Lauren Hewes on American Ephemera before 1900
Sponsored by the Caxton Club. In this program, Lauren Hewes will introduce Caxton Club members to the Stephen D. Paine Collection of American Ephemera at the American Antiquarian Society, a […]
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Sara Charles on The Medieval Scriptorium – Making Books in the Middle Ages
Sponsored by The Caxton Club. Have you stretched an animal skin lately? Prepared its surface to accept ink? Collected oak galls to make ink? Scribed? Added rubrics and colored initials? […]
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Gabe Henry on Enough Is Enuf – Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell
Sponsored by The Caxton Club. There is no vaccine. It can strike anyone. The chief occupant of the White House. A famous author. A lexicographer. A steel magnate. When it […]
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Jeremy Dibbell on The Libraries of Early America: Bringing Historical Libraries to Life
Tell the truth. When you get a look at someone’s library, you do more than consider the shelving units and bookends. You take a careful look at the books themselves. […]
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James P. Keenan on Bookplates: The Art of This Century
Our speaker will briefly discuss antique bookplates, but his emphasis will be on the contemporary art form and the fact that bookplates are in use worldwide today! Bookplates are used […]