Brown University: Smith Magic Collection?

[Guile]

Hey All,

I'm a Graduate student down at SCAD in Savannah, GA and recently discovered the wonderful concept of Inter-Library Loan: genius. I was trying to find books on magic that are rare/out of print and universities pull from a database called Worldcat.org I began searching for books and just requested The Fine Art of Magic and a few others. It appears as though Brown University has a significant magic collection of books, films, and other artifacts. Has anyone else come in contact with this?

- Alex

 

[TheMowski]

A few of my friends found out about ILL freshman year, and since then I've really only used it to get CDs, but I was actually thinking recently about looking up some magic books (mostly card stuff that I want to check out before deciding whether to purchase) now that I'm getting pretty into the art.

Thanks a bunch for posting this tip about Brown; I've been meaning to try to find books for a while now but never got around to it, and it's great to know they're (theoretically) available. If I do end up requesting anything and I have success getting it, I'll try to remember to post back to this thread and let everyone know.