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SUMMARY:Leonard Marcus on The Women Who Invented American Children's Book Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles \nJoin Leonard Marcus and The Baltimore Bibliophiles for a presentation entitled “Strong Women\, Great Books: The Women Who Invented American Children’s Book Publishing.” \nFor link contact Binnie Syril Braunstein\, bsbgc@aol.com
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/leonard-marcus-on/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250116T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us for convivial discussion of all things bookish and 19th century! Hosted by Bill Bryson and Richard Kopley. \nTo get on the mailing list\, contact Jennifer Larson: info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T200000
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SUMMARY:Joel Silver on J. K. Lilly and the Lilly Library
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Mondays\n J.K. Lilly\, Jr. and His Collecting of Manuscripts\nSpecial Date: January 13\, 2025\n8:00 PM Eastern\nFree\, Live Webinar\nJ.K. Lilly Jr. was a visionary\, a keen businessman with a generous spirit and one of Lilly Endowment’s three founders. He built extensive collections of coins\, stamps\, books and manuscripts\, nautical models and military miniatures\, among others. \nUpon opening\, the Lilly Library featured nearly 100\,000 rare books and one million some manuscripts. Rare items from J.K. Lilly Jr.’s collection included John James Audubon’s “Birds of America”; Thomas Jefferson’s personal copy of the first printing of the Bill of Rights; a first edition of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”; the original manuscript of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan”; and the William Shakespeare “First Folio” of 1623 – the first printed collection of Shakespeare’s plays. \nJoel Silver\, the Director of the Lilly Library at Indiana University\, will answer questions from attendees about J.K. Lilly and his collecting\, the development and future of the Lilly Library\, and the Lilly Library in general. Attendees\, please come prepared to ask questions of a leading authority in rare books\, manuscripts\, and special collections and the director of one of the finest special collections libraries in the United States. \nPresenter: Joel Silver\nAppointed as the director of the Lilly Library in 2013\, Joel Silver has served in several capacities at the Lilly. He began his long-standing career with the Lilly Library in 1983 and has served as head of public services\, curator of books\, associate director\, and interim director for two separate appointments. In addition\, Joel is an adjunct associate professor and director of the special collections specialization in the IU School of Library and Information Science.  He is also  an adjunct faculty member in the Department of English. He also serves as a faculty member at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. \nAn undergraduate English major at the University of California\, Los Angeles\, Joel went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Whittier College School of Law and his MLS at Indiana University. \nJoel has also made significant academic contributions with his scores of published articles\, multiple books and numerous exhibition catalogs. He has a distinguished record as a lecturer and leader of rare-books-related workshops\, and he has curated many exhibitions at the Lilly Library\, including “The Reign of Charles II\,” “J.K. Lilly\, Jr.: Bibliophile\,” “English Renaissance Prose” and “Five Centuries of Music.” His most recent book\, “Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age\,” was published by Oak Knoll Press in 2011. \nRegister for the Webinar:  https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1gkKYKq2RJeiObybe3fDAg\n[you will receive an email confirmation of your registration] \nFor the archive of Manuscript Mondays: Click
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/joel-silver-on-j-k-lilly-and-the-lilly-library/
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SUMMARY:Morgan Swan on Penny Dreadfuls
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanuary Midday Program \n \n“It is\, Sir\, as I have said\, a small college\, and yet there are those who love it.” \nDaniel Webster \nCurl up in your Zoom Room and prepare to be magically transported to that much loved small college in Hanover\, New Hampshire. \nAs Londoners became increasingly literate\, publishers met their desire for exciting (and inexpensive) content with a host of sensational soft cover serialized stories. These quickly earned the nickname Penny Dreadfuls. Unfortunately they weren’t exactly produced on high quality paper and nestled firmly between sturdy boards\, so they tended to be read to death – and then repurposed to answer a variety of household uses. \nThat’s why we’re so fortunate that Morgan Swan will be able to share examples from Dartmouth’s remarkable collection. Dr. Swan is the Special Collections Librarian for Teaching & Scholarly Engagement. He received his PhD from Yale\, his MLIS from UW-Milwaukee\, and has the dual distinctions of having grown up in Macau\, China and being a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. \nOf course\, the event is free. It won’t cost even a penny. Dreadful if you miss it. Register today! \nRegister here: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5903260 \nPreregistration required via website. Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Please forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest. \nEven if you can’t attend at the scheduled time\, if you’re interested\, please register. After the program\, we’ll send an email to all registrants\, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live\, ran into technical issues\, or simply wanted to watch it again.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/morgan-swan-on-penny-dreadfuls/
