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Libraries’ Surprising Special Collections

Posted on 03Mar09 by jessamyn

Smithsonian magazine wrote a neat article about libraries’ special and interesting collections. Alas, they forgot to include links to any of the cited libraries’ websites. Someone from MetaFilter, actually a librarian pal of mine who works at Harvard, picked up the torch and started a thread with many more excellent examples.

Posted in librariesTagged libraries, metafilter, smithsonian, specialcollections

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