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Rosetta Stone [facsimile]

Good to very good ; facsimile of original Rosetta Stone tablet.

Sathipattana Suuthraya (incomplete) [original]

Palm Leaf Sandwich-type Manuscript

Binding: good ; wooden boards and leaves have two holes through which they would have been bound with string or cord

Protective case: wrapped in paper and kept in a case

Leaves: good ; palm leaves ; fragile…

Title Unknown, leather-bound book [original]

Binding: good ; bound in wooden boards covered loosely with brown leather ; leather shows some wear including rubbing and a few holes

Spine: good ; brown leather ; no decoration

Leaves: fair to good ; pages are very fragile ; some are damaged…

Medieval Text, single sheet [original]

Good condition ; some discolouration ; some tearing ; two holes ; marginalia ; rubrication

One-year Lease of Property [original]

Binding: protected ; loosely sewn into protective paper folder housed between two sheets of Bristol board

Leaves: very good to near fine ; appears to be vellum ; one corner has some damage (tear) ; the terms of the lease are handwritten ;…

SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 3

A document outlining committee recommendations for the foundation of a school of library science

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SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 4

A photograph and text about the appointment of the first dean of SLIS, Andrew Osborn

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SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 5

An article about Dean Dr. Andrew Osborn's background and an except from a speech.

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SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 8

U.W.O. News article about first appointments to school of library and information science.

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SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 9

A photograph of one of the original SLIS professors

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