Subscribe to RSS FeedFacetious 18th century anti-card-playing tract
Another new acquisition has just arrived: Serious Reflections on the Dangerous Tendency of the Common Practice of Card-playing; Especially of the Game of All-Fours, as It Hath Been Publickly play’d at Oxford, in this present Year of our Lord, MDCCLIV. In a Letter from Mr. Gyles Smith, to his Friend Abraham Nixon, Esq; of the [...]
Welcome Eric Johnson
I have been remiss in my blogging but vow to be more consistent with announcing important news about the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. In particular, our new Associate Curator, Eric Johnson, introduced himself when I should have made such an announcement. Eric has been with us just over a month and we have had [...]
New Associate Curator for RBMS
Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a quick moment to introduce myself. I’m Eric Johnson, the newly appointed Associate Curator for Rare Books and Manuscripts at The Ohio State University Libraries. I’m delighted to join the Buckeye family and I’m looking forward to promoting the appreciation and use of our collections to all our [...]
Rare Books and Manuscripts Acquires The King James Version
It’s with great excitement that my first contribution to the OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts blog gives me the opportunity to do something other than introduce myself (see a separate post for that). After all, anyone reading this is surely more interested in learning about new treasures recently acquired rather than hearing about my recent [...]
JOHN BENNETT IN URUGUAY
John M. Bennett participated in the Encuentro Internacional de Poesia Experimental “Amanda Berenguer”, in Montevideo, Uruguay, August 28-31, 2008. He gave 2 presentations: “Poesia y Poesia Visual de John M. Bennett”, and “La Poesia Visual Internacional en la Coleccion Avant de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio, USA, Poesia Visual”. The four days of meetings, curated [...]