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SUMMARY:Jennifer Larson on "Little Books and Big Ideas in the Handpress Era"
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Detroit \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs soon as people in the West learned to print\, they made little books. But what types of books were produced in very small formats\, and why? Using examples from her collection\, Jennifer Larson will describe the development of miniature formats and typography\, and explore the literary authors and titles most often chosen for distribution in small formats from the incunabular period through the early 19th century. The presentation will conclude with a look at the history of traveling libraries in the Handpress Era. This is a free event\, open to non-members as well as members of the Book Club of Detroit. \nAbout our speaker: Dr. Larson is Professor of Classics at Kent State University. She earned her PhD in Classics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author of five books on ancient Greek religion and culture\, as well as many scholarly articles\, Dr. Larson is a lifelong antiquarian-book collector who has served as Treasurer and Chair of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies. \nThis event is free and open to members of FABS Societies. To register\, click here or e-mail BCDrsvp73@gmail.com. Log-in credentials for this virtual presentation will be provided to those who register. \nThere will be a Q&A following Dr. Larson’s presentation. Questions may be submitted in the Zoom chat feature. \nYours in all things books\, \nMarcia McBrien \nPresident\, Book Club of Detroit
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/jennifer-larson-on-little-books-and-big-ideas-in-the-handpress-era/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250106T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group: John Windle on Pochoir Technique
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nThe Handpress Era Zoom group is hosting a talk by bookseller and William Blake expert John Windle\, who will discuss the pochoir technique used at the Trianon Press to create extraordinary facsimiles of works by Blake and others. Join us! \nContact Jennifer: info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-zoom-group-john-windle-on-pochoir-technique/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241229T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin this congenial group for conversation on all things bookish and 19th century! \nFor announcement and links to the monthly meetings\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-19th-century-zoom-group-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241219T180000
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SUMMARY:Abraham Lincoln Virtual Exhibition Tour
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoin the Grolier Club for a video tour of the exhibition “Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print” with curator Mazy Boroujerdi\, followed by live online Q&A. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-exhibition-tour-qa-abraham-lincoln-his-life-in-print-tickets-1044332595907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/abraham-lincoln-virtual-exhibition-tour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241213T120000
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SUMMARY:Allie Alvis on Weird and Wonderful Treasures in the Winterthur Library
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nDecember Midday Program \n \nA recent Caxton Club program unfolded like an English country house mystery: The Case of the Poison Pigments\, in which the Winterthur Library played a vital detecting role. New to Inspector Winterthur? \nWell\, imagine a 175-room house nestled into a remarkable thousand-acre estate. It was brought to life by H.F. du Pont\, whose vision was for “a bastion of decorative arts connoisseurship in America.” \nThe formal garden encompasses sixty acres. Ninety thousand objects populate the museum. And the library? It features a stunning collection of more than a million items relating to American decorative art. The library offers a premier assortment of materials relating to American decorative art in a global and social context. It illuminates the lives of everyday Americans through a range of materials\, including ephemera\, pattern books\, trade catalogs\, and so much more. \nNo private plane waiting to jet you to Delaware? No worries. Annie Alvis\, Curator of Special Collections at the Winterthur will come to us\, with a fast paced\, lavishly illuminated talk that reveals the history\, highlights\, and wonderfully weird treasures of the Winterthur Library. \nA Smithsonian Library veteran\, Alvis has earned degrees in book history and information management at two different universities in Scotland … where they quickly realized that they weren’t in Kansas anymore. \nYou can enjoy this program from the comfort of your very own Zoom Room. Or … you can gather with other Caxtonians at the Union League Club for a showing on a big screen with a plenty loud sound system. Then you can adjourn to a great big room with a really high ceiling and pillars and a working (but not really) fireplace for a lavish holiday buffet. As you navigate the tables groaning with delectable delights\, you can engage your luncheon companions about the proper pronunciation of Winterthur and maybe hear from carolers (whose wide Dickensian skirts do not conceal those startling children from the end of … well\, you know.) \nRegister today! https://caxtonclub.org/event-5903258?