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Rare Manuscript Volume Stolen from UCLA Special CollectionsCampus police are investigating the theft of a bound set of 18th-century manuscripts from an exhibit case in the University of California at Los Angeles library’s special collections department. The volume, part of an archive of materials on the prominent Orsini family of Rome acquired by UCLA in 1964, was stolen sometime between the late afternoon of Friday, February 9, and early the following Monday.The missing volume consists of 208 pages of text and illustrations dating from 1715 to 1736 and concern the Orsini family’s palatial residence built in the 16th century on top of the ruins of the ancient Roman Theatre of Marcellus. UCLA Director of Communications Dawn Setzer told American Libraries that the Orsini papers complement the Charles E. Young Research Library’s extensive collections of Italian rare books and early Italian printing. The exhibition, still going on in March, was held in conjunction with an international conference on the Orsini family held at the library February 1–3 to celebrate the completion of a two-year project to catalog the archive. The UCLA collection constitutes the largest holdings of Orsini documents outside of Rome and contains 262 linear feet of material dating from 1300 to 1950. University Librarian Gary Strong said the library was cooperating fully with investigators and conducting a full review of security measures. Anyone with information about the missing item can contact UCLA police at 310-825-9371. Posted March 2, 2007. |
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