judaica materials, historically significant archival collections, and much more.

Honoring the History of the Brandeis Library is an enlightening exploration of Brandeis's unique and invaluable rare text collection.

Weight: 792g
Dimension: 185 x 261 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684580507