Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Libraries' Surprising Special Collections


Did you know that the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library in Salt Lake City has America's largest collection of Arabic papyrus, parchment and paper documents? Believe it!

Or that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has the nation's largest collection of nurse romance novels, more than 400 volumes in which nurses are the central character? True, my friend, true!

Learn more about our fine libraries in Smithsonian Magazine.

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