Exploring the Bancroft Library: The Centennial Guide to Its Extraordinary History, Spectacular Special Collections, Research Pleasures, Its Amazing Future, and How It All Works - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893663183 ISBN 13: 9781893663183

Publisher: Univ of California Berkeley, 2006

Synopsis

The Bancroft Library, one of the premier research institutions in the world, was founded in 1859 by Hubert H. Bancroft, a San Francisco bookseller, publisher, and collector. The documents and artifacts he amassed on the American West from Alaska to Panama were unsurpassed. In 1906 the University of California acquired the Bancroft collection and now celebrates the centennial of that acquisition. Over the past century, the library has expanded to include the Mark Twain Papers and Project, Tebtunis Papyri, rare books and manuscripts, collections in the History of Science and Technology, and other invaluable resources. In this celebratory volume, readers are introduced to the day-to-day life of an institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and study of original documents. From an in-depth look at the way material is acquired and conserved to chapters by individual curators summarizing the significance of choice archival objects, the substantive approach is particularly fitting; a handsomely illustrated design completes the tribute to a venerable institution.

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The Bancroft Library, one of the Premier research institutions in the world, was founded ca. 1860 by San Francisco bookseller, publisher, and collector Hubert Howe Bancroft. The library he amassed on teh American West from Alaska to Panama was unserpassed. In 1906 the University of California acuired The Bancroft Library and now celebrates the cnetennial of that acquisition. Over teh past century, Bancroft has expanded to include the Mark Twain Papers and Project, the Tebtunis Papyri, Rare Books and Manuscripts, collections in the History of Science and Technology, the Regional Oral History Office, and other invaluable materieals from the entire sweep of Western civilization. In this volume , readers are introduced to the day-to-day life of an institution devoted to the collection, preservation and study of original documents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of California Berkeley
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1893663183
• ISBN 13: 9781893663183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Faulhaber Charles B., Vincent Stephen