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The only lyric sketch for 'Over the Rainbow' known to exist
Earliest Over the Rainbow Lyrics To Go On Display
The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y.
Thomas Jefferson, fair copy of the Declaration of Independence
New York Public Library Announces Major Exhibition for America's 250th Celebrations
The New York Public Library has announced plans to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the United States with a 2026 public viewing of The Declaration of I
Box cover of a 19th century authors card game (Parker Brothers, 1896) from the RBS teaching collections
Rare Book School’s Author Card Games Collection on Display For First Time
Rare Book School's new exhibition Famous and Forgotten: The Game of Authors will look at the history of changing literary trends via its huge
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Galton and Simpson Comedy Archive Acquired by University of York
A fundraising campaign launched by the University of York to secure the archive of scriptwriting duo Ray Galton and Alan Simpson who are credited with inventing
Charles Dickens (centre) during rehearsals for his own play, Mr Nightingale’s Diary performed at Tavistock House in 1855. On the left is Mark Lemon, editor of Punch magazine, on the right is either Wilkie Collins or illustrator Frank Stone.
Unseen Sketches of Charles Dickens in Play Rehearsals Go On Display For First Time
An unpublished set of pen, ink, and watercolour sketches showing Charles Dickens and hi
A cricket scorebook from the donated archive
Scottish Cricket Archive Donated to the National Library of Scotland
A wide variety of documentation relating to the history of the Scottish Cricket Union and Cricket Scotland from 1908 to the present day have been acqui
The buildings recently acquired by the Brontë Parsonage Museum
Brontë Parsonage Museum Acquires New Historic Buildings
A century after Sir James Roberts gifted Haworth Parsonage to the Brontë Society
Oliver Byrne’s The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Byrne's Euclid, Einstein Offprints, and Publishers' Bindings to Auction
Of the 138 lots covering the history of science at PBA Galleries' August 28 auction are 18 related to
Stafford Gaol manuscript calendars
Rare 17th Century Gaol Records Sold for £11,000
A handwritten set of 17th century records of prisoners at Stafford Gaol has sold for £11,000 in Tennants Auctioneers’ Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale.
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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group Conference 2025
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals's Rare Books and Special Collections Group