Bentley Rare Book Museum Collections

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Housed within the Department of Museums, Archives and Rare Books at Kennesaw State University, the Bentley Rare Book Gallery serves as a University and community resource on the history and significance of the written and printed word. The Bentley Rare Book Gallery preserves and makes available a diverse collection of manuscripts, rare books, and fine press materials used in teaching and research. Through the development of course curriculum and assignments, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, and community outreach, the Gallery engages diverse audiences and provides educational experiences.

Sub-communities within this community

Bentley Newspaper Collection

A collection of historic newspapers from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century.
Culinary Memory Exhibit

Culinary Memory (2017) is an exhibit that explores the history of food writing through rare books.
Teaching and Instruction Resources

Curated resources for courses taught at Kennesaw State University.

Collections in this community

AIR Serenbe Volumes Collection
Bentley Rare Book Gallery History Collection

This collection contains documents that demonstrate the thirty-year history of the Bentley Rare Book Gallery prior to its transformation into the Bentley Rare Book Museum.
The Liberator Magazine Collection

A small collection of "The Liberator" Magazine from the 1920s.

Recent Submissions

Excerpt of chapter two from "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 1855)

Digitized excerpt of chapter two from Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853."
Preface to "A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year 1853"

Taylor, Bayard (G.P. Putnam & Co., 1853)

Preface to Bayard Taylor's "A Visit to China, India, and Japan in the Year 1853."
"Account of the Dreadful Inundation of the Sea at Ingeram, on the Coast of Coromandel in the East Indies" featured in "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . ."

Parson, William (Mordecai Stewart., 1820)

Letter dated 1787 from William Parson to Alexander Dalrymple about a flood that occurred on the Coromandel coast - the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent.
The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers; Being a Selection from the Most Elegant, Entertaining, and Instructive Travels

Adams, Rev. John (Mordecai Stewart., 1820)

Advertisement and Table of Contents to "The Flowers of Celebrated Travellers. . . ." This book was originally published in 1788, and the Bentley Rare Book Museum's copy is the second American edition printed circa 1820. ...
Freewill Baptist Missionary

Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society (Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society, 1843-09)

An issue of the Freewill Baptist Missionary from September 1843.
Excerpt from "Passing" (2004)

Larsen, Nella (Dover Publications, 2004)

Excerpt of 2004 edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (2002)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2002)

Excerpt from the 2002 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen" (2001)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 2001)

Excerpt of the 2001 paperback edition of "The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen"
Excerpt from "Passing" (2000)

Larsen, Nella (The Modern Library, 2000)

Excerpt from a 2000 hardback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (1997)

Larsen, Nella (Penguin Books, 1997)

Excerpt from the 1997 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Excerpt from "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen" (1992)

Larsen, Nella (Anchor Books, 1992)

Excerpt from the 1992 paperback "An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen"
Excerpt from "Quicksand and Passing" (1986)

Larsen, Nella (Rutgers University Press, 1986)

Excerpt from a 1986 paperback edition of Nella Larsen's novels "Quicksand" and "Passing"
Excerpt from "Passing" (1985; reprint of 1929 edition)

Larsen, Nella (Alfred A. Knopf; reprinted by AYER Company Publishing, 1985)

Excerpts from a 1985 hardcover edition of Nella Larsen's "Passing"
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part two)

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Part two of profile on Tom Hickman featured in Pierce Egan's "Boxiana." This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824).
Excerpt from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life: Embracing the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage. . ."

Egan, Pierce (Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg and R. Griffin and Co. Glasgow, 1832)

Select illustrated excerpts from "Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life."
Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of Tom Hickman

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Excerpt from "Boxiana" covering the death of nineteenth-century British boxer Tom Hickman.
Profile on Tom Hickman from Egan's "Boxiana" (part one)

Egan, Pierce (1828)

Part one of profile of boxer Tom Hickman written by Pierce Egan. This profile of Hickman is part of Egan's famous serialized publication, "Boxiana" (1818 - 1824).
Reading Dante in the Sixteenth Century: The Bentley Aldine Divine Comedy and Its Marginalia

Dover, Paul (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 2017)

Dr. Paul Dover, Professor of History at Kennesaw State University, provides an in-depth analysis of marginalia in the Bentley Rare Book Museum's 1502 copy of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
Engraving of "Othello" Act Four, Scene Six

Unknown author (Printed at the Theatre, 1744)

Illustration of Act four, scene six of Shakespeare's "Othello." From a 1744 compilation of Shakespeare's works.
Excerpt from "The Fourth Book of Moses Called Numbers," King James Bible

Unknown author (Printed by Robert Barker, 1611)

Excerpt of the Book of Numbers from a 1611 King James Bible. Printed in English.