Bibles to Baseball: Treasures from the Detroit Public Library's Special Collections
Saturday, July 27, 2024
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Detroit Main Library
5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202
Free and open to the public; Parking available in the Employee's Lot off Putnam St.
This is a rare opportunity to see and hear about some of the many items from DPL's collection that hold cultural, historical and literary significance, including:
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King James Bible, first edition (1611)
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George Washington’s diary (1789-90)
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Mark Twain’s unfinished manuscript Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians
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Laura Ingalls Wilder handwritten draft of These Happy Golden Years
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Kate Greenaway original watercolor and first edition
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Belle Isle deed and wampum (1769)
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Autobiography of Henry Bibb, an escaped slave, and his antislavery newspaper Voice of the Fugitive
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Grace Bedell letter to Abraham Lincoln advising him to grow a beard (1860)
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Detroit Tigers team correspondence for the purchase of Ty Cobb’s contract (1905)
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Treasures from the Special Collections of the Detroit Public Library
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Margaret Bruni
Director for Public Services
Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48202
313-481-1307
mbruni@detroitpubliclibrary.org
