{"id":2077,"date":"2009-03-04T20:39:55","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T20:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2016-02-08T15:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T15:50:25","slug":"ex-libris-the-american-irish-historical-society-illinois-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2009\/03\/04\/ex-libris-the-american-irish-historical-society-illinois-chapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex libris: The American Irish Historical Society (Illinois Chapter)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ExIn 1927, a collection of books and documents was transferred to DePaul University’s Library from the American Irish Historical Society<\/a> Illinois Chapter.\u00a0 This small donation of less than 50 items peaked DePauls interest in Irish Studies which eventually resulted in theIrish Studies Minor<\/a> begun in 2006.<\/p>\n

This collection of books has expanded in these eighty years, mirroring faculty and student interest in and enthusiasm for Ireland and the Irish.\u00a0 In the 1940’s, a separate Irish Library was created to hold the books added to this collection.\u00a0 When the Schmitt Academic Center<\/a> (SAC) was built in 1967, space was set aside for the newly formed Special Collections Department and rare books from the Irish collection were placed here, while many others remained in the circulating collection.\u00a0 Even today, you can find books with the Irish Library book plate out in the circulating stacks.<\/p>\n

The collection that remains in Special Collections contains more than 200 volumes on topics ranging from history to literature to art history.\u00a0 Authors from the Irish Renaissance (mid nineteenth century), such as Yeats and Lady Gregory, are represented, as are the works of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.<\/p>\n

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Illustration from “The Village” Jack B. Yeats, printed by Cuala Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Irish collection<\/a> also contains histories of Ireland and important historical texts such as the first edition of Michael Collins’ The Path to Freedom<\/em>, published in 1922.\u00a0 You will also find anthologies of Irish poetry, works of literature and facsimiles and materials regarding the famous early medieval manuscript, The Book of Kells<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Contact <\/a>DePaul’s Special Collections and<\/span> Archives<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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Many book collectors paste bookplates inside the front covers of their books and the Latin words ex libris, meaning “from the library of,” were often used.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1927, a collection of books and documents was transferred to DePaul University’s Library from the American Irish Historical Society Illinois Chapter.\u00a0 This small donation of less than 50 items peaked DePauls interest in Irish Studies which eventually resulted in theIrish Studies Minor begun in 2006. This collection of books has expanded in these eighty <\/p>\n

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