Gallery

 

On August 15. 2005 Brian Bex, founder of the Remnant Trust, personally delivered over 48 major rare and first edition manuscripts to be exhibited and used at the University of Farmington during the Fall Semester 2005.  The exhibition was celebrated with a dinner held on-campus and attended by Mr. Bex, community leaders, students, and members of the faculty and administration of UMF. 

Brian Bex spoke briefly about his belief that the Remnant Trust will help the next generation know and understand the great writers, philosophers, and thinkers who changed our culture and gave us the concepts of freedom and individual dignity we enjoy today.  By seeing, touching and reading the original works, students gain a better sense of the reality of the past and its continuity with the present. 

Brian Bex, founder of the Remnant Trust, addresses the guests.

Students view collection, Brian Bex and President Kalikow in the background

Brian Bex on the right, Provost Allen Berger on the left

On the left, President Kalikow reads Milton's Areopagitica,
on the right, the Emancipation Proclamation.  Click either picture for enlargement.

 Magna Carta, illuminated parchment, hand-written copy from 1350

 

Reading Revolutions was jointly sponsored by the University of Maine at Farmington and the Remnant Trust. It was partially funded by the Maine Humanities Council with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities through its We the People program. Over forty rare editions or works central to changes in our history were included in the project. Commentary and discussion may be found by accessing the alphabetical list. URL: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Reading_Revolutions/index.html Marilyn Shea, 2005