Library to Feature Declaration of Independence in New Exhibit

The Tompkins County Public Library, in partnership with Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, has announced the installation of “Politics in Print:  Treasures from the Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination.”

This exhibit, on display through October 1, includes an anastatic facsimile of the Declaration of Independence—one of only two known copies to employ this method of duplication.

The exhibit is being held in conjunction with the Cornell Library’s Alumni Reunion exhibition “Treasures from the Walker Library of History of the Human Imagination,” which runs from June 7 through October at Kroch Library.

Cornell alumni Jay Walker (’77) and his wife, Eileen (’76 ’78), house the 3,600 square-feet “Walker Library . . .” in their Ridgefield, Connecticut home.  The private library contains more than 50,000 volumes, including landmark books and museum-quality artifacts.  Walker is the founder of priceline.com.

Jay Walker will discuss his collection and the anastatic process used in the duplication of the Declaration of Independence during a presentation at TCPL this fall.  Additional items from the Walker Museum will be on display at Cornell’s Day Hall, the Johnson Museum of Art and Mann Library.

For more information, contact Sally Grubb at 607 272-4557 ext 232, email sgrubb@tcpl.org or visit our website at http://tcpl.org.