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=12/12/2024 \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/allie-alvis-on-weird-and-wonderful-treasures-in-the-winterthur-library/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nJoin us this month as Dr. Gene Flamm discusses some variations among the incunable editions of the first illustrated work on anatomy – Ketham’s Fasciculus medicinae\, 1491-1500. \nTo get on the mailing list for this group and receive links\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-zoom-group/
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SUMMARY:Gwendolyn Brooks and the Formation of the Black Literary Canon
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nDecember Midday Program \nPresented by the Caxton Club and Chicago Collections Consortium\n \n \nAugust 24\, 1949: Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks is published. It is her second volume of poetry\, and readers admire and struggle with its technical forms\, its atomizations\, and critiques of racial life in Black America. At the book’s center is a forty-three-stanza poem called “The Anniad” in which Brooks’s titular heroine comes of age in epic verse\, followed immediately by an “Appendix” of “leaves from a loose-leaf war diary.” \nMay 1\, 1950: Annie Allen wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The book has never been reprinted. Until now. \nJoin us as Caxtonian Cait Coker explores Gwendolyn Brooks’s literary legacy and her place in American letters – and the exhibition currently on display at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign – on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of Annie Allen. \nCait Coker is Associate Professor and Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A scholar who focuses on the intersections of gender\, genre\, and publishing history\, she is also Co-Editor of the Women in Book History Bibliography at womensbookhistory.org. \nRegister today: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5951521/Registration \nBook purchase Registering for the program will allow you the opportunity to purchase copies of the seventy-fifth anniversary edition of Annie Allen for $32\, including tax and shipping. \nPreregistration required via website. Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Please forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/gwendolyn-brooks-and-the-formation-of-the-black-literary-canon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241203T183000
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SUMMARY:Andrew Hui on Renaissance Libraries
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoin the Grolier Club as Andrew Hui\, associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College\, Singapore\, will lecture on his new book\, The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries (Princeton)\, which reveals how the Renaissance studiolo (“little studio”)\, space dedicated to self-cultivation\, became both balm and poison for the soul. \nProf. Hui\, an insatiable bookworm himself\, has combed literary and visual works to trace how humanists from Petrarch to Machiavelli to Montaigne created their own intimate studies. He looks at imaginary libraries in Rabelais\, Cervantes\, Shakespeare\, and Marlowe\, and discusses how Renaissance painters depicted saints as bibliophiles. Yet writers of the period also saw a dark side to solitary reading. It drove Don Quixote to madness\, Prospero to exile\, and Faustus to perdition. Hui draws parallels with our own age of information surplus and charts the studiolo’s influence on bibliographic fabulists like Jorge Luis Borges and Umberto Eco. \nThe Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries will be available for sale and signing at this event. \nHui’s previous books include A Theory of the Aphorism: From Confucius to Twitter (Princeton\, 2019) and The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance Literature (Fordham\, 2016). \nNote: This is a live webcast. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-andrew-hui-on-renaissance-libraries-tickets-1044522443747?aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail&ref=eemail&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/andrew-hui-on-renaissance-libraries/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241202T180000
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SUMMARY:Caxton Printers of Idaho: A Century of Publishing in the American West
