Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities

“It lies in the nature of man to leave records of his life and his thoughts.”

Posted in Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection by beineckepoetry on November 15, 2012

Pages from “English for All, Fortnightly for Germans”, a publication issued to German prisoners of war in England, intended to teach language skills, 1946 – 1948.

The Rise and Fall of Volapük

Posted in Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection by beineckepoetry on August 29, 2011

Four volumes of clippings tracing the first 10 years of the creation and promotion of Volapük,
a constructed language claimed to have been divinely given to Johann Schleyer, a German Priest.