WCPL, Ivy Tech Showcase Historical Documents Dating Back To 1250
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The documents, called The Remnant Trust Collection, are part of a collection that belongs to Remnant Trust Inc.
The organization is a Hagerstown group that collects and preserves historical documents making them available for the public to see and touch. The organization makes the documents available to colleges, universities and other organizations for use by students, faculty, scholars and the general public.
Some of the many items that will be available for viewing Saturday include manuscript pages from the Bible dating back to 1250, and a first printing of the Emancipation Proclamation dated Sept. 23, 1862, published in the New York Times.
WCPL, 310 E. Main St., will showcase The Remnant Trust Collection Saturday at the library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room A/B in the lower level of the library.
"The collection encourages those who experience it to see how ideas were passed down from one generation to the next," said WCPL Director Ann Zydek.
There will be pamphlets, information cards and library employees will be on hand to explain the significance of each document.
The documents have been on display at Ivy Tech Community College, Warsaw, since January and will return to the college after Saturday's viewing at the library.
The documents will be on display at the college until April 30, according to Tim Keyes, Ivy Tech Community College library and assessment coordinator.
Keyes said the community has shown great interest in the collection since it opened at the college and hopes the interest will continue Saturday at the library.
He said people who have experienced the collection at the college have ranged from local business leaders, home study groups and Kosciusko County residents. The college has also incorporated the documents into its course studies."
"We are passing through history and these documents are part of our history," Keyes said.
Keyes said the third printing of the Declaration of Independence is one of the most impressive pieces in the collection because it is one of only three known copies. It has handwritten notes on it from the signers themselves.
After Saturday, the documents can be viewed at Ivy Tech until April 30 with hours Monday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information about the Remnant Trust Collection, visit online at www.theremnanttrust.com
The documents, called The Remnant Trust Collection, are part of a collection that belongs to Remnant Trust Inc.
The organization is a Hagerstown group that collects and preserves historical documents making them available for the public to see and touch. The organization makes the documents available to colleges, universities and other organizations for use by students, faculty, scholars and the general public.
Some of the many items that will be available for viewing Saturday include manuscript pages from the Bible dating back to 1250, and a first printing of the Emancipation Proclamation dated Sept. 23, 1862, published in the New York Times.
WCPL, 310 E. Main St., will showcase The Remnant Trust Collection Saturday at the library from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room A/B in the lower level of the library.
"The collection encourages those who experience it to see how ideas were passed down from one generation to the next," said WCPL Director Ann Zydek.
There will be pamphlets, information cards and library employees will be on hand to explain the significance of each document.
The documents have been on display at Ivy Tech Community College, Warsaw, since January and will return to the college after Saturday's viewing at the library.
The documents will be on display at the college until April 30, according to Tim Keyes, Ivy Tech Community College library and assessment coordinator.
Keyes said the community has shown great interest in the collection since it opened at the college and hopes the interest will continue Saturday at the library.
He said people who have experienced the collection at the college have ranged from local business leaders, home study groups and Kosciusko County residents. The college has also incorporated the documents into its course studies."
"We are passing through history and these documents are part of our history," Keyes said.
Keyes said the third printing of the Declaration of Independence is one of the most impressive pieces in the collection because it is one of only three known copies. It has handwritten notes on it from the signers themselves.
After Saturday, the documents can be viewed at Ivy Tech until April 30 with hours Monday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information about the Remnant Trust Collection, visit online at www.theremnanttrust.com
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