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nJames H. Gipson founded Caxton Printers as a small print shop in rural Idaho over a century ago. During the following decades\, Caxton grew to publish hundreds of books across all genres––primarily about the American West. Gipson’s philosophy was to help writers from the West get published\, regardless of the commercial success of their books. Learn how a tiny publisher in Idaho survived and competed with larger firms and made an impact on the history of the American West/California. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Alessandro Meregaglia\, archivist\, librarian\, historian\, and associate professor\, Boise State University\, Idaho \nRegister here: https://www.bccbooks.org/event/caxton-printers-of-idaho-a-century-of-publishing-in-the-american-west/ \n** The Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Lecture on the History of the Book Trade in California and the West **
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/caxton-printers-of-idaho-a-century-of-publishing-in-the-american-west/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241126T190000
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SUMMARY:FABS Zoom: Living With Books
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFourth Tuesday of the month\, 4:00-5:30pm Pacific/7:00-8:30pm Eastern \nJoin the Zoom group that meets monthly to discuss the pleasures and challenges of home libraries. This month’s topics are “bad” home libraries and sound/silence/music in libraries. \nTo be added to the mailing list please contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-zoom-living-with-books-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241122T183000
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SUMMARY:Conversation with David M. Rubenstein on Abraham Lincoln
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoin the Grolier Club online for a livestreamed conversation with David M. Rubenstein about the public exhibition Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print\, which runs until December 28\, 2024\, in our ground-floor Exhibition Hall. \nNote: This is a live webcast. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lincoln-exhibition-event-conversation-with-david-m-rubenstein-tickets-1044322214857?aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail&ref=eemail&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite \nIf you wish to register instead for the in-person event\, please visit this page. \nIn many ways\, books made Abraham Lincoln. He became a lawyer through self-disciplined study\, won the White House through the concurrent rise of American popular publishing\, and remains one of the most written about figures over the 160 years since his death. Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print uses original printings of books and ephemera to create a sweeping\, conceptual portrait of the man. The exhibition features important editions of Lincoln’s greatest accomplishments\, including the Emancipation Proclamation\, the Gettysburg Address\, the Cooper Union Speech\, his debates with Stephen A. Douglass\, and many others. More than 150 objects describe the life of Lincoln as he was born in the American West\, captivated by literature\, shaped by the portentous 1850s\, tested by the American Civil War\, responsible for the end of slavery\, and murdered and mourned at the age of 56. Featuring materials from the David M. Rubenstein Americana Collection\, the exhibition is curated by Mazy Boroujerdi\, special advisor to the collection\, and will be accompanied by a catalogue published by the Grolier Club. \nDavid M. Rubenstein is co-founder and co-chairman of the private equity firm The Carlyle Group and is the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team. His published books include The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency (2024) and The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians (2019). His philanthropic activities have assisted the Lincoln Memorial\, the Washington Monument\, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello\, Arlington House\, and the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima). His collection has included the Bay Psalm Book (1640\, the first book printed in America) and the Magna Carta (1297\, one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy). \nVisit the exhibition online and view case images on Flickr.\nPhoto Credit: Cover of Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print (Grolier Club\, from Marquand Books). Cover design by Ryan Polich.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/conversation-with-david-m-rubenstein-on-abraham-lincoln/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T183000
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SUMMARY:Robert McCracken Peck on Botanically Illustrated Books
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoin the Grolier Club for a live webcast as former Grolierite\, Robert McCracken Peck\, who is Curator of Art and Senior Fellow at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University\, lectures on books about the natural world from the 18th and 19th centuries that defied expectations by replicating nature in a tangible way. \nThe volumes incorporated the organisms themselves into their pages\, or\, in the case of trees\, used the very subjects being discussed to create the books describing them. In what we think of as the “Golden Age” of natural history publications\, John James Audubon and James Bateman took their volumes to extremes in size\, while Maria Sibylla Merian\, Mark Catesby\, Pierre Joseph Redoute\, Joseph Bloch\, John Gould and other naturalist-artists bedazzled contemporaries with illustrations that are still referenced by scientists and sought after by collectors. These publications’ goal was to record and disseminate information about plants and wildlife\, and to provide “lifelike” illustrations of flora and fauna. \nIn this heavily illustrated lecture\, Peck will discuss a different approach to scientific illustration: how natural history specimens were used to illustrate themselves in three dimensions in exsiccatae\, xylotheks\, and lepidochromes. He will also discuss books illustrated with feathers. You won’t want to miss this unusual – and beautiful – presentation about a little-known aspect of scientific book production. \nRegister: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-robert-mccracken-peck-on-botanically-illustrated-books-tickets-1044425263077?