Thematic Guide to the Exhibition


Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) Wood engraving of garden-house scene, 6.5 x 8 cm., RBML, Woodblock No. 6
Printing History & Book Arts

Yǒngsǒn (n.d.) Syongdo mallyon pulgasari chyon (The account of a pulgasari in the last years of Songdo) Kyongsong-pu: Tongyang Taehaktang, Showa 11, [1936] C. V. Starr East Asian Library
East Asian Collections

Lewis Hine (1874-1940) Photograph of welder, Empire State Building, New York, 1930-31, Avery Library, Drawings and Archives, Empire State Building Archive
New York City History

John Shute (d. 1563) The First and Chief Grovndes of Architectvre vsed in all the auncient and famous monymentes. ... Pvblished by Ihon Shute, Paynter and Archytecte, London: Thomas Marshe, 1563, Avery Library, Classics Collection
Art & Architecture 
Photograph of President Johnson presenting the Medal of Freedom to Edith Altschul Lehman (Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman), Washington, D.C., December 6, 1963, RBML, Lehman Papers
Philanthropy, Social Services, Human Rights 

Joan Oliva (1580-1615) Portolan atlas of five charts of the the European and African Coasts of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on 6 parchment leaves, signed Italy, ca. 1590, RBML, Plimpton MS 94
History 

Martin Luther (1483-1546) Der Prophet Jona, Augsburg: Johannes Knobloch, 1526, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Leander van Ess Collection
Theology & Religion 

Hans von Gersdorff (1455-1529) Feldtbuch der Wundartzney, Strasbourg: Johannes Schott, 1528, Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library, Archives & Special Collections
Health Sciences 

Delano and Aldrich Marine Terminal, LaGuardia Airport, Pencil on tracing paper, (50.8 x 36.2 cm.), 1943, Avery Library, Drawings and Archives, Delano & Aldrich Collection
History of Science, Mathematics, Technology  

Thomas Littleton (1422-1481) Tenures, London: Richard Tottell, 1557, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Special Collections, Krulewitch Collection
Law 

Stephen Crane (1871-1900) Maggie, a Girl of the Streets, a story of New York, by Johnston Smith, New York: 1893, RBML
Literature 

Vesperal Manuscript, on paper, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1766, Gabe M. Weiner Music & Arts Library
Music

William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Isaac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623, RBML, Phoenix Collection
Theater History &
Dramatic Arts
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