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| Aubrey Beardsley Collection | |
| The Aubrey
Beardsley Collection, donated by Michael Wilson, features books by and
about Beardsley, and books and journals illustrated by this still controversial
artist of the 1890s. Included are complete runs of the Savoy and Yellow
Book periodicals, and a portfolio of original drawings.
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| Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning Collection | |
| The Browning Collection
of about 1500 volumes, original letters, and other important memorabilia
and association items was the gift of the Pacific Coast Browning Society.
In addition to all the first editions of the poets Robert and Elizabeth
Browning, there are association items such as Robert Browning's copy of
the Iliad with his marginalia and flyleaf notes in Greek.
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| T.S. Eliot Collection | |
| The T.S. Eliot
Collection is comprised of a collection of inscribed books, manuscripts,
and memorabilia given to the College by Emily Hale, former faculty member
at Scripps and life-long friend of T. S. Eliot as well as a collection
of the work of T. S. Eliot.
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| Frederic Goudy Collection | |
| The Frederic Goudy
Collection consists of books about, correspondence from, and photographs
of Goudy, and the archive of the typeface designed by Goudy for the Scripps
College Press [link]. Included in this significant archive of the
Scripps College Old Style and Italic are Goudy's original drawings, cardboard
and metal patterns, and matrices. Also here is extensive ephemera
printed with many of Goudy's typefaces.
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| Alexa Fullerton Hampton Collection on the Eighteenth Century | |
| The Alexa Fulerton
Hampton Collection on the Eighteenth Century includes works of English
literature, history and travel. It is strong in the works of Samuel
Johnson, James Boswell, and Hester Lynch Piozzi.
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| Phil Townsend Hanna Collection of Californiana | |
| The Phil Townsend
Hanna Collection, of nearly one thousand volumes of Californiana and Baja
Californiana, also includes many western cookbooks. This collection
is complemented by the Howard-Miller and Ruth Lamb Collections, which emphasize
Spanish and Latin American literatures.
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| The Louise Seymour Jones Collection of Bookplates | |
| The Louise Seymour
Jones Collection of more than 4,600 bookplates is a valuable source for
students of the graphic and book arts. A gift from Jones, the author
of works on bookplates and gardening, the collection is well indexed and
is accompanied by much of the correspondence that ensued from building
such a magnificent collection. A smaller collection made by Eleanor
Homer now augments the original gift and includes monographs and periodicals
about bookplates as well.
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| Ida Rust Macpherson Collection By and About Women | |
| The Ida Rust Macpherson
Collection, established in 1936, is the earliest major collection on women
at any women's college in the United States. These more than three thousand
volumes by and about women are predominantly primary, published source
material: diaries, letters, journals, memoirs, and autobiographies. Four
major areas of concentration are: Emancipation and Reform; Domestic History;
Westward Expansion; and Woman in the Humanist Tradition. Originally a book
collection, holdings of manuscripts of women of literary and historical
significance are growing. Among those represented are Marie Corelli, Eva
Le Gallienne, Marianne Moore, May Sarton, M.F.K. Fisher, and Gertrude Stein.
The Macpherson Collection features about 170 women's periodicals from the
late 18th century to the present, with many 19th century titles. Particularly
notable is the extensive collection of woman printers and book designers
from the earliest printed books to the work of contemporary printers. One
of the Library's incunabula, La Historia D'Alexandro Magno, printed by
Florentine Dominican nuns in 1478, is here along with Elizabeth Redman's
1540 printing of the Magna Charta. Of more recent interest is the work
of the Cuala Press founded in Dublin in 1903 by Elizabeth Corbett Yeats,
and that of Helen Gentry, and Jane Grabhorn. Distinctive work of the most
outstanding contemporary women printers and book artists is represented
by that of Claire Van Vliet, Betsy Davids, Julie Chen, Carolee Campbell,
Johanna Drucker, Roswitha Quadflieg, Sandra Reese, and Susan King. Although
most of the Macpherson Collection is housed separately, work of contemporary
women printers is in the Rare Book Room where many of Denison's special
collections and manuscripts are centered.
