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Cary Graphic Arts Collection is one of the world’s premier libraries on graphic communication history and practices. Our growing library holds over 45,000 volumes and over 130 archival collections.
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May 7, 2024
![a man stands next to a wall covered in comic book covers. On the right side of the wall there is a sign that says Kubert Lounge and Gallery.]()
Comics go to College
The comics collection at RIT is growing by leaps and bounds and the new Kubert Lounge and Gallery makes it a visible presence on campus. The interdisciplinary art form is right at home at RIT.
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April 12, 2024
![a woman looks on as another pulls a print on the Kelmscott/Goudy printing press in the Cary Library.]()
Cary Collection opening Thursday was grand
What do Nicolas Copernicus, William Morris, and Joe Kubert have in common? Works by the astronomer, designer, and comics artist—legends in their respective fields—are represented in the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and are now accessible to everyone in the remodeled Wallace Library.
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February 22, 2024
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Rare, centuries-old astronomy texts donated to RIT
Spectrum News talks to Steven Galbraith, curator of the Melbert B. Cary Graphic Arts Collection, about the books.
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February 2, 2024
![the aging text of Nicolaus Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is shown open to middle pages.]()
Centuries-old astronomy texts find new home at RIT
WHAM-TV features the donation of texts by early astronomers Copernicus and Sacrobosco to RIT's Cary Graphic Arts Collection.
