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University Archives and Special Collections are home to the records of Case Western Reserve University, and to Kelvin Smith Library’s rare books and manuscripts collections.
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250 years of Jane Austen
Kelvin Smith Library, Special Collections, Hatch Reading Room, 2nd Floor
2025 is a celebration of 250 years of Jane Austen! KSL recognizes this momentous year with the exhibit Jane Austen's Library.
Save the date and join us on April 22, 2025 as KSL hosts the rare book dealer from Pawn Stars and author, Rebecca Romney, for a presentation based on her current publication, Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writer Who Shaped a Legend.
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