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The Children's Collection includes an historical collection of approximately 5, 000 volumes, including a rare edition of Pilgrim's Progress, a 1777 New England Primer, and an 1898 edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales.
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The Historical Collection of Children's Literature was established in January 2002 by the TWU School of Library and Information Studies as a resource for scholarly study and teaching of children's literature of the twentieth century. This non-circulating collection, located in the Children's Collection of Blagg-Huey Library on the Garden Level, numbers approximately 3,000 volumes, including milestone books from the 18th and 19th century, as well as general fiction, novelty picture books, series titles, story collections, Mother Goose and poetry, nonfiction and biographies, related professional reference works, and early readers designed for instruction.
- The Historical Collection is available to patrons during the following hours:
Monday, 9:00am-3:00pm
Tuesday, 9:00am-3:00pm
Wednesday, 9:00am-3:00pm
Thursday, 9:00am-11:00am
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