The collection consists of photographs documenting the construction of beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. Having provided its own funding, the library is financially independent of the university. The school bus crew visited the beinecke rare book library. The medieval academy reprints for teaching shailor, barbara on. New haven in 1963, yale university opened the most modern of structures to house its most ancient of books. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. It is a new building nestled among the old, which is an apt juxtaposition given that the library s holdings are some of the oldest texts in existence. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archiweb.
The papers are housed in 173 boxes and consists of nine series. Visited this library as part of a university tour and it was well worth it, the building inside is amazing with its marble walls and all the rare books behind glass. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library 121 wall st new haven ct 06511. The catalogue of the cary collection of playing cards employs these conventions in the description of a large and diverse body of material. Information on searching the overall collections can be found here. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. 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. Rare books and manuscripts section rbms controlled vocabularies latin place names resources for rare materials catalogers standard citation forms for rare materials cataloging. Digital collections at the beinecke library beinecke. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is.
These are cataloged in orbis, the online catalog of the yale university library. Oxfords bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yales beinecke. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut. The library curators talked about the library s collection. The archival processing manual for the manuscript unit of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library records policies and procedures for processing manuscript collections at beinecke and thereby serves as a training guide for new staff as well as an ongoing resource for all staff. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. Performed at the dumfries academy, december 29, 1877. Cary playing card database to read more about this, refer to.
Writings, correspondence of gertrude stein, third party letters, alice b. Also included are photographs of the opening ceremonies and reception. It is, nevertheless, cogoverned by the university library and the yale corporation. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, 121 wall st, room for more information about the weekly sessions and other related events, please click here. Voynich in 1912 from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikimedia. Yale universitys home for rare works, including the mysterious voynich. While quite large, the digital collections represent only a fraction of all collections onsite. Includes the general collection, rare books and manuscripts, american literature, western americana, german literature and the osborn collection. 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.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library events facebook. As they cross the plaza, lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint, a siren blares and people run from the building. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archival. Jun, 2017 the modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it was established as a gift from the beinecke family. The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Toklas, larry kramer, glenway wescott and monroe wheeler.
Beinecke rare book and manuscript library 121 wall st new. Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. Log in to place or check the status of requests for beinecke materials. The exterior skin is composed of thin marble panels that allow light to show through but not damage the books. It was clear at the outset of the project in 1973 that the experience of the playing card societys members in cataloguing their private collections could be relevant to the cataloguing of the cary collection.
Beinecke cataloging manual form and genre headings. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archival processing. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library photos by salt water new england beinecke houses one of the worlds largest collections of rare books and manuscripts and currently has about half a million volumes and several million manuscripts. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other. Most cataloged books, pamphlets, periodicals, broadsides and published materials, which are discoverable in orbis. More books of the library can be found at yale universitys library shelving faculty. Toklas correspondence, personal papers, clippings, photographs, artworks, and objects. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale. Voynich manuscript high resolution scans by beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Oxfords di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts.
Completed in 1963 and situated on yale universitys campus, in new haven, connecticut, the library has room for approximately 780,000 volumes. 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. The library s holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building. Beinecke library curated collection photo negative collection 11025. 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.
Pages in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library. A guide to its collections beinecke rare book and manuscript library on. Scotts criticism of theatricals at dumfries academy. Included are preconstruction views, construction progress views, and completed interior and exterior views. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library designed by som in 1963 to emphasize the beauty of these rare books, they were set up to be the centerpiece of the building. Fifty works from yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Illustrated from the beinecke rare book and manuscript library mart. The text, apparently a unicum, is a cento of biblical, liturgical, and patristic citations, with some additional material spuriously attributed to st. A catalogue of the cary collection of playing cards in the yale university library by william b. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library.
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. Topics voynich, manuscript, high quality, quaity, zoom, resolution, jp2. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. Stephen jones, head of access services at the beinecke library, shared with the news some of the most widespread rumors and absurd myths that. The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library digital collections. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. The librarys holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building. Nowadays, the beinecke is one of the largest buildings in the world dedicated to keeping rare books and manuscripts. Kevin repp beinecke rare book and manuscript library wednesdays, 10. Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library architectuul.
Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and. Medieval and renaissance manuscripts, which are searchable in a separate database at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library and in orbis. Please request uncatalogued materials at least one week in advance of your research visit. 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. We have opened a temporary reading room in yales sterling memorial library, located directly across wall street from the beinecke. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. All yale libraries are closed until further notice. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has many printed and archival sources for research into lgbtq history, literature and culture. All the books were placed around the core like a large display case. Catalog introduction for a fieldbyfield description of this online catalog. The central building alone houses 180,000 volumes, while over 600,000 more are stored in the underground departments.
Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books. Use orbis for codices and printed works or archives at yale for manuscript and archival materials. Yales rare book library is designed to shield precious works. Beinecke library renovation beinecke library renovation. 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. Pasted in are 10 leaves of newspaper clippings relating to the controversy aroused by the rev. William clarks 1810 master map of the american west. Information about requesting reproductions can be found here. One of the most prized buildings in modern american architecture, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale university represents on the most novel uses of stone in the built environment. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher, s. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is known for its architecture.
The beinecke rare book and manuscript library sits prominently and visibly in the center of the yale university campus. The beinecke houses outstanding special collections devoted to american literature, german literature, western americana, and british literary and historical. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library yale university. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books. Paper rotulus consisting originally of thirteen folio sheets and halfsheets of differing lengths glued together, averaging 540 mm.