For this exhibition Rodney Phillips, curator of the Berg Collection and Maiden Voyages, added almost 40 new authors, bringing the exhibit up to 1955. The exhibition is dedicated to John Gordan and Lola Szladits, former curators of the Berg Collection. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature is one of America's most celebrated collections of first editions, rare books, autograph letters, and manuscripts, with particular strength in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was assembled and presented to The New York Public Library by Dr. Albert A. Berg in memory of his brother, Dr. Henry W. Berg. Dr. Berg not only provided the collection to the Library but also a fund for its preservation, a special reading room to make it available to scholars, and a room dedicated to exhibitions.
Admission is free.