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| Addison M. Metcalf Collection of Gertrude Steiniana | |
| The Addison M. Metcalf
Collection of Gertrude Steiniana is vast. Gertrude Stein's literary
executor Carl Van Vechten called the Collection "the most valuable one
in existence except for the archive at Yale." Scripps' collection
includes first editions, translations, articles by and about Stein, correspondence,
typescripts, letters, photographs, paintings, graphics, theater posters,
recordings, programs and other memorabilia related to the life, associations,
and influence of Stein. The donor and officials of Scripps College
drew up a gift agreement in 1959 when the first items came to the College.
Donations followed over the next twenty-five years. With Metcalf's
death in 1983, the bulk of the collection was bequeathed to the College.
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| The Howard-Miller and Ruth Lamb Collections of South and Latin American Literature and Drama | |
| The Howard-Miller
and Ruth Lamb collections emphasize Spanish and Latin American literatures.
The Howard-Miller Collection includes complete collections of works by
and about authors such as Ricardo Guiraldes, Leopoldo Lugones, and Jorges
Luis Borges. The Ruth Lamb Collection claims nearly three thousand
volumes on Latin American literature and theater.
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| John I. Perkins Rare Book Collection | |
| Forming the core of
the Rare Book Room is the John I. Perkins Collection of more than six thousand
volumes bequeathed in 1941 by this Los Angeles book collector who wished
his books to be used by students. Subsequently, there have been many
generous benefactors and donors. Important resources for the study
of the history of the book are here: cuneiform tablets, papyrus and palm
leaf books, thirteenth to sixteenth century illuminated manuscripts, incunabula,
and splendid examples of modern presswork from the turn-of-the-century
to the present. The great English presses from the late 19th and
early 20th centuries are here; all of the books printed by William Morris
at his Kelmscott Press are in perfect condition. Books produced at
the Ashendene Press and others printed and bound at the Doves Press are
included. Famous American presses run by John Henry Nash, Bruce Rogers,
the Grabhorn brothers, and Ward Ritchie are represented. More contemporary
presses include Andrew Hoyem's Arion Press, Walter Hamady's Perishable
Press, and the Bird and Bull Press of Henry Morris.
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| Alexander Pogo Collection of Classical Antiquity | |
| The Alexander Pogo
Collection on Classical Antiquity, a gift to the Libraries of the Claremont
Colleges in 1977, consists of more than three hundred volumes printed from
the 16th through the 20th centuries of works of Greek and Roman authors.
The titles appear in Greek and Latin and in translation.
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| Rare Book Room | |
| The Rare Book Room
houses many collections of rare and special items. The core of the
collection is the John I Perkins gift of over 6,000 volumes. Many
collections focus on the evolution of the book and printing and the book-making
arts including notable collections of medieval manuscripts, 19th and 20th
century literary presses, artist’s books, and contemporary fine printing.
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| Ellen Browning Scripps Papers | |
| Ellen Browning Scripps
Papers contain the personal and business records, correspondence, and other
ephemera of Miss Scripps (1836-1932), the founder of the College, and her
family, most of whom were associated with journalistic and philanthropic
endeavors.
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| Scripps College Archives | |
| The Scripps College
Archives which serve as a significant record for the study of the institution
and for the history of women's education in general is also housed at Denison
Library. In addition to official publications of the College and
the student body, the Archives also hold faculty, alumnae and student publications;
senior theses; student newspapers; construction records and blueprints;
unpublished papers of faculty and trustees; records of the development
of the curriculum; and a large photograph collection which pictorially
chronicles the history of the College. Of special interest are the
extensive Ellen Browning Scripps Papers: the personal and business records,
correspondence, and other ephemera of Miss Scripps (1836-1932), the founder
of the College, and her family, most of whom were associated with journalistic
and philanthropic endeavors.
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| Scripps College Press Archive | |
| Through the Scripps
College Press, students can learn the elements involved in making
books by hand. In the Rare Book Room is the Scripps Press Archive
including books, broadsides, bookplates, and bindings produced by students
from 1941 to the present.
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| Kimberly Stuart Papermaking Collection | |
| The Kimberly Stuart
Papermaking Collection consists of books and journals that trace the history
of papermaking. The collection includes all the works of Dard Hunter.
A related collection is Denison's holdings on Japanese papermaking.
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