Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries - SMU

6005 Bishop Boulevard, Bridwell Library Dallas, TX 75275
(214) 768-3483
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This exhibition highlights Bibles from the collection of Elizabeth Perkins Prothro (1919?2009), who donated nearly five hundred volumes in more than fifty languages to Bridwell Library in 1996. One of Southern Methodist University?s great benefactors, Mrs. Prothro was the daughter of Joe and Lois Perkins, whose generosity endowed Perkins School of Theology. She graduated from SMU in 1939, one year after her marriage to Charles N. Prothro (1918?2001) of Wichita Falls. In 1962, a Bridwell Library exhibition of fifteenth-century printing inspired her to collect rare books. Her husband?s gift of six early volumes for their twenty-fifth anniversary on January 14, 1963 laid the foundation of a remarkable collection that reflects Mrs. Prothro?s life-long love of scripture and a connoisseur?s appreciation of historically significant editions.

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