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Bentley Rare Book Gallery history collection

This collection contains documents that demonstrate the thirty-year history of the Bentley Rare Book Gallery prior to its transformation into the Bentley Rare Book Museum.

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1996/2007

Subject
Rare books
Kennesaw State University
Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Artists' books
Exhibits

Location
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Kennesaw, 34.02343, -84.61549

Medium
catalogs (documents)

Type
Text

Description
This collection contains documents that demonstrate the thirty-year history of the Bentley Rare Book Gallery prior to its transformation into the Bentley Rare Book Museum. The Bentley Rare Book Gallery was established in 1986 by two men, Mr. Robert B. Williams, Senior Curator of Rare Books, and Mr. Fred D. Bentley, Sr., a Cobb County lawyer and avid book collector. In the late 1980s, Mr. Bentley donated a large number of nineteenth and early twentieth century first editions as the foundation of the Museum collection. Since that initial donation, the collection has grown and developed, evolving into an assemblage of manuscripts and books representing the history of the book with a focus on the English-speaking world. Today, the Bentley Rare Book Gallery has transformed into the Bentley Rare Book Museum and holds over 10,000 items, ranging from Sumerian clay tablets and medieval manuscript leaves to modern fine press books and literary first editions. The collection supports teaching at the university through incorporation into course instruction sessions and class assignments, as well as lectures, workshops, and exhibitions.

Metadata URL
https://soar.kennesaw.edu/handle/11360/2075

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Kennesaw State University. Department of Archives, Rare Books and Records Management

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