John Schleicher of the McGoogan Library of Medicine will display and discuss a copy of Sir Isaac Newton’s book, Opticks, which was printed in 1730 and currently is part of UNMC’s rare book collection, tonight on a Nebraska Educational Television special titled “Saving Nebraska’s Treasures.”
The show will air at 9 p.m. on NET 1 (Cox Cable channel 12) and will feature Schleicher receiving advice on caring for the book from paper and book conservator Dr. Sheila Siegler.
Other Nebraska treasures featured during the show include American Indian artifacts, the Harvey Boston Studio Photo Collection, a frontier rifle and a beaver castorium, which was used by trappers to carry beaver scent used in capturing the river rodents.
Click here for more information and to see portions of Schleicher’s interview and here to see a blog entry from Siegler about the show.