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/robert-mccracken-peck-on-botanically-illustrated-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom: Richard Minsky on his Bindings 1968-Present
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nNov 18\, 2024. 7:30 pm Eastern time\, 4:30pm Pacific \nRichard Minsky will draw upon his exhibition Material Meets Metaphor and talk about choosing binding materials that evoke the metaphor of the text. It will feature images of Richard Minsky’s bindings showing how they began and evolved from 1968 to the present. He will be glad to answer questions about concepts and techniques. You can see many of the bindings here. \nTo join the mailing list for this group contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-richard-minsky-on-his-bindings-1968-present/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241118T193000
DTSTAMP:20260501T174917
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SUMMARY:Riding Like The Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nIn 1939\, when John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath was published\, it became an instant bestseller and a prevailing narrative in the nation’s collective imagination of the era. But it also stopped the publication of another important novel\, silencing a gifted writer who was more intimately connected to the true experiences of Dust Bowl migrants. In Riding Like the Wind\, renowned biographer Iris Jamahl Dunkle revives the groundbreaking voice of Sanora Babb. \nDunkle follows Babb from her impoverished childhood in eastern Colorado to California. There\, she befriended the era’s literati\, including Ray Bradbury and Ralph Ellison; entered into an illegal marriage; and was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was Babb’s field notes and oral histories of migrant farmworkers that Steinbeck relied on to write his novel. But this is not merely a saga of literary usurping; on her own merits\, Babb’s impact was profound. Her life and work feature heavily in Ken Burns’s award-winning documentary The Dust Bowl and inspired Kristin Hannah in her bestseller The Four Winds. Riding Like the Wind reminds us with fresh awareness that the stories we know—and who tells them—can change the way we remember history. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Iris Jamahl Dunkle\, author \nRegister here: https://www.bccbooks.org/event/riding-like-the-wind-the-life-of-sanora-babb-2/
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/riding-like-the-wind-the-life-of-sanora-babb/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260501T174917
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SUMMARY:Reid Byers on Imaginary Books
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baxter Society \nOpen to members of FABS Societies: contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org to receive a link. \nReid Byers\, the President of the Baxter Society\, is the author of The Private Library\, listed among the best non-fiction books of 2021 by the Washington Post. At our November meeting\, he will speak on his upcoming book and exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York\, Imaginary Books: Lost\, Unfinished\, and Fictive Works Found Only in Other Books. The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on November 13\, at Glickman Library in Portland\, and on Zoom. \nThe New York Times said: \nThis irresistible conceptual-art installation displays meticulously constructed simulacra of books that don’t exist — some because they’ve been lost\, others because they never did exist. Look for “Love’s Labour’s Won\,” Ernest Hemingway’s first novel\, and the “Necronomicon.” (Dec. 5-Feb. 15\, 2025; Grolier Club) – Will Heinrich\, NY Times\, Sept 6\, 2024.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/reid-byers-on-imaginary-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T200000
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SUMMARY:The American War in Vietnam Through Manuscripts
