{"id":17148,"date":"2023-06-15T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/?p=17148"},"modified":"2023-06-15T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T18:29:51","slug":"university-honors-bibliophile-mark-samuels-lasner-for-historic-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/15\/university-honors-bibliophile-mark-samuels-lasner-for-historic-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"University Honors Bibliophile Mark Samuels Lasner for Historic Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in Special Collections at the Library, Museums and Press, was awarded the University of Delaware\u2019s Medal of Distinction on May 16, 2023, at the University\u2019s Board of Trustees meeting for donating his $10 million collection of British literature<\/a> to the Library in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the largest and the most valuable donation [to the Library] in our history,\u201d said Terri L. Kelly, chair of the Board of Trustees. Kelly, along with University President Dennis Assanis and other UD leaders, presented Samuels Lasner with the award.<\/p>\n

Built over the course of 40 years, the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection focuses on British literature and art from 1850 to 1900, with an emphasis on the Pre-Raphaelites and the writers and illustrators of the 1890s. It consists of more than 9,750 books, periodicals, letters, manuscripts, photographs and artwork. The collection includes items by such notable figures as Oscar Wilde, George Eliot, Max Beerbohm and more, and has drawn researchers to UD from around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn donating my collection to the University of Delaware, I hoped that it would be a catalyst for housing, promoting and making more accessible the University\u2019s truly remarkable, world-class holdings of rare books, manuscripts, archives and artworks,\u201d said Samuels Lasner, a long-time bibliophile and philanthropist.<\/p>\n

Samuels Lasner shared his excitement that planning had begun for a renovation of the second floor of Morris Library. The renovation will make the holdings within the Library\u2019s Special Collections, including the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, more easily accessible for the UD community and researchers around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe holdings of the University extend over six centuries and encompass all of human endeavor,\u201d said Samuels Lasner. \u201cThey are a stimulus. They are a resource for students, faculty, the University community and researchers from around the world. I am proud to have a little part in making that happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Medal of Distinction is the highest non-academic award bestowed by the University\u2019s Board of Trustees. It recognizes individuals who have made humanitarian, cultural, intellectual or scientific contributions to society; those who have achieved noteworthy professional success; and those who have given significant service to the University, community, state or region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow in Special Collections at the Library, Museums and Press, was awarded the University of Delaware\u2019s Medal of Distinction on May 16, 2023, at the University\u2019s Board of Trustees meeting for donating his $10 million …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":17219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 23:43:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17149,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17148\/revisions\/17149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}