This essay describes my sabbatical (2006) in the Rare Books Department at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. I describe the notion of printed ephemera and how such materials are managed in Britain and at Washington ...

Along the dark hallways – in the vaults of Terrell Library - there are rooms where thinkers and artists of the Renaissance still seem to come alive. “It’s like being able to go back into a 17th century bookstore and browse," ...

This poster will examine tumultuous events during the tenure of WSU’s longest serving President, Ernest O. Holland (1915-1945). The research is part of a newly commissioned publication, the Washington State University Press ...

Documents, photographs, and other exhibit materials from the Compleat Angler.

This session will describe grant-funded conservation work underway to treat damaged books printed before 1800 held in the department of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC). By utilizing modern conservation ...

This small hands-on seminar will provide history students the opportunity to apply their research skills in the creation of an online digital archive. As part of the planning for this final project, we will examine nationally ...

In 2006, Trevor Bond visited Oxford University's Bodleian Library to conduct research on a form of printed material referred to as ephemera. Never meant to be preserved, ephemeral material is nevertheless collected and ...

With limited resources, but boundless enthusiasm, President Holland and a handful of faculty including Professor of Organic Chemistry, Carl Milton Brewster, set the foundation for Washington State University's Rare Book ...