new york society library

Founded in 1754 (!!!) this is a delightful little private library that I got to visit today with a group from work (yay!).  Architectural details and lovely collection highlights aside (I'm talking incunables like the Nuremberg Chronicle), it was really great to have some shop talk with professionals who also struggle with resources and changing parameters of cultural/community relevancy, and a complex relationship with the obligations of a long history...  (Etc.)

http://www.nysoclib.org/about/peluso-family-exhibition-gallery

http://www.nysoclib.org/blog/vault-john-h-caswell's-collection-civil-war-envelopes

Civil War-era printed envelope featuring BABE LINCOLN, what?