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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Rockwell Kent papers, 1885-1970

59 linear feet
A significant collection of Rockwell Kent's correspondence; drawings and sketches; watercolors; lithographs; proofs; manuscripts; and architectural drawings. There are also lithographs and woodblock prints by Kent's students and admirers.
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James Mark Baldwin Bookplate Collection, 1700-1900

0.5 linear feet

The collection, containing nearly 800 bookplates, includes exemplars of American and English plates of the 18th through the early 20th century. The collection was formed by Dr Baldwin and his wife, Helen Hayes Baldwin. Of special interest is a plate done for Dr Baldwin by the English painter-etcher Charles William Sherborn. The collection contains proofs, prints with remarques on various sizes and types of paper, and correspondence relating to the designing and production of the plate.

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