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Edward Gorey Personal Library

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Books, Chapters, and Exhibit Catalogs

Books and Exhibit Catalogs That Have Been Informed by Their Researchers' Use of the Edward Gorey Personal Library include  :

"The Journey to the World of Edward Gorey" Exhibit Catalog.  Shibata Setsuko. 2023.  Provided exhibit curator/researcher with a bibliographic list of 19th century  books in the Personal Library, in order to show through the exhibit how  Edward Gorey was influenced by books published 1800-1899.

 "Gorey's Worlds. A Peak Into the Peculiar Mind of Edward Gorey." Exhibit at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Curated by Erin Monroe. Feb 10- Mar 6, 2018. The curator of the exhibit provided a list of artworks and images exhibited by Edward Gorey in his home and asked the Personal Library curator identify art books held in Gorey's Personal Library that corresponded to each of the listed artists.

Born to Be Posthumous. The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey. by Mark Dery. 2018. New York: Little Brown. Provided researcher with bibliographic research support identifying catalogued and uncatalogued books in the Personal Library on selected themes. 

"The Edward Gorey Personal Library. Evidencing Insights." by Linda Salem. Section V, Chapter 15 in Frontiers in American Children's Literature. Eds. Dorothy Clark and Linda Salem. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 2016.