Special Collections is Carnegie Mellon University’s repository for rare books, manuscripts, and historical machines, a treasure trove of historical items that are valuable resources for all corners of the campus community.
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One book recently relocated to Special Collections from the Libraries’ off-site facility is "The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital Computer" by Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill.
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CMU Libraries and Special Collections invite you to join us for “Fine and Rare II: Inside CMU Libraries’ Special Collections” for a sneak peek at our plans to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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As the fall semester continues to ramp up, my time as the Posner intern is coming to an end. For my last blog post, I’d like to share one of my long-term projects and talk about how the history of computing is represented and curated in CMU’s Special Collections.
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Burton’s life and writings may not be the best source to learn about Islam, but it provides a window into the strange stories of cultural exchange and domination that can be accessed through modern archives.
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What do evolutionary biology, health fads, and Bulgarian peasants have in common? They are all central to Élie Metchnikoff’s research on old age and prolonging life
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Huygens’s "Treatise" was one of two foundational works in optics—the study of light—published around the turn of the eighteenth century.
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Two Carnegie Mellon University projects that use technology as a tool for uncovering lessons about our history and culture have received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the recent passing of Pamela McCorduck, a remarkable friend of the University Libraries.
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The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries joined a select list of American institutions in 2018, when two World War II era Enigma machines were added to a growing collection of rare historically-significant artifacts from the world of computing.
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