Category: Rare Books and Special Collections

The Cost of Independence Pt II: John Dunlap, Founding Printer

April 15, 2020

Posted by: Ellen Terrell

John Dunlap, a Philadelphia printer at the time of the American Revolution, may be known for printing the Declaration of Independence, but he also printed currency for his new country.

Posted in: Business, Rare Books and Special Collections

Peter Parley and his Pictures: the First Illustration of Dinosaurs for American Children

February 20, 2020

Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

Samuel G. Goodrich, known to his young readers as Peter Parley, published the first illustration of dinosaurs in an American children's book in 1840.

Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Rare Books and Special Collections