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SUMMARY:Bindings Special Interest Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Special Interest Group: Binding \n18 September\, 2023 \n7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific \nMINIATURE BINDINGS: Discussion and Show & Tell \nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings \nfor an informal Discussion about MINIATURE BINDINGS\, followed by a Show & Tell. \nThe program will feature a brief history by Tony Firman\, \nfollowed by a selection of miniature bindings with Kathy Roberts. \nWe then invite everyone to show a favorite from your collection\, share a “mini” story\, \nor simply sit back and enjoy as others share their books and stories! \nThis program will not be recorded. \n  \n~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~ \nThe Bindings special interest Zoom group will meet Monday September 18\, at 4:30-5:50pm Pacific/7:30-8:50pm Eastern. Thereafter\, meetings will be held on the third Monday of the month. “The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques.” \nTo register\, contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org and copy Marc at mcchavez@comcast.net \nParticipants are expected to be members of a FABS Society or guests of a member. If you’re not sure whether you belong to a FABS society\, consult this list. And if you’re not yet a member\, do join one of our bibliophilic societies! Looking for the right club for you? Write to info@fabsocieties.org and Jennifer will be happy to advise. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/bindings-special-interest-zoom-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230918T180000
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SUMMARY:From Books to Bytes: Building the Next Generation of Bancroft Library Collections
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMonday Sept. 18\, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific\nIn-person and virtual presentation \n5:30 PM Pacific – Reception\n6:00 PM Pacific – Program \nThe Book Club of California | 312 Sutter Street | San Francisco\, California 94108 \nHistorian\, writer\, and collector Hubert Howe Bancroft sold his expansive collection of research materials on the history of Western North America to the University of California in 1905\, thus establishing the eponymous library as a center of historical research and scholarship on Western Americana. This presentation explores over a hundred years of collecting at The Bancroft Library\, from the library’s Valencia Street origins in San Francisco to its present moment on the University of California\, Berkeley campus. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Kate Donovan\, Director of The Bancroft Library & Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at University of California\, Berkeley \n* Co-presented and co-hosted by the Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America\n \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/from-books-to-bytes-building-the-next-generation-of-bancroft-library-collections/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T190000
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SUMMARY:Rachel Church on The Women of Windy Hill (Artists' Book on Community Cookbooks)
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baxter Society \nRachel Church will speak about her artist’s book The Women of Windy Hill\, which commemorates the creation of a self-published cookbook during the pandemic. \nTo register for this talk\, contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com \nFrom Rachel’s website: \nIn 2021\, the Women’s Group of the North Vienna United Methodist Church\, a church perched up on a windy ridge at the highest point in a small\, rural town\, created Cooped Up Cooking. The introduction reads: \nIt has been ten years since the Wednesday Morning Women’s Group published a cookbook. 2020-21 has been a challenging time for everyone. For a period\, the group did not meet. Then we met on Zoom\, better than not meeting at all\, but not the same as being together! It was so good when we finally could be back together in-person\, to share\, laugh\, and cry together. This new cookbook contains comfort food recipes that nourished us during the pandemic; new finds discovered during cooking adventures; as well as our thoughts\, and prayers\, and scripture that sustained us. Our hope is that you will find some old treasures\, new finds\, and comfort in this cookbook. \nCommunity cookbooks are valuable because they document not only the foods eaten in a specific community in a given time\, but also the values\, history\, and social networks of a community\, and particularly (but not exclusively) communities of women. I was interested in this cookbook because it reflects as time in this community (and the world) of extreme challenges. For many of us\, food and cooking gained even more appreciation as nourishment both for our bodies and our spirits. I wanted to make this project to highlight the women who created the cookbook and the stories within their recipes and\, more personally\, because these women were part of my own upbringing; I grew up in that small\, rural community. I am grateful that they have been open with their stories\, photos\, and recipe boxes to create this collaborative artwork\, which I hope brings attention and honor to the foods that sustain us\, the memories they contain\, and the people who make it.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/rachel-church-on-the-women-of-windy-hill-artists-book-on-community-cookbooks/
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nMembers of this group show and discuss examples of  “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.”  Open to all members of FABS societies and their guests. If you’re interested but not yet a member\, contact us! \nWe meet the second Monday of the month from 7:30-8:30pm Eastern Time. \nTo join the mailing list and receive invitations for this Zoom group\, write to info@fabsocieties.org. \n \nParticipants are expected to be members of a FABS Society or guests of a member. If you’re not sure whether you belong to a FABS society\, consult this list. And if you’re not yet a member\, do join one of our bibliophilic societies! Looking for the right club for you? Write to info@fabsocieties.org and Jennifer will be happy to advise.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-special-interest-group-zoom-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T180000
