{"id":1704,"date":"2014-06-26T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2014-06-26T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T15:29:25","slug":"class-visit-to-a-private-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/watkinson\/2014\/06\/26\/class-visit-to-a-private-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Class visit to a private collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the 1st summer session (June\/July) I am teaching AMST 851, a graduate course on \u201cthe world of rare books.\u201d I have nine (9) students in all–four from American Studies, four from English, and one auditor from Simmons College\u2019s LIS program.<\/p>\n

\"Len1\"<\/a>A few of us were privileged to visit the home of one of our Trustees, who collects Americana before 1840. He laid out a table of some of his favorites and went around, book by book, telling each item’s story. He also told us how he began collecting as a child–first with coins and stamps, then on to books beginning in his teens.<\/p>\n

The one item that sticks out in my mind was a little (but important) rare tract by Samuel Penhallow (1665-1726), published in Boston in 1726: The History of the Wars of New England with the Eastern Indians<\/em>.\u00a0 This copy was annotated with commentary by someone who knew a veteran of the wars–in some cases correcting the text. The Watkinson has a 19th-century reprint of this work, but not the original, and certainly not such an amazing copy!<\/p>\n

\"Len4\"<\/a>In all the collection comprises over 600 items, which are neatly\u00a0 shelved in several rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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