Rare treasures from the New York public library - History - exhibition - Brief Article

USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Dec, 2001

Some of The New York Public Library's rarest treasures have been assembled in an exhibition of historical and literary materials representing a cross-section of its collections. Among the highlights are Revolutionary War watercolors painted by Thomas Davies, a British officer; Mark Twain's manuscript of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, an assortment of Civil War photographs, including an album that belonged to Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's mother; one of 11 surviving copies of The Whole Book of Psalmes, the first book printed in America (1640); a detailed account from the first doctor to examine Pres. Abraham Lincoln after he was shot in Ford's Theatre; and a selection of Kiowa Indian art.

"The Public's Treasures: Americana from The New York Public Library" will be on view at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Ave. and 42nd St. through Jan. 26, 2002.