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Mondays\nThe American War In Vietnam As Shown Through Manuscripts\nSpecial Date: Monday\, November 11\, 2024\n8:00PM Eastern\nFree\, Live Webinar \nSix decades later\, the American War in Vietnam remains a controversial and influential event. Stuart has been collecting the conflict for a quarter century now\, building one of the most important archives in private hands. He owns letters by the great leaders of the war (Ho Chi Minh\, Presidents Kennedy\, Johnson and Nixon); the American serviceman and servicewoman (diaries\, letters home\, photo albums) and the pro-war and anti-war movements (posters\, bumper stickers\, leaflets). Stuart will select about ten manuscripts from his collection and show how they illuminate the war and what they can teach us today. \nPresenter: Stuart Lutz of Stuart Lutz Historical Documents\, Inc.\nStuart Lutz has been in the historic document and manuscript field for over thirty years. During that time\, he has sold the autographs and letters of all the Presidents\, prominent Civil War and Revolutionary War figures\, and Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Plus he has sold items from famous authors\, well-known businessmen\, important aviators and scientists\, distinguished African-Americans and notable women. He also specializes in correspondence with outstanding content penned by ordinary people. These include a letter written from the Oregon Trail\, Civil War battle letters written by soldiers\, or a letter written from Honolulu after Pearl Harbor. \nStuart is a member of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association\, the Manuscript Society\, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America\, and the Ephemera Society. He is a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America\, qualified in Historic Documents. He was the subject of a Time magazine article on his appraisal of their extensive archives. \n  \nREGISTER: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/5917271160783/WN_Y4wuQwL7S3mDLVhD4cnXAA \n(You will receive an email confirmation of your registration)
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-american-war-in-vietnam-through-manuscripts/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241111T120000
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SUMMARY:Deborah Parker on Becoming Belle da Costa Greene
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nNovember Midday Program \n \nBelle da Costa Greene was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian from 1908–1913 and from 1924–1948 the first Director of the Morgan Library. Though a striking and much written about figure\, much of what is known about Greene derives from her more than 600 letters to art historian Bernard Berenson. While Greene’s letters to the connoisseur have proven invaluable to writers seeking to reconstruct the larger narrative of her life\, the artistry of the letters and the way in which her writing creates a singular self\, have gone unnoticed. Parker’s talk will examine Greene’s vivid account of her working life — how she managed her education\, her vibrant responses to books\, and some of her most signal accomplishments. \nDeborah Parker is Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia. Her research expertise and teaching focus on Italian and Mediterranean visual and print cultures in the medieval and early modern eras. Her latest book\, Becoming Belle da Costa Greene — A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters is published by Villa I Tatti. \nRegister today! \nNovember Midday Program \n \nBelle da Costa Greene was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian from 1908–1913 and from 1924–1948 the first Director of the Morgan Library. Though a striking and much written about figure\, much of what is known about Greene derives from her more than 600 letters to art historian Bernard Berenson. While Greene’s letters to the connoisseur have proven invaluable to writers seeking to reconstruct the larger narrative of her life\, the artistry of the letters and the way in which her writing creates a singular self\, have gone unnoticed. Parker’s talk will examine Greene’s vivid account of her working life — how she managed her education\, her vibrant responses to books\, and some of her most signal accomplishments. \nDeborah Parker is Professor of Italian at the University of Virginia. Her research expertise and teaching focus on Italian and Mediterranean visual and print cultures in the medieval and early modern eras. Her latest book\, Becoming Belle da Costa Greene — A Visionary Librarian Through Her Letters is published by Villa I Tatti. \nRegister today: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5901089 \nPreregistration required via website. Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Please forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest. \nEven if you can’t attend at the scheduled time\, if you’re interested\, please register. After the program\, we’ll send an email to all registrants\, asking if you’d like a link to the complete recording. That way you can see the program even if you couldn’t attend live\, ran into technical issues\, or simply wanted to watch it again.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/deborah-parker-on-becoming-belle-da-costa-greene/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241102T170000
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SUMMARY:In Person: Words on Fire! Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Book Censorship
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nNov 02\, 2024\, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Pacific time \nSeattle\, 93 Pike St #307\, Seattle\, WA 98101\, USA \nOpen to all and in-person\, this provocative one-day program explores censorship from multiple perspectives. If you are alarmed by censorship and enjoy thought-provoking content\, this is for you! \nA one-day event sponsored by the Book Club of Washington and Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum\, with additional support from The Kelmscott Bookshop. \nRegistration fees (collected via Credit Card or PayPal when you RSVP) \nBook Club of Washington and Folio Members: $40 \nNon-Members: $55 \nStudents: $15 \nTo locate Folio in the Pike Place Market and see parking options: https://www.folioseattle.org/contact-us/ \nRegister here: \nhttps://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/words-on-fire-historical-and-contemporary-perspectives-on-book-censorship-1
