Dr. Rosenbach’s book-dealing prowess not only earned him an extensive clientele, an amazing personal collection, and the chance to publish about his exploits, but his widespread fame also gave him a star turn as the victim in a 1930 murder mystery. The Yorkshire Moorland Mystery (a.k.a The Yorkshire Moorland Murder) by J.S. Fletcher revolves around …
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Meet Manager of Special Events, Bethany Chisholm!
Meet Bethany Chisholm, The Rosenbach’s manager of special events. Bethany has been in fundraising her entire working career. After growing up and attending school in the Boston area, she moved to Philadelphia. She began interning at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, coordinating special events and their young professional group. As we know at The …
A Look At The Ulysses Manuscript
Hi there, Joyceans! This is Judy Guston, Curator and Director of Collections at the Rosenbach starting a new addition to Ulysses Every Day! This Bloomsday will be my 22nd at the Rosenbach! This year, from now through our virtual Bloomsday, my Collections teammates and I will be sharing with you some illustrated stories about the …
What is a registrar?
Meet Jobi Zink and her dog Bourbon! Jobi has been the registrar at The Rosenbach since 2014. What is a registrar you ask? “Well,” says Jobi, “much like a university registrar keeps all the files on all the students a museum registrar keeps all the files on all the museum’s objects.” Jobi studied art history …
Note to Philadelphia: Dickensians are Coming — Hide the Statue
So, West Philadelphia’s beautiful, urban Clark Park is home to the world’s only full-size statue of Charles Dickens. Why is the there only one such statue in this great big world of ours and why is it in Clark Park? Follow the link for a good, concise answer to that question. Perhaps this letter, part …
Protected: Team Rosenbach Sails To Victory
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