A portion of the Esperanto collection found within the library of the Rev. John Beveridge.
For this week’s how-to post, I’ve taken some inspiration from one of our quirkiest collections, that of the Reverend John Beveridge (1857-1943). Beveridge gifted his library and archive to the University in 1943, the year of his death; the book collection of over 1,700 items almost exclusively reflects his three main interests Norway, beekeeping and Esperanto. I’m afraid the blog-budget couldn’t support a personal fjord-cruise for this blogger, nor do I have any desire to be stung a hundred times in a vain attempt to keep bees; therefore I’m turning my mind to learning a bit of Esperanto and translating some historic verse from our collections!
Dr L.L. Zamenhof’s Fundamenta krestomatio de la lingvo Esperanto (1903); and the Rev. John Beveridge with a soon-to-be-married friend in traditional Norwegian costume.
Beveridge was ordained into…
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