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About Keith DuQuette

Keith DuQuette is the Museum Libraries Preservation Associate. He came to the museum in 1987. He is responsible for overseeing the physical care of the diverse and wonderful research collections of the Art Reference, Wilbour Libraries and Museum Archives. Additionally, he is the author and illustrator of seven children’s books.

Who was Ida E. Jackson (1855-1927)?

What we do know about Ida Jackson can be found in an intriguing and beautiful diary found in the Brooklyn Museum Library’s Special Collections. The book came into the Museum’s collection in 1945 from Lawrence B. Romaine, who wrote an … Continue reading

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Little Treasures From the Past

One of the delights in preserving the Libraries and Archives collections at the Brooklyn Museum is that I am so often pleasantly surprised at what I find in a book or a box. A while back I opened two boxes … Continue reading

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