Title & Author:

Humanities' mirror : reading at the Newberry, 1887-1987 / compiled and edited by Rolf Achilles.

Publication:

Chicago : Newberry Library, ©1987.

Description:

124 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
"This publication accompanies the Newberry Library Centennial Exhibit of the same name"--Title page verso.
"Major funding is acknowledged from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Printing was provided by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company."--Verso of contents page.
Includes bibliographical references (page 103).
Foreword / Charles T. Cullen -- Introduction / Stanley N. Katz -- A history of the Newberry Library / Lawrence W. Towner -- Building the collection / James M. Wells -- The Newberry Library today: a community of learners / Richard H. Brown, Paul F. Gehl -- Collecting in the second century / Paul H. Saenger -- The Newberry experience / James Axtell, Caroline B. Brettell, Barbara C. Ewell, Mary Hammersmith, Teresa Toulouse, Douglas L. Wilson -- The Newberry in fact -- Exhibitions: 1896-1987 -- Newberry Library trustees -- Newberry Library associates.

Subject:

Newberry Library History.
Newberry Library
Humanities libraries Illinois Chicago History.
Rare book libraries Illinois Chicago History.
Research libraries Illinois Chicago History.
Books and reading Illinois Chicago History.
Sciences humaines Bibliothèques Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Bibliothèques de livres rares Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Bibliothèques de recherche Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Livres et lecture Illinois Chicago Histoire.
Books and reading
Humanities libraries
Intellectual life
Rare book libraries
Research libraries
Chicago (Ill.) Intellectual life.
Illinois Chicago
Geschichte 1887-1987

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Added entries:

Achilles, Rolf.
Newberry Library.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180037
Call No.: ID Z733.N797 H86; ID:98-B556
Status: Available