Collections & Exhibits

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Alexander Pope (1688–1744) Bibliotheca Homerica Langiana
The Bibliotheca Homerica Langiana (BHL), given by M. C. Lang, is a collection of editions and translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey with the goal of tracing their transmission in printed form.
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Books & Journals
Subjects
Special Collections
Classics
Sam Ita Book Arts Collection
The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center holds artists' books, notable bindings, and novel book structures.
Formats
Books & Journals
Subjects
Arts
History of Print
Special Collections
Earl J. Hamilton Collection on the History of Economics
The Earl J. Hamilton Collection on the History of Economics contains over 3,000 rare and scholarly titles, with particular strengths in the economy of Spain and the life of John Law of Lauriston.
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Books & Journals
Subjects
Economics
Special Collections
European History
Americae nova Tabula.jpg Early Modern Maps of the Americas
The Early Modern Maps of the Americas Collection follows the representation of the Americas in early modern cartography. The maps date from the 16th through the 18th centuries giving a wide perspective of how the Americas were illustrated.
Formats
Digital
Maps
Subjects
European History
Geography
Maps
Native American Studies
Special Collections
The Whale Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books
In 1965 Helen and Ruth Regenstein established the Helen and Ruth Regenstein Collection of Rare Books in order to secure for the University of Chicago Library excellent copies of important works of literature and the humanities in first or early editions.
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Subjects
English Literature
Special Collections
ILC.jpg Islamic Lithographs Collection
The Islamic Lithographs Collection, acquired by the University of Chicago Library in 2004, consists of approximately 330 nineteenth- to twentieth-century Arabic lithograph printed books, mostly published in Iran and India, through Egypt, Turkey, and the Levant are also represented. Over 200 titles in this collection have been digitized and can be accessed from the Library's online catalog.
Formats
Digital
Books & Journals
Subjects
Arabic
Area Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle East
Religion
Special Collections
St. Albans Collection v.26 St. Albans Collection of Music
The St. Albans Collection of Music came to the University of Chicago as 34 volumes of printed and manuscript music acquired by successive Duchesses of St. Albans between 1780 and 1860. The collection provides an interesting and unusually complete picture of the musical life of an aristocratic English family in Georgian and early Victorian times.
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Music Scores
Subjects
Music
Special Collections
Lincoln Bookplate William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana
The 1932 purchase of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana formed the nucleus of the Library's distinguished holdings of books, manuscripts, and artifacts concerning the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The Barton family established an endowment fund that has enabled the University to expand and shape Barton's original 3,500 volume collection into a major resource for exploring the social, economic, and political history of the United States in the nineteenth-century.
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Archives & Manuscripts
Books & Journals
Subjects
American History
Special Collections