Great Stories Found in Rare Manuscripts: The New York Public Library’s Polonsky Exhibition

Great Stories Found in Rare Manuscripts: The New York Public Library’s Polonsky Exhibition
The Polonsky Exhibition at the New York Public Library has a treasure chest of rare documents that tell a great history. LouieLea/Shutterstock
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Usually, we think of a library as a place filled with just books: bestselling novels, biographies of politicians, maybe the plays of Shakespeare. But when a library has been collecting for a long time, especially when given a wealth of resources, a kind of miracle occurs.

Rare manuscripts may be gathered together with a variety of artifacts to tell a once-buried history of our culture. Such is the fabulous collection now on view at the New York Public Library’s Polonsky Exhibition.

A Letter From Columbus

Da Yan
Da Yan
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Da Yan is a doctoral student of European art history. Raised in Shanghai, he lives and works in the Northeastern United States.
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