Jewels in her crown
Subtitle: treasures of Columbia University Libraries special collections
Contributors: Columbia University. Libraries. Preservation Reformatting Department; Columbia University. Libraries. Digital Program Division
Publisher: Rare Book & Manuscripts Library, Columbia University Libraries
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Copyright date: 2004
Subjects: Exhibitions; Rare books; Bibliography; Libraries; Special collections; Columbia University. Libraries
Other titles: Treasures of Columbia University Libraries special collections; Treasures from the special collections of Columbia's Libraries
Description: The first major exhibition of treasures from the Special Collections Libraries at Columbia in over 50 years and gives the public a glimpse of the unique resources gathered by the University since its founding in 1754. Mounted in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of Columbia, this exhibition celebrates a rich collection of original books, manuscripts, individual and corporate archives, architectural drawings, ephemera, musical scores, works of art, and artifacts, embodying over 5,000 years of human history. Draws together an unprecedented array of 250 rare and unique items from eleven Special Collections - including a Buddhist sutra dating from the year 1162 C.E., Mrs. Alexander Hamilton's wedding ring, a set model for the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's application for study at Union Theological Seminary, a fragment of the Iliad on papyrus, and a 1906 photograph of Czar Nicholas II with his family.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed Oct. 11, 2004).

At head of title: Columbia 250.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Rare Book and Manuscript Galleries in Butler Library at Columbia University, New York, Oct. 8, 2004-Feb. 28, 2005.

Online version of the exhibition created by the Preservation  Reformatting Department's Reprography Lab and the Libraries Digital Program Division.

Catalog also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.