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19th Century School Books and Misprints
In 1836, Plantation Owner and Merchant John Fontaine was elected the very first mayor of Columbus, Ga [1], and he built a massive library with his family, children, and close friends. Columbus State University Archives is now the home of a few of the books from this library, and this exhibit focuses on one of these books, Peter Parley’s Tales about Ancient Rome, With Some Account of Modern Italy by Samuel G, Goodrich. By looking at this book as a material artifact, one can uncover the importance of how this book people used and the impact a possible misprint had through the life of this text. This exhibit aims to bring to light the different things that impacted both this copy of the book and other copies.
[1] “The John M. Fontaine House.”
A Time Capsule through text and how perceptions of a region change
An exhibit of Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan with Scenes and Characteristiscs of Anglo-Indian society Vol 1. This exhibit views and discusses the changes in spelling standardization, views of Indian and Hindu society durting the 1830's, how these views have evolved since publication and the wear on this indicidual text. This copy was found in the Fontaine Family collection and was digitized by Logan Oliver and the History of the Book class.