The extraordinary awaits in a modest Auburn home.

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Auburn collector has more than 700 books -- all the same title

MIAMI----HistoryMiami announced the acquisition of rare papers from Robert Frost and documents pertaining to his visits to Key West, Florida. The collection includes signed editions of poetry dedicated to Mrs.

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HistoryMiami Announces Acquisition of Literary Papers from American Poet Laureate Robert Frost

Not only is 'This time is different', this place is also different. In the land of free and the home of the brave, one can "...spent years investigating wreckage scattered across documents from nearly a millennium of economic crises and collapses. They have wandered the basements of rare-book libraries, riffled through monks yellowed journals and begged central banks worldwide for centuries-old ...

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A large and important collection of works by idiosyncratic illustrator, designer and writer Edward Gorey has been donated to Columbias Rare Book & Manuscript Library by Andrew Alpern (ARCH'64). Numbering more than 700 items, the collection includes nearly every edition of every work published by Gorey, in addition to illustrations for dust jackets and magazines, original drawings, etchings ...

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Ghoulish Acquisition No Mystery to University Libraries

Costume designer tells historical tale

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Books with Julie Morgan

CARBONDALE--SIU's Morris Library houses pieces of history, some thousands of years old. Amongst the manuscripts and rare books in the Special Collections Research Center is an ancient tablet, roughly the size of your palm.

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Lost Relics in Southern Illinois

Without a rare document preserved at the Bassett Historical Center, parts of first lady Michelle Obamas ancestry might have been left undiscovered, researchers said.

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Register at Bassett center key to Obama research

University of Tulsa students looking for an escape from end-of-semester stress may want to take advantage of a few exciting offers before they leave town.

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Gilcrease displays rare Russell exhibit

( Biochemical Journal ) New findings that shed light on how genetic damage to muscle cell proteins can lead to the development of the rare muscle-wasting disease, nemaline myopathy, are reported today, March 15, in the Biochemical Journal.

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New clues about the basis of muscle wasting disease (EurekAlert!)

Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid children's books to the big screen.

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From stick figures to sweet flick (The Philadelphia Inquirer)