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Hockey in Broome County is Special Collections Featured Book for May 2013

In honor of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Hockey in Broome County (2005) is Special Collections’ Featured Book for May 2013. The Binghamton Senators, AHL-affiliate and farm team for the Ottawa Senators, may not have gotten far in the Caldor Cup playoffs but … Continue reading

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Civil War Collections in the Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections

Civil War Collections Brown Bag Presentation at Bartle Library When: Thursday, November 29, 2012, 12:00 noon Where: Glenn G. Bartle Library, 2nd Floor Lounge Come learn about items related to the American Civil War in our Libraries’ Special Collections. Many … Continue reading

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Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections makes the cover of College & Research Libraries News!

An illustration from a volume in Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections has made the cover of College & Research Libraries News. This monthly newsmagazine, published by the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, … Continue reading

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BU Special Collections makes the cover of College & Research Libraries News!

An illustration from a volume in Binghamton University Libraries’ Special Collections has made the cover of College & Research Libraries News. This monthly newsmagazine, published by the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, … Continue reading

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Scary stuff! Japanese Horror Cinema is Special Collections’ Featured Book for October 2012

In honor of October and Halloween, Special Collections features Japanese Horror Cinema from the Allan Rogg Collection. Japanese horror movies tend to have a distinct style — a deliberate pace, with quiet terror, often featuring morality tales and tales of … Continue reading

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History of a Six Weeks’ Tour is Special Collections Featured Book for August 2012

Wondering what Mary Shelley might have done on her summer vacation? History of a Six Weeks’ Tour Through a Part of France, Switzerland, Germany and Holland with Letters Descriptive of a Sail Round the Lake of Geneva, and of the … Continue reading

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Die Nibelungen is Featured Book for July 2012

Die Nibelungen. Interpreted by Franz Keim and illustrated by Carl Otto Czeschka. Wien; Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach u. Wiedling, [1909] This copy of Die Nibelungen was a gift by Harpur College alumnus, William M. Voelkle.  It is an Austrian folktale about … Continue reading

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Die Nibelungen is Featured Book for July 2012

Die Nibelungen. Interpreted by Franz Keim and illustrated by Carl Otto Czeschka. Wien; Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach u. Wiedling, [1909] This copy of Die Nibelungen was a gift by Harpur College alumnus, William M. Voelkle.  It is an Austrian folktale about … Continue reading

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Die Nibelungen is Special Collections Featured Book for July 2012

                          Die Nibelungen. Interpreted by Franz Keim and illustrated by Carl Otto Czeschka. Wien; Leipzig: Verlag Gerlach u. Wiedling, [1909] This copy of Die Nibelungen was a gift … Continue reading

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Bringing Up Daddy is Special Collections Featured Book for June 2012

Father’s Day, inaugurated in the early twentieth century to compliment Mother’s Day, is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it … Continue reading

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