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The Pequot Library is a public association and special collections library in Southport, Connecticut. It was founded in 1887, and opened in 1894 with financial and organizational support from the Marq
Pequot Library 1894 historic building
A period photograph of Pequot Library founder Virginia Marquand Monroe, Frederick Marquand, as well as husband Elbert and child.
Covered Ewer by Frederick Marquand, 1827. It was presented to noted New York City surgeon Valentine Mott (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Pequot Library ironwork detail in the stacks; restoration done by Howard Newman
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is the rare book library and literary archive of Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut. It is one of the largest buildings in the world dedica
Pequot Library
…display regularly in the library main reading room. Of the approximately 30,000 items in the Collections, 1,800 items are held on long-term loan at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University as the Monroe, Wakeman, and Holman Collection. That Collection includes the first printed cookbook, De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine,by…
Library, year 2024
The Beinecke Library in architectural context, including Woolsey Hall in the foreground
Exterior view at night
Closeup of the building's geometric exterior