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There are three horizontal cases in the O’Neill Reading Room, featuring special collections from the John J. Burns Library.
September - December 2017
Irish Women Rising 1
January 27 - April 30, 2017
British Catholic Authors
December 9, 2016 - January 20, 2017
Books Made by Students of Early Printed Books
February - May 2016
Scenes of BC: Images from the BC Archives
November 24, 2015 - January 15, 2016
Remaking History with Authentic Tools: A Hands-on Course in Early Printed Books
October 15 - November 19, 2015
The Bookbinder's Apprentices
January - February 2015
The Everyman’s Library Volumes from the Collections of the John J. Burns Library
December 2 - 31, 2014
Leather Plaquettes: Vignettes of the Art of Blind Tooling
November 21 - December 1, 2014
Portable Reads
October 2014
Lost in the Puzzle
July 7 - August 30, 2014
Japanese Woodblock Print Exhibition
August 28 - September 24, 2012
Boston College at Fenway: Century of Games