whole earth catalog

When studying the collection at MoMA Library, we often reveal compelling stories of how certain books were produced and how these objects travelled through the world. With experimental art and design publications of the 20^th century, part of the story of a book’s history relates to its circulation from the hands of friends to a wider audience, into the collections of museums and libraries. This kind of narrative is consistently of interest to researchers and staff – we study these pathways that books travel and these movements of books and magazines often reveal the movement of ideas across space and the relationships between artists, designers, and other interlocutors.