Category Archives: News

Yucatec Maya Summer Institute

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Claudia Funke

This past Wednesday, students from the Yucatec Maya Summer Institute visited Wilson Library to learn about the rich resources of the Stuart Collection in the Rare Book Collection. Sponsored by the UNC-Duke Consortium, the Institute offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced … Continue reading →

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Feminists of the 17th Century

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Claudia Funke

The Rare Book Collection is pleased to celebrate Women’s History Month by highlighting two recent acquisitions by notable female authors. It just so happened that last month, we were in the right place at the right time to acquire two … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Claudia Funke

February 7, 2012, is truly a hallowed date for the history of English literature, marking as it does, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the great writer Charles Dickens. We could not forget, because the RBC includes a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Why We Write in Books

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Jennifer Park

Watch this video to hear curator Claudia Funke speak about annotated books in the Rare Book Collection. Of course, they come to us already annotated. No writing in a book takes place after it enters our collection. Heaven forbid! Writing … Continue reading →

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John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Jennifer Park

We are excited to report that we’ve acquired a very rare edition of John Donne’s famous Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, known best for containing the oft-quoted “No man is an island” and from whence Ernest Hemingway received inspiration for the … Continue reading →

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We’ve Been Busy, But now We’re Back!

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Claudia Funke

We’ve been busy since we launched our Blog. The Print Council of America made its first visit ever to North Carolina at the end of May, and Wilson Library was the venue for the annual meeting. The Rare Book Collection … Continue reading →

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