Category Archives: rare books

AHC’s Toppan Library: Moving Toward Improvement

Posted on May 4, 2020 by ahcadmin

Behind the scenes at the archives, it’s bustling and constantly moving. That’s the case more than ever as we move materials from the Toppan Rare Books Library into one consolidated space. It’s the biggest physical move of our collections to … Continue reading →

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Beauty in the Books: Treasures of the Toppan Library

Posted on February 24, 2020 by ahcadmin

Nestled between the Laramie Mountains to the east and the Snowy Range mountains to the west, Laramie is a gateway for visitors and residents alike to explore the beauty of Wyoming’s nature. Yet at the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage … Continue reading →

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The Old-Time Saloon – Just History, for the Season

Posted on December 23, 2018 by ahcadmin

It’s the holiday season and you may be tempted to tipple a few beverages of the alcoholic variety. It seems like a good opportunity to provide you with a drinking story. Something you can relate to your friends as you … Continue reading →

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Fashionable and Fanciful Clothing and Accessories: A Selection of John R. Neill’s Imaginative Illustrations in the Oz Books

Posted on May 28, 2013 by ahcadmin

Introducing a new exhibit in the American Heritage Center’s second-floor loggia!  The exhibit is curated by Anne Marie Lane, Head of the Toppan Rare Books Library and is sure to please Oz fans of all ages! In 1900, W.W. Denslow … Continue reading →

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Manifold Greatness–Exhibit and Lecture Series

Posted on September 26, 2012 by ahcadmin

Starting October 7th, the University of Wyoming’s Libraries, Program of Religious Studies, and the American Heritage Center are presenting a joint program commemorating the 400th anniversary of this influential book.  The opening reception and first lecture of the series takes … Continue reading →

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Toppan Selection: Alexander de Hales, Summa universae theologiae, pars seconda

Posted on February 18, 2011 by ahcadmin

Alexander of Hales (ca.1185 to 1245) was a Franciscan scholar from Gloucestershire, England, who taught theology and philosophy in Paris. He was obviously still popular in the fifteenth century when this book was printed in Germany by Anton Koberger: one … Continue reading →

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Cheramy Collection Cataloged

Posted on February 10, 2011 by ahcadmin

As a part of its ongoing online cataloging project, Toppan Rare Books Library is proud to announce that the catalog records for the Cheramy Collection are now available online through the Universities Libraries online catalog and through the global union … Continue reading →

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Toppan Selection: James Atkinson, Esq., Sketches in Afghaunistan [London: Henry Graves & Co.], 1842

Posted on December 31, 2010 by ahcadmin

James Atkinson (1780-1852) was one of the first Europeans to explore Afghanistan, and served as an infantry surgeon there. The Belgian lithographers Louis and Charles Haghe reproduced his original watercolor drawings as twenty-six individual plates in this oversize portfolio (18 … Continue reading →

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Jackson Collection Cataloged!

Posted on September 21, 2010 by ahcadmin

Matt Francis, the new part-time rare books cataloger in the Toppan Library, has recently finished cataloging the Louise A. Jackson Juvenile Western Book Collection.  The collection contains one hundred and two Western children’s books from the late nineteenth and early … Continue reading →

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English student wins Undergraduate Research Award!

Posted on September 14, 2010 by ahcadmin

Each semester the American Heritage Center offers a $500 cash award to a University of Wyoming student who has produced the best undergraduate research paper or project based substantially on AHC materials, such as manuscripts, rare books, photographs, audio-visual materials, … Continue reading →

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