Arthur Tress comments on placement of archive with Stanford Libraries
Arthur Tress and Peter Blank (June 2018)
Blog topic: Manuscripts
Mark Ruwedel photography archive committed to Stanford
Mark Ruwedel. “San Diego and Arizona Eastern #7” (2007)
Archival inkjet print, 30” x 40”
Copyright Mark Ruwedel
Arthur Tress photography archive to Stanford Libraries; Tress Spotlight exhibition launched
Arthur Tress. "Boy in flood dream, NY" (1971)
Gelatin silver print, 10" x 10.5"
Copyright Arthur Tress
Book talk and open house: The Production and Meaning of Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles on March 11, 2019
Stanford Libraries has a sizable collection of facsimiles of rare manuscripts that are used in research and teaching. Just to name a few, we have facsimiles of unique manuscripts such as the Book of Kells, the Codex Manesse, Boccaccio's Decameron, and many more.
New Ambrose Bierce manuscript collection open for research: Foster Family Collection of Ambrose Bierce materials
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?), author of such noted Civil War short stories as the “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” collected in his seminal 1891 collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, was unique among American writers for his front-line service as a combatant in the American Civil War. Thanks to a recent major gift, the Department of Special Collections in the Stanford University Libraries now hold unique manuscript materials relating to Bierce’s Civil War service.
![Sophoclis trageodiae septem... [Haguenau, France: Ex officina Seceriana, 1534] (Stanford Libraries Department of Special Collections PA4413 .A2 1534). Photo by Elizabeth Ryan.](https://library.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/styles/150xh/public/blog/image/sophocles_a.jpg?itok=fkU2_idi)
A smörgåsbord of Bay Area book events in early February 2019
February will be a busy month for booklovers and the book community in the Bay Area and beyond, with a delightful buffet of events and opportunities to enjoy:
A Picture of Paris: Virgil Thomson’s The Seine at Night
Guest blogger: Elea McLaughlin
The Seine at Night, original manuscript by Virgil Thomson (1896 – 1989)
Memorial Library of Music, MLM 1087
Becoming Stanford: New Spotlight at Stanford exhibit explores the history and meaning of Stanford's Insignia
Have you ever wondered why Stanford is represented by the color cardinal, and not the original choice of gold? Or why the university's motto is in German?
We are pleased to announce a new Spotlight at Stanford exhibit focused on the development of Stanford's insignia: Becoming Stanford: The History and Meaning of the University’s Insignia.