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/in-person-words-on-fire-historical-and-contemporary-perspectives-on-book-censorship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241028T181500
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SUMMARY:Belle da Costa Greene: A Transformative Librarian Through Her Letters
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \n\nBelle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian (1908–1913) and the first Director of the Morgan Library (1924–1948). She was also the daughter of two mixed-race parents and passed for white. In the nearly six hundred letters that Greene sent to art historian Bernard Berenson (1865–1959)\, author Deborah Parker identifies Greene’s energetic pursuit of exceptional opportunities\, illuminating the artistry and imaginative features of Greene’s writing—her self-invention\, her vibrant responses to books and art\, and her pathbreaking work as a librarian. As Greene transformed a private library into a magnificent public institution\, she also transformed herself: hers was a life both lived and writ large. \nA virtual presentation by Deborah Parker\, author and professor of Italian\, University of Virginia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/belle-da-costa-greene-a-transformative-librarian-through-her-letters/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T190000
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SUMMARY:Poisoned Palettes: Exploring the Deadly Beauty of Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles \nOpen to member of FABS Societies \nDear FABS Club members: \nI hope many of you will be able to join us on Thursday\, October 24\, for “Poisoned Palettes: Exploring the Deadly Beauty of Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum.” Our speakers are Lynley Herbert\, Head of Rare Books and Manuscripts\, Annette Ortiz\, Conservation Scientist and Abigail Quandt\, Head of Conservation\, Books and Paper. Their presentation is a virtual introduction to a major upcoming exhibit at the Walters: If Books Could Kill (December 18\, 2024-August 05\, 2025.)  If Books Could Kill casts light on the hidden dangers of manuscripts within the Walters’ rich collection and reveals the delicate science behind recognizing those toxic materials and handling them safely today. The program on October 24 will highlight the challenges facing these experts on a daily basis. And to have a closer look at those challenges\, please visit the exhibit. The exhibit link is: https://thewalters.org/exhibitions/if-books-could-kill/ \nFor the link to the October 24 ZOOM program contact Jennifer Larson info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/poisoned-palettes-exploring-the-deadly-beauty-of-manuscripts-at-the-walters-art-museum/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241024T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241024T191500
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SUMMARY:The Forgetters: Greg Sarris with Leslie Carol Roberts
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \n\nGreg Sarris—tribal leader\, scholar\, teacher\, and activist—has always kept stories\, and storytelling\, at the center of his ambitious life’s work. In his latest book\, The Forgetters\, he goes to the root of storytelling\, in a loosely interwoven collection told by two “crow sisters” and inspired by creation myths of the Southern Pomo and Coast Miwok peoples of Northern California. Called “incandescent” by Publishers Weekly\, these are stories that feel both timeless and firmly grounded\, both enduring and urgent. Joining Sarris in conversation is author\, journalist\, and professor Leslie Carol Roberts\, founder of the ECOPOESIS Project. \nAn in-person and virtual conversation with Greg Sarris\, tribal leader\, scholar\, teacher\, and activist\, and Leslie Carol Roberts\, author\, journalist\, professor\, and founder of the ECOPOESIS Project. \n** Co-presented and co-hosted by LitQuake \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-forgetters-greg-sarris-with-leslie-carol-roberts/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241022T203000
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SUMMARY:FABS Zoom: Living With Books
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nThe FABS Living With Books Zoom Group\, hosted by Reid Byers\, invites you to their lively monthly discussion of home libraries\, with all their pleasures and paraphernalia. Recent discussions have included cataloging\, lighting\, photographing books\, bookmarks\, and much more. \nNOTE change of time; this group will now meet at 7:00pm EST instead of 7:30pm. \nTo get on the list and receive links\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-zoom-living-with-books/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Zoom: Renate Mesmer on the Folger Shakespeare Library
