| Exhibits
and Displays
September 5 -- November 21, 2003
"For
the Distribution of Bibles and Testaments": The Massachusetts
Bible Society Collection at the School of Theology Library,
Boston University.
On view in the Charles H. & Jennie
M. Atkins Reading Room during regular library hours,
September 5 - November 21, 2003.
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| The Massachusetts Bible Society Collection contains
over 4,000 items, which include: Bibles, parts of Bibles,
or tracts. Many of the Bibles in the collection are being
documented for the first time in the ongoing cataloging
project. This collection, rich in rare items and providing
historical records of missionary activity in every part
of the world represents over 2,000 language groups. |
September 2, 2002 -- December 20, 2002
Consuming Books: Agents of Deterioration
in Library Collections
The exhibition explored the many factors that contribute
to the deterioration of books, including mishandling by people
and damage
inflicted by insects, rodents and pets.
 
Photograph above, left: The repeated action of a cat stretching
her paws atop a hard cover book will eventually cause the
book cloth to fray and separate.
Photograph, above, right: The cloth along the book's bottom
edge is seen separating from the board.
May 1, 2002 -- August 31, 2002
One Hundred Years Since: A Glimpse into the
Boston University School of Theology, 1902
Materials from class member Lewis O. Hartman, gift of Mason
N. Hartman.
Dr. and Mrs. Purvis visiting the exhibit, with Dawn Piscitello,
Research Collections Librarian and Exhibition Curator
September 4, 2001 - December 21, 2001
Samaritana at the Boston University
School of Theology Library: The James D. Purvis Collection
April 9, 2001 - July 6, 2001
The School of Theology's Heritage
Collection
The Oldest Library at Boston
University
Books and donors from the library of the Methodist General
Biblical Institute, Concord, New Hampshire (1848-1867)
July 23, 2000- December 23, 2000
Hymns of Spritual and Social Revival
in the Early United States, 1797-1865
Books and music from the Nutter-Metcalf Hymnological
Collection in the School of Theology Library at Boston University
A Lilly Endowment Project
April 14, 2000- July 21, 2000
Illustrating the Passion, 1609-1901
Images of the Passion of Christ in the School of
Theology Library Collections
February 4, 2000 - April 12, 2000
Let My People Sing!: African-American
Sacred Music From 19th Century Misrepresentations to Modern
Hymn Collections
Books from the Nutter-Metcalf, Hymnology, and General
Collections
November 16, 1999 - December 23, 1999
Sacred Texts in
Gothic anf Humanistic Hands of the 14th and 15th Centuries
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