The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at the Kalamazoo College Library is hosting Play and Poverty: Childhood in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room, an exhibit curated by Meaghan Kelly ’23!
Date: March 18 – June 9, 2023
Day/Time: Tuesday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday: 1 p.m.-4p.m., other times by appointment
Location: Upjohn Library Commons, room 326
The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at the Kalamazoo College Library is hosting Judging a Book By Its Cover, an exhibit featuring decorative bindings in the A.M Todd Rare Book Room.
Come check it out in ULC Room 326!
Dates: January 10 – March 17, 2023
Days/Times: Tuesdays: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Fridays: 1 p.m. – 4p.m., other times by appointment
The rare book collection contributes to the educational program of the college by introducing students to unique primary source materials in the context of their academic course work and through regularly scheduled public exhibitions.
Questions? Contact rarebookroom@kzoo.edu.
Come visit the A.M. Todd Rare Book room and see our Fall exhibit, Tall Book, Small Book, Round Book, Bound Book: Books of All Shapes and Sizes.
The exhibit runs from September 13 – December 2, 2022. The Rare Book Room will be open Tuesday: from 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m., and Friday: 1:00p.m.-4:00 p.m. Other times are available by appointment by contacting Mallory Heslinger, Rare Book Room Curator, at Mallory.Heslinger@kzoo.edu or 269-337-5762.
The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room is in Upjohn Library Commons, Room 326.
The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at the Kalamazoo College Library is hosting an exhibit curated by by Indigo Corvidae ’24 and Meaghan Kelly ’23. The exhibit features items from the life and works of William Morris, a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement.
Come check it out in Room 326!
Date: March 29 – June 3, 2022
Day/Time: Tuesday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday: 1 p.m.-4p.m., other times by appointment
The rare book collection contributes to the educational program of the college by introducing students to unique primary source materials in the context of their academic course work and through regularly scheduled public exhibitions.
Questions? Contact rarebookroom@kzoo.edu.
The A.M. Todd Rare Book Room at the Kalamazoo College Library is hosting an exhibit of women writers for the Winter 2022 term. The exhibit features works from Toni Morrison, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Virginia Woolf, Rita Dove, Emily Dickinson, and Louisa May Alcott.
Come check it out in Room 326!
Date: January 4 – March 22
Day/Time: Tuesday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday: 1 p.m.-4p.m., other times by appointment
The rare book collection contributes to the educational program of the college by introducing students to unique primary source materials in the context of their academic course work and through regularly scheduled public exhibitions.
Questions? Contact rarebookroom@kzoo.edu.
Come visit the Rare Book room and see our Fall exhibit, Off the Beaten Path: Historical Travel Literature.
The exhibit runs from September 14 – December 3, 2021. The Rare Book Room will be open Tuesday: from 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m., and Friday: 1:00p.m.-4:00 p.m. Other times are available by appointment by contacting Mallory Heslinger, Rare Book Room Curator, at Mallory.Heslinger@kzoo.edu or 269-337-5762.
The Rare Book Room is in Upjohn Library Commons, Room 326.
Interested in the history of books or printing? Or maybe you’re looking for something new to do in between classes? Come to the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room on the third floor of the library to view our Spring 2021 exhibit, Incunabula: An Exploration of Books from the Infancy of Printing.
The exhibit runs until June 11 and is available for viewing Tuesdays 10:00-12:00 PM, Friday 1:00-4:00 PM, or by appointment. We are open only to students, faculty, and staff who are participating in the college’s COVID-19 surveillance testing. Two people will be allowed to enter the room at a time. Masks are required.
Mallory Heslinger
Rare Book Room Curator
rarebookroom@kzoo.edu
(269) 337-5762
This book from 1825 is a beautiful example of fore-edge painting, a technique where the edge of the pages is decorated with a painted scene. When the book is closed, the fore-edge of the book simply looks gilded. But when you fan the pages out, there is a village scene!
The A. M. Todd Rare Book Room has four such books, including the one pictured. Come visit us, and our curator Mallory would be happy to show them to you!
Come visit the Rare Book room and see our Winter Quarter exhibit, Books and Beasts: A Collection of Fantastic Creatures!
The exhibit runs from January 7 – March 19, 2020. The Rare Book Room will be open Tuesday and Wednesday: from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and Friday: 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Other times are available by appointment by contacting Mallory Heslinger, Rare Book Room Curator, at Mallory.Heslinger@kzoo.edu or 269-337-5762.
The Rare Book Room is in Upjohn Library Commons, Room 326.
Kalamazoo College and the Philosopher’s Stone: The Early Science of Alchemists, Astronomers, and Apothecaries
Date: September 10 – December 13, 2019
Day/Time: Tuesday, Wednesday: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Friday: 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Homecoming, Saturday October 19, Family Weekend, Saturday, November 9, other times by appointment
Location: Upjohn Library Commons, room 326