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nOct 21\, 2024. 7:30 Eastern time\, 4:30 Pacific time \nRenate Mesmer will talk about the Folger’s recent renovation and the challenges and improvements of such an undertaking. \nRenate Mesmer\, Conservator for the Folger Shakespeare Library will provide an overview of the preparations made for the Folger’s First Folios and other collections before\, during\, and after a multi-year renovation project. What do you do with a 300\,000-item collection when new HVAC systems are installed\, new storage shelving is added\, and the exhibition space is tripled? After more than four years of closure and renovation\, the Folger’s 82 First Folios are now on display for the first time. \nTo join the mailing list for this group\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-zoom-renate-mesmer-on-the-folger-shakespeare-library/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T200000
DTSTAMP:20260501T174917
CREATED:20241003T122359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T122452Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Lecture: How a Grolierite Shaped the Metropolitan Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nDr. Jonathan Conlin talks about former Grolier Club librarian Henry Watson Kent’s role in shaping The Met into a great cultural institution. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-how-a-grolierite-shaped-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-tickets-1027694851967?aff=ebdssbdestsearch \nJoin Grolier Club and Thomas J. Watson Library friends online as Dr. Jonathan Conlin gives a livestreamed talk called “‘An Archaic American’? How a Grolierite Helped Make the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Former Grolier Club librarian Henry Watson Kent (1866-1948) was an important figure behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s evolution into one of the world’s greatest cultural institutions. Dr. Jonathan Conlin\, author of the newly-published book The Met: A History of a Museum and Its People (Columbia U. Press)\, will explore how Kent’s “Yankee” pedigree and previous experience at the Slater Memorial Museum (Norwich\, CT) shaped his Met career between 1905-1940\, particularly his role in creating the museum’s American Wing and Education Department. As John Cotton Dana of Newark Museum and Kent’s Met colleagues recognized\, he was an innovator\, but also “an archaic American” who occasionally appeared hidebound by tradition and deference to his trustees. (Kent is known as well for inventing the Grolier Club’s idiosyncratic library cataloging system.) \nJonathan Conlin is Professor of Modern History at the University of Southampton. Born in New York\, he studied History and Modern Languages at Oxford\, before moving to the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Cambridge for his Masters and PhD. In 2006 he published the first history of the National Gallery (London)\, which he recently re-wrote as the Gallery’s official bicentenary history. In 2019 he published an award-winning biography of the art collector\, oil magnate and philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian\, Mr Five Per Cent (Profile). His book The Met will be available for sale and signing at the lecture.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/virtual-lecture-how-a-grolierite-shaped-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241021T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241021T181500
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SUMMARY:The Sugar King of California
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \n\nClaus Spreckels (1828–1908) emigrated from his homeland of Germany to the United States with only seventy-five cents in his pocket\, built a sugar empire\, and became one of the richest Americans in history alongside John D. Rockefeller\, Warren Buffett\, and Bill Gates. Migrating to San Francisco after the gold rush\, Spreckels built the largest sugar beet factory of its kind in the United States. When Spreckels gave America its first sugar cube\, he became the “Sugar King.” \nA kingpin in the development of the Hawai‘i-California sugarcane industry\, Spreckels wielded a clenched fist over Hawai‘i’s economy for nearly two decades after occupying a position of unrivaled power and political influence with the Hawaiian monarchy\, while also advancing major technology developments on the islands. The Sugar King’s legacy continued as the Spreckels family developed large portions of California\, building and breaking monopolies in agriculture\, shipping\, railroading\, finance\, real estate\, horse breeding\, utilities\, streetcars\, and water infrastructure\, and building entire towns and cities from infrastructure to superstructure. \nHarshly criticized by his enemies for ruthless business tactics but loved by his employees\, Claus Spreckels was unapologetic in his quest for wealth\, asserting “Spreckels’s success is California’s success.” But there’s always a cost for single-minded determination; the legendary family quarrels even included a murder charge. Spreckels’s biography is one of business triumph and tragedy\, a portrait of a family torn apart by money\, jealousy\, and ego. \nA virtual presentation by Sandra E. Bonura\, author\, lecturer\, and historian \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-sugar-king-of-california/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS 19th Century Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \n19th Century Group (third Thursday of the month). Congenial conversation on all things 19th-century and bookish. You are welcome! To join the list contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/2359/
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