Following on from our last post about Rosey Pool’s library, today we’re going to take a look at another sequence of books in the Legacy Collection: Harvey Matusow’s library. Harvey Marshall Matusow (1926 – 2002) is one of those…
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False Witness: The Harvey Matusow Library in the Legacy Collection
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Black and Unknown Bards: The Rosey Pool Library in the Legacy Collection
Today we’re going to take a look at one of the other, non-document, areas of the Legacy Collection: Rosey Pool’s library. The Rosey Pool books are, if I’m honest, pretty much my favourite collection in the whole of Sussex Library.…
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New perspectives: The Legacy Collection and the Holocaust
A belated Happy New Year from Collection Development! We hope you’ve had a good break and are looking forward to the year ahead. Wednesday January 27 was Holocaust Memorial Day across the UK; it encourages everyone to remember victims of…
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Christmas in the Legacy Collection: Food, Festivals and Seasonal Satire
Now that the Christmas tree has officially been lit up on campus and the end of 2015’s teaching beckons for all, the Collection Development team are feeling a little festive! Today, let’s take a look at some of the Christmas-related…
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From Bonfires to Beaches: The Legacy Collection and Brighton Societies
Last week saw the nearby town of Lewes turn into a fire-filled wonderland to celebrate Bonfire Night. Lewes is really unique in that it’s home to not one, not two but seven Bonfire Societies (this, apparently, is small compared to…
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First post: The Legacy Collection and the Labour Party
Hello there! This blog is about creating a brand new collection of material – the Legacy Collection – within the University of Sussex Library. You can find out more about the collection here, as well as details of how to…
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