Docent Program & Art of the Book
DOCENT PROGRAM
Pequot Library is home to more than 30,000 rare books and materials in our Special Collections. Through tailored, educational, inter-disciplinary field trips, we bring treasures of the past to the students of our community. Interested in bringing literature, art, and the humanities to life for local students? Become a Pequot Library Docent!
Docents are volunteers who are trained to lead students in grades K-12 through tours of Pequot Library's history and architecture and/or materials on display from our Special Collections. Docents engage students through lively, interactive discussion, and a hands-on approach to learning while conveying the warmth that Pequot Library is known for.
Pequot Library's Docent Program offers the opportunity to experience first-hand the items from our Special Collections while engaging young minds with treasures they won't find anyplace else. Click on the links below for more information plus application form.
Prospective Docent Information Session
ART OF THE BOOK
From Saint Gregory’s letters of the 12th century, the oldest book in the Library, to the Kelmscott Press of the late 19th century, this collection chronicles the history of printing throughout the centuries. Included in the collection are illuminated manuscripts, books printed by the private presses, for example, Kelmscott, Doves, and Golden Cockerell, and books featuring wood engravings by Edward Burne-Jones, Eric Gill, Clare Leighton, and Barry Moser. For information about access and guidelines, please click here.
Never Saying A Word Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Miss Sophia's Testament |
Country Matters
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Woman with Flowers
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The Ideal Book |
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The Knyghtes Tale |
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