The Rosenblog
Notes from the Reading Room: Research, Revisited
Research often develops through ongoing engagement with our collections.
Notes from the Reading Room: Research with a Bite
We make our rare books, manuscripts, and fine and decorative arts available for study by anyone, from traditional scholars to artists, writers, and others with inquiring minds.
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - Virginia
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
New Acquisition: In a Glass Darkly & Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The vampires Carmilla, Lord Ruthven, and Dracula now all live in the East Library of the Rosenbach.
Notes from the Reading Room: Preserving Shakespeare
What better month than September to return to Shakespeare?
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - Maryland
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
Notes from the Reading Room: Research from our Community
Researchers share their work on our collections in lots of different ways.
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - Delaware
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
Notes from the Reading Room: Stewardship and the Semiquincentennial
In this semiquincentennial year, as the United States marks 250 years since the signing and adoption of the Declaration of Independence,let’s explore how the Rosenbach Museum & Library cares for its collections of American history and literature.
New Acquisition: The Grave of Shelley by Oscar Wilde
Imagine a young Oscar Wilde reading the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - Pennsylvania
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
Notes from the Reading Room: Collecting Cervantes
Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach valued books as objects, and literature as art.
No other novel seems to embody this intersection of literary greatness and bibliographic desirability as clearly asDon Quixote.
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - New Jersey
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
Notes from the Reading Room: The Tale of Manjirō
There is perhaps no better hero for uncertain times than Nakahama Manjirō.
Rosenbach Museum & Library Awarded $750,000 Grant from the William Penn Foundation for Accessibility Upgrades
The Rosenbach Museum & Library has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation. The grant will support capital upgrades for the museum, focusing on renovations designed to ensure access for all members of the public.
Collecting Signers of the Declaration - New York
Some collectors have attempted to acquire documents from each of the Declaration of Independence’s 56 signers, and about 40 such “Signers Sets” are known to exist today. Dr. Rosenbach helped a number of his customers build their own sets and assembled one of his own.
New Acquisition: Les VI Poèmes des Fleurs du Mal Condamnées en 1857 / Pointes sèches en couleur de Dominique Jouvet-Magron
Who is Dominique Jouvet-Magron? She’s a challenging figure to track down.
“Poor Doleful Pilgrim:” David Evans and Welsh identity in Colonial America
Gareth Alban Davies visited the museum in 1964 and found a manuscript poem [AMs 44/8], written by a fellow Welshman who had migrated to Colonial America in the 18th century.
James Joyce in Translation: The Case of the Japanese Edition of Finnegans Wake
In honor of James Joyce’s birthday, let’s look back on a presentation from Bloomsday of 2025!
Ann Yearsley: the Poetical Milkwoman of Bristol
The Rosenbach has recently expanded its poetry collection by acquiring the groundbreaking first British editions of Ann Yearsley’s poetry collections: Poems on Several Occasions (1785) and Poems on Various Subjects (1787).
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