Frankenstein & Dracula – The Rosenbach

Curiouser and Curiouser: A Look At Lewis Carroll | Virtual Behind the Bookcase Tour

Date / Time

January 7, 2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Mathematician and cleric Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published children’s books under the pen name Lewis Carroll. This tour will explore both the man and the author, drawing on letters from Dodgson to his publishers, original drawings by John Tenniel (the illustrator of the Alice books) photographs of children taken by Carroll, and, of course, copies of his books. We may not figure out why a raven is like a writing desk, or believe six impossible things before breakfast, but it is sure to be an enlightening virtual tour nonetheless.

Virtual Behind the Bookcase | Miniature Worlds, Part II

Date / Time

December 4, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us as we look at selections from The Rosenbach’s very large collection of very small portraits to discover the origins of modern neck wear! Portrait miniatures present only a partial view of their subjects, but they still have many stories to tell, including those about who was wearing what—and why.

Virtual Behind the Bookcase | The Harlem Renaissance

Date / Time

November 20, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Harlem Renaissance is the fulcrum for this look Behind the Bookcase at great Black writers. Beginning with Paul Laurence Dunbar, the first acclaimed Black poet after Emancipation, we’ll spend the bulk of our time with letters and first editions of poet Langston Hughes and philosopher Alain LeRoy Locke-including the keystone work of the Harlem Renaissance, Locke’s The New Negro.

Virtual Behind the Bookcase | Miniature Worlds Part I

Date / Time

November 13, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

In this Behind the Bookcase tour, we bring a magnifying glass to some of the itsy-est items in The Rosenbach’s collection. Get a behind the scenes look at The Rosenbach’s recently acquired miniature model of the library of John Fleming, the Rosenbachs’ employee and successor in the rare book business. Learn more about the history and artistry of fine miniature making and collecting as we explore the scaled-down books and furnishings within the Fleming Library.