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May 23, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

“My mind was blown, and so it began.” New curator of early books and manuscripts is former network and systems engineer

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Meet the Staff Tagged With: Aaron T. Pratt, archive, Books, Curator, early books, Manuscripts, Ohio State, Pforzheimer, Pforzheimer curator, Pforzheimer Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, staff, Yale

Aaron T. Pratt has joined the Ransom Center as our new Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts.

April 29, 2015 - Kate Contakos

Pforzheimer library receives proactive conservation assessment

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Conservation Tagged With: Books, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Chaucer, Conservation, Coverdale Bible, Gerald Cloud, Gutenberg Bible, King James Bible, Milton, Pforzheimer Library, preservation, preservation week, preservation week 2015, Spenser, survery, William Caxon

In 1986 when the Ransom Center acquired the Carl H. Pforzheimer library of early English literature, with books dating from 1475 to 1700, the book world gasped. The Pforzheimer library was the outstanding private collection of early English books available, and the acquisition of this exceptional private library of carefully… read more

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