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Michael Ellis Collection

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Library Posts

is one of the Library’s Special Collections Actor, producer, director and stage manager Michael Ellis (1917-2008) was born Mayer Ellis Abrahamson in Philadelphia. He attended the University of Grenoble, the Sorbonne, Dartmouth College and Drew University, from...

Maxine Kumin Collection

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Library Posts

is one of the Library’s Special Collections American poet Maxine Kumin (1925-2014) is the author of children’s books, short stories, essays, novels, and most famously, poetry. Kumin’s many awards include the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Up Country, the...

Maser and Prinster Prayer Book Collection

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Library Posts

is one of the Library’s Special Collections Drew University Library houses an important collection of Anglican prayer books, thanks to two generous donors. In 1978, Frederick E. Maser gave the Library his collection of 152 prayer books, to which he has since...

Mark W. Brown Nestorian Cross Collection

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Library Posts

is one of the Library’s Special Collections The Mark W. Brown Nestorian Cross Collection is the second largest collection of such crosses in the world and the largest in America. Nestorian Christianity derived its name from Nestorius, a patriarch of...

Loyd Haberly Book Arts Collection

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Library Posts

is one of the Library’s Special Collections American poet and letterpress printer Loyd Haberly (1896-1981) attended Reed College and later Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. While in England he became interested in the Arts and Crafts movement and studied...