{"id":3598,"date":"2013-11-04T15:08:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2022-03-24T11:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:27:41","slug":"rare-books-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/rare-books-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Books Living"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3602\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/inyBible.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3602 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/inyBible.jpg\" alt=\"A tiny Bible in the palm of a hand\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tiny Bible, strange denizen of the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s time for me to start living, which means a visit to the Upjohn Library\u2019s rare book room. <em>Detroit Free Press<\/em> Staff Writer Zlati Meyer makes it a priority to discover and visit interesting locations on the campuses of Michigan\u2019s colleges and universities. She often writes about these must-sees in her column &#8220;You haven\u2019t lived here until:&#8221; The November 3 column\u2019s feature is none other than K\u2019s A.M. Todd Rare Book Room and its curator <strong>Paul Smithson \u201968<\/strong>. Because I\u2019ve visited the rare book room, one could say I do &#8220;live&#8221; in Kalamazoo, but perhaps that purchase is more precarious than I thought. After all, there are many artifacts about which I had no knowledge until reading Meyer\u2019s column&#8211;the hand-lettered &#8220;Raven,&#8221; Pope\u2019s Homer, and the discovery of oxygen, to name just a few. Time to reinvigorate my lease on life; a rare book visit! Stat! The collection is open 1 PM to 3 PM, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, or by appointment with <a href=\"mailto:Paul.Smithson@kzoo.edu\">Paul<\/a>. The current exhibit&#8211;&#8220;What the Dickens? Victorian England in the A.M. Todd Rare Book Room Collection&#8221;&#8211;continues through November 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time for me to start living, which means a visit to the Upjohn Library\u2019s rare book room. Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Zlati Meyer makes it a priority to discover and visit interesting locations on the campuses of Michigan\u2019s colleges and universities. 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