Eunice LeFevre Miniature Book Collection

The Eunice LeFevre Miniature Book Collection consists of over 600 volumes of miniature books, the largest of which is no more than fourteen centimeters tall. The bulk of our collection is the result of a gift from Eunice LeFevre, donated in part for the Historical Children's Book Collection . The oldest book in the collection dates from the 17th century, but the library is continuing to buy contemporary examples of miniature books as well as collecting older volumes.

A wide variety of subjects are represented in this collection. The collection includes books on religion, poetry, fairytales, education, biographies, and books on the history of printing. The collection also contains books printed in languages other than English, such as: French, German, Icelandic, Russian, Greek, and Japanese.

The titles in the collection include: Hazeltine's Pocketbook Almanac from 1882, Japanese Fairy Tales: Stories and Folklore of Old Japan, Lenin and Prague , The Odyssey (in Greek), as well as several artists' books such as Ray Bradbury's The Stars and JoAnna Poehlmann's Drawings in a Nutshell II . Several primer's, Bibles and prayer books are also included in the collection including: Tom Thumb's Play Book: to Teach Young Children Their Letters as Soon as They Can, The Story Book: For Good Little Girls, Dew Drops, and Daily Food.