Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago

Authors

Richard W. Clement, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Library Quarterly

Volume

57

Issue

1

Editor

Richard W. Clement

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Publication Date

1987

First Page

61

Last Page

69

Abstract

The University of Chicago began its collection of medieval manuscripts in its very first years. (3) In 1891 William Rainey Harper, the university's first president, purchased the entire stock of a Berlin antiquarian book firm, Calvary and Company. By this single act, the university's small library was increased by over 90,000 volumes, of which fifty-three were medieval manuscripts, mostly dating from the fifteenth century [6]. By 1912, as a result of the acquisition of the Hengstenberg, the Ide, and the American Bible Union collections, the university's medieval manuscripts numbered seventy-nine, composed mainly of theological works.

Comments

Originally published by the University of Chicago Press. Publisher's PDF and article fulltext available through JSTOR.

Recommended Citation

“Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago ,” in “Resources for Scholars: Medieval Manuscripts in Two Illinois Libraries,” edited by Richard W. Clement. Library Quarterly 57 (1987): 61-69.