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Kalamazoo College A.M. Todd Rare Book Room Exhibit Posters and Programs
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This collection consists of posters and programs created for the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room exhibits.
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Tall Book, Small Book, Round Book, Bound Book: Books of All Shapes and Sizes
(Kalamazoo College, 2022-09)This exhibit celebrates books of unusual sizes and shapes as well as artist's books with unique bindings. Displayed in the exhibit are miniature books, a 2.5 ft. long antiphonary, round books, and unbound books. -
The Life of William Morris: A Desire to Create Beautiful Things
(Kalamazoo College, 2022-03)This exhibit highlights the work of William Morris, founder of the Kelmscott Press, including his decorative designs for wallpaper, textiles, and books. It also delves into his socialist beliefs. Items on display include ... -
Anonymous was a Woman: Illuminating the Works of Women Writers
(Kalamazoo College, 2022-01)Many women throughout history, particularly during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries chose to remain anonymous in their work, or to write under a pen name that disguised their identity. Writing was not ... -
Off the Beaten Path: Historical Travel Literature
(Kalamazoo College, 2021-09)An exhibit of travel literature encompassing travel and missionary memoirs as well as accounts of colonial exploration and exploitation. Rare books on display included works by Richard Evelyn Byrd, James Cook, David ... -
Incunabula: An Exploration of Books from the Infancy of Printing
(Kalamazoo College, 2021-03)An exhibit of incunabula, books printed before 1501,in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room during the Spring term of 2021. -
East Asia: A Collection of Art and Literature
(Kalamazoo College, 2021-01)The East Asia exhibit was originally scheduled for Spring 2020 and was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hannah Pszenica ’20 prepared this exhibit during her senior year working in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room. This ... -
Books and Beasts: A Collection of Fantastic Creatures
(Kalamazoo College, 2020-01)The winter 2020 A.M. Todd Rare Book Room exhibit highlighted books with animals - both real and mythical. Items on display included a bestiary, Aesop's Fables, Audobon's "Quadrupeds of North America," and more. Curated by ... -
Kalamazoo College & the Philospher's Stone
(Kalamazoo College, 2019-09)During the fall of 2019, the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room exhibited "Kalamazoo College and the Philosopher’s Stone The Early Science of Alchemists, Astronomers, and Apothecaries" curated by Mallory Heslinger. Postter design ... -
Selections from the Victor Lange Collection
(Kalamazoo College, 2007)This program includes a list of books from the Victor Lange collection placed on exhibition at the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room in the fall of 2007. Lange was a scholar of German literature. -
William Morris Makes the Ideal Book
(Kalamazoo College, 1996)This is an invitation to a 1996 exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room titled "William Morris Makes the Ideal Book." -
Prospero's Tools: Printed Scientific Books Change Worlds
(Kalamazoo College, 1996)This is an invitation to a 1996 exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room titled "Prospero's Tools: Printed Scientific Books Change Worlds." According to the Winter 1996 issue of the Kalamazoo College Quarterly, "Important ... -
What Does a Poem Look Like?!: Shaped Poetry from the Arion Press
(Kalamazoo College, 1995)This is an invitation to a 1995 exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room titled "What Does a Poem Look Like?!: Shaped Poetry from the Arion Press." "Arion" is misspelled on the invitation. -
Best Sellers Illuminated: The Subject and Decoration of Italian Books, 1470- 1550
(Kalamazoo College, 1995)This is an invitation to a 1995 lecture by the Head of the Department of Special Collections at the University Research Library at University of CALIFORNIA in Los Angeles David S. Zeidberg titled "Selling Italy's First ... -
The 54th Annual Western Books Exhibition
(Western Books Exhibition Committee, 1995)This program is for the 54th Annual Western Books Exhibition, an travelling exhibition that contains books printed in the western states of the United States. The exhibition included 35 books narrowed down from 70 submissions ... -
What's in a Face? Distinctions Made by Typography
(Kalamazoo College, 1994)This is an invitation to a 1994 lecture by Smithsonian Institute Museum Specialist R. Stanley Nelson titled "Printing Type: Is the Body Cold Already?." It also advertises the companion exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book ... -
A Piece of Your Mind: Ancient Texts Foster the Seeds of Western Thought in Printed Books, 1488-1912
(Kalamazoo College, 1994-08)This program, written by Kalamazoo College student John Lobur '95, was created for a 1995 exhibit in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room. The program looks at how the books of these philosopher's were printed over time, as printers ... -
A Collection of Contemporary Poetry
(Kalamazoo College, 1993)This program, written by Kalamazoo College student Pauline Harris '90, was created for a 1993 A.M. Todd Rare Book Room. The program discusses poetic instinct and the history of rhythm and the poet in human history. All of ... -
Historians in Antiquity; Classical Editions of the Past
(Kalamazoo College, 1992)This program, written by Kalamazoo College students Josh Green '92, was created for a 1992 A.M. Todd Rare Book Room. The program discusses the classic historians and noted editions of their books represented in the collection, ... -
A Modern Love of Literature: One Hundredth Anniversary of Mosher Books
(Kalamazoo College, 1991)This program, written by Kalamazoo College student Leslie Parsons '91, was created for an A.M. Todd Rare Book Room in 1991 as the 100th anniversary of the start of Mosher Books. The program discusses the college's near ... -
The Revolutionary Word: Commemorating the French Revolution 1789-1989
(Kalamazoo College, 1989-07)The program, written by Professor of History David Barclay, was created for a 1989 A.M. Todd Rare Book Room exhibit curated by library staff member Renata Schnelker. The program discusses how the French Revolution affected ...
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