Month: June 2022

Highlights of new acquisitions

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  Check our recently catalogued books through May 2022 list. Around 170 new books were processed in May with the current volumes of the Mnemosyne supplements series (published by Brill) to single out. In particular, four more volumes of the series were added this month in the collection. “Reinventing the Amphiareion at Oropos“, by Alexandra […]

Digging in the Archives / Library stories from the past

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First few years of the library 1881-1884 The first reference on a “library” of the ASCSA was back in 1881, when the first discussions took place on the establishment of the American School of Classical studies at Athens. Afaas mentioned in the Annual report “the building of the Institution should contain apartments for the Director […]