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    YSBERTH EMIL IS AN ASPIRING NURSING MAJOR CURRENTLY STUDYING AT LEHMAN COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATION SHE PLANS ON BECOMING A NURSE AND BEING HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE HEALTH FIELD. IN HER FREE TIME SHE READS, WORKS OUT, AND SINGS.

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    FATOUMATA CAMARA ‘20 IS AN ENGLISH MAJOR AT LEHMAN COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATING SHE PLANS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN TEACHING.

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    PERLA TOLENTINO IS AN ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATE WITH A CONCENTRATION IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING. SHE BELIEVES THE PURPOSE OF ANY DIPLOMA IS TO CONSTRUCT A BETTER SOCIETY, SO SHE PLANS TO HELP AS BOTH A JOURNALIST AND A […]

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    CHELSEA FERNANDEZ ’21 IS AN ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR AND MINORING IN CHEMISTRY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN PRE-MEDICINE AT LEHMAN COLLEGE. SHE IS A COLLEGE ASSISTANT/TUTOR WITH THE SEEK PROGRAM. SHE PLANS TO GO TO M […]

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    MASSIEL JIMENEZ RODRIGUEZ IS A SENIOR WITH AN ENGLISH LITERATURE MAJOR AND MINOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. AFTER GRADUATING, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.

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    MOESHA WILLIAMSON IS A FEMALE WHO IS STUDYING TO WORK IN A MALE-DOMINATED FIELD. SHE IS A SOPHOMORE WHO IS HARDWORKING AND LIKES NEW CHALLENGES. SHE IS AN OUTGOING PERSON WHO LOVES TO EXPERIENCE NEW CULTURES AND […]

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    Inherent in the Grolier Club’s extensive collection is the Lisa Unger Baskin Exhibition which showcases a land grant from the thirteenth century. The scribal parchment is the collections’ oldest item, dated bac […]

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    By: Otasha James

    Futura is a font which started being sketched in 1924 and was released in 1927, at the Bauer Type Foundry. It is referred to as, “the fully developed prototype of the century Geometric S […]

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    I came across this piece on our trip to the Grolier Club. This artifact was in the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection and is a wanted poster by Elizabeth Delahoy which was printed in the year 1823. It was amazing to see […]

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    The Bibliographical Society of America (BSA) is the oldest scholarly society in the North American region that is dedicated to the study of books and manuscripts. Bibliography is the study of books as physical, […]

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    Booth #A20 “Les Enluminures” had this book named Book of Prayers woven after illuminations in manuscripts of the fourteenth and fifteenth century which was selling for $55,000.00.

    This uncommon Book of Pra […]

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    Every year, sellers from all over the world gather in New York City to show and sell rare items such as books, maps, and artwork at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. On March 6, 2020, I visited […]

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    The Grolier Club is a private community of bibliophiles located in New York City that featured an exhibition focused on women’s history, literature, and work called Five Hundred Years of Women’s Work […]

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    Jennifer Medina became a registered member