Ashley Rose Young joins the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book, Manuscript & Special Collections team

Ashley Rose Young was offered a position as the reference intern at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library for the 2015-2016 academic year. Ashley is a passionate bibliophile and has cultivated a vibrant collection of historic cookbooks that sheds light on American cultural development and community formation in the nineteenth century. In 2013, she was awarded first prize in the Andrew T. Nadell Book Collectors Competition for her historic Creole cookbook collection. She then went on to win second prize in the National Collegiate Cook Collecting Completion hosted at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. As a reference intern, her goal is to inspire curiosity among a diverse body of library patrons by facilitating research with the Rubenstein’s impressive collection of rare books and manuscripts. She considers it a privilege and honor to assist faculty, students, and the public with pursuing their academic and personal interests at the Rubenstein.