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Science and Literary Style in Robert Burton's "Cento Out of Divers Writers"
No full textGoldstein seeks to discover in the writings of Robert Burton (1577–1640), the origins of his style. He concludes his style "is a product neither solely of an emerging Weltbild nor solely of emerging individuality. It is a product of an emerging modern society.
Donald F. Cameron
No full textCharanis recounts Cameron's thirty-seven years of association with Rutgers from 1929 to 1966. His accomplishments including helping found Rutgers University Press and the Research Council, and transforming the college library he inherited into an important research library, overseeing the construction of the new university library, the Alexander Library
Last Words in Volume 16:1
No full textMarchand talks about plans for the new library including "Philosophy of Service" and ""Growth Assumptions" for collections
Sigrid Undset's Letters to Hope Emily Allen
No full textCiklamini mines the letters in Rutgers' Special Collections of Sigrid Undset (1882-1949), the Norwegian novelist, to Hope Emily Allen (1883-1960), the medievalist scholar. The letters date from 1940 until February, 1940 to December, 1948, written during Undset's exile in New York city (1940-1945) and after her return to Norway. The letters reveal Undset's love of New York city, her anguish over the Nazi terror in her homeland, and their shared interest in medival studies
A Store Mixt, Various, Universal
No full textCowen discusses a broadside advertisement for a collection of materia medica and related items. published for Smith, Moore & Co. ("a store mixt, various, universal") in 1784. It is the only known copy of it and was acquired by the Rutgers Library. He elaborates on its significance in the history of pharmacy, printing and the American Revolution