William Claspy
@wclaspy.bsky.social
Director of Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University. Woodworker. Trout fisherman.
Join us for what promises to be a fantastic event tomorrow. You can come to our library if you are in Cleveland, or fire up the livestream. @rebeccaromney.com on Jane Austen and 18th century women novelists- not to be missed!
April 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Join us for what promises to be a fantastic event tomorrow. You can come to our library if you are in Cleveland, or fire up the livestream. @rebeccaromney.com on Jane Austen and 18th century women novelists- not to be missed!
Join us two weeks from today- Tuesday April 22nd at 4pm- for this talk by @rebeccaromney.com about her new book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf. Come in person and see our related exhibit, or tune in to the livestream!
April 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us two weeks from today- Tuesday April 22nd at 4pm- for this talk by @rebeccaromney.com about her new book, Jane Austen's Bookshelf. Come in person and see our related exhibit, or tune in to the livestream!
In a week filled with unpleasantness and uncertainty it was a bright moment when we received a copy of this book at our library. It is a thing of beauty, one of 50 copies printed. Melville’s Billy Budd, illustrations by the great Barry Moser.
February 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In a week filled with unpleasantness and uncertainty it was a bright moment when we received a copy of this book at our library. It is a thing of beauty, one of 50 copies printed. Melville’s Billy Budd, illustrations by the great Barry Moser.
My freshly arrived copy of @rebeccaromney.com new book, atop an exhibit case for our “Jane Austen’s Library” exhibit. We look forward to Rebecca’s visit to speak at our library on April 22nd!
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My freshly arrived copy of @rebeccaromney.com new book, atop an exhibit case for our “Jane Austen’s Library” exhibit. We look forward to Rebecca’s visit to speak at our library on April 22nd!
Awesome display in our library of covers from the Cleveland Bystander and Town Topics magazines, to celebrate that they are now available online, full text, on digital.case.edu
February 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Awesome display in our library of covers from the Cleveland Bystander and Town Topics magazines, to celebrate that they are now available online, full text, on digital.case.edu
Our library’s Cistercian psalter is a treat. I’m unsure what these leaves are doing. I think I see Saint names but what are the hash marks that fill the lines? Thank you to my medievalist friends! @lisafdavis.bsky.social @erikkwakkel.bsky.social @ejjohnson.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our library’s Cistercian psalter is a treat. I’m unsure what these leaves are doing. I think I see Saint names but what are the hash marks that fill the lines? Thank you to my medievalist friends! @lisafdavis.bsky.social @erikkwakkel.bsky.social @ejjohnson.bsky.social
Looking over the eye-watering prices realized in the Christie’s auction of Owen Gingerich’s library. Wow. I thought the estimates were low on many of them!
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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Christie’s Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana will take place online from 14 to 28 January in New York. This curated sale will span over 500 years of the history of the book. It fe...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Looking over the eye-watering prices realized in the Christie’s auction of Owen Gingerich’s library. Wow. I thought the estimates were low on many of them!
onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...
onlineonly.christies.com/s/fine-print...
I am WAY fortunate to have decades worth of office files for our library’s Special Collections. While looking for something else, I ran across this postcard sent to my predecessor in 1959 from Frederick Goff!
January 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I am WAY fortunate to have decades worth of office files for our library’s Special Collections. While looking for something else, I ran across this postcard sent to my predecessor in 1959 from Frederick Goff!
A little binding waste to end the week. Peekaboo!
December 13, 2024 at 8:36 PM
A little binding waste to end the week. Peekaboo!
Hello new followers! I’m thankful for today’s work- shelving freshly cataloged rare books.
November 27, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Hello new followers! I’m thankful for today’s work- shelving freshly cataloged rare books.
Might have blown a few minds with this new-to-us gem. 😊
October 23, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Might have blown a few minds with this new-to-us gem. 😊
A librarian in his natural habitat: I gave a talk last week for a local book collecting club about a Charles Dickens letter we have in our library’s collection. Fun!
October 2, 2024 at 11:36 PM
A librarian in his natural habitat: I gave a talk last week for a local book collecting club about a Charles Dickens letter we have in our library’s collection. Fun!