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SUMMARY:Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design\, Food\, and Hospitality Icon
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMonday Sept. 11\, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific \nIn-person and virtual presentation \n5:30 PM Pacific – Reception\n6:00 PM Pacific – Program \nDiane Power Zimmerman will share highlights from her book Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design\, Food\, and Hospitality Icon. As the oldest granddaughter of the founders of a famous northern California roadside destination\, Nut Tree\, Power Zimmerman is uniquely poised to tell the story of a twentieth century icon. \nThe real story begins in 1921\, when newlyweds\, Helen and Bunny (Edward) Power took over a lease on a 150-acre California ranch and disaster struck. A late frost and early heat wave wiped out most of the fruit crop\, and what was left\, could no longer be shipped to the cities in the East. In desperation the couple set up a roadside stand to sell fruit and recapture some profits. They soon realized that American’s love affair with the automobile had just begun. \nHelen and Bunny Power were in the right place and time to start a small farm-based restaurant that grew into a multi-million-dollar entertainment complex thanks to the advent of the automobile. While the history begins with the California Gold Rush\, the main story focuses on the entrepreneurial successes of her family. \nAfter the business closed\, Power Zimmerman began to collect the stories tinged with nostalgia and the vivid memories proffered by fans. Power Zimmerman draws from family records\, letters\, newspaper clippings\, photos\, and the extensive archives of the Vacaville Museum to create a visually stunning book full of tales and photos chronicling the twentieth century. Power Zimmerman reflects on the writing experience and tells how a simple history took on a life of its own. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Diane Power Zimmerman\, author and a fifth-generation member of the founding family of the Nut Tree \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/nut-tree-from-a-california-ranch-to-a-design-food-and-hospitality-icon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230910T140000
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SUMMARY:BCW's Emory Award Presentation: David Wertheimer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nIt’s always a pleasure to give this award to someone who has made a significant contribution to the culture of the book in our state\, and fellow bibliophiles in attendance love hearing from the awardee how they got hooked on books and where that has taken them. \nWe are pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Emory Award is David Wertheimer. The Emory Award is presented annually by the Book Club of Washington to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the culture of the book in Washington State. David is perhaps best known to BCW members for his very fine work as Editor since 2017 of The Journal of The Book Club of Washington\, published twice a year. \nThe Emory Award was established in honor of Meade and Deborah Emory\, who were avid book collectors and contributed many articles to The Journal\, as well as supporting libraries in our community. It is most fitting to bestow this honor on David\, who\, as editor of The Journal\, reflects the tradition of scholarship associated with the Emorys. David is not only an outstanding editor and scholar\, but a collector who has generously shared his expertise with students and BCW members as well as endowing his alma mater\, Haverford College\, with an amazing collection of incunabula.  He has had a lifelong fascination with books\, starting as a young boy perusing the libraries and bookstores of New York City\, which introduced him to the world of rare books.  David not only shares his expertise and knowledge of books with the wider community but gives back to multiple communities through his many service activities. \nRegister here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/emory-award-presentation-and-celebration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/bcws-emory-award-presentation-david-wertheimer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T120000
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SUMMARY:The Play’s the (Medieval) Thing: What Manuscripts Reveal
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \n\n \nTheater didn’t just spring to life with Shakespeare. Morality\, mystery\, masques and more trod the boards long before anyone conjured up the First Folio. \nYou’ll want to be in the audience as Dr. Carol Symes explores the lively history of medieval plays. Among Caxton speakers\, she’s probably the first to have earned both a PhD from Harvard and an Actors’ Equity card. She also studied at Yale and Oxford — while training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. \nCarol will be joining us from Urbana-Champaign\, where she is a professor\, an author\, and a much published editor of scholarly journals about medieval texts. (She does lecture about the plague\, but usually in a classroom\, not on anyone’s houses.) \nEveryman probably had to stand in a long line to see the York\, Chester\, and Wakefield Mystery Plays. You can skip the line and enjoy a front row (virtual) seat to this fascinating and generously illustrated program! \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website. \nPlease forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-plays-the-medieval-thing-what-manuscripts-reveal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230905T190000
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SUMMARY:Shakespeare's First Folio at 400
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club and The Newberry Library \n \nCelebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Newberry. \nThis program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. \nFree and open to all. Register at the Newberry: https://www.newberry.org/calendar/shakespeares-first-folio-at-400 \nEsteemed Shakespeare director Gregory Doran is visiting Chicago this fall on a personal expedition to see copies of the First Folio – the original compilation of most of Shakespeare’s plays\, published in 1623 – around the world. The 400th anniversary of the First Folio coincides with the release of Mr. Doran’s new book\, My Shakespeare: A Director’s Journey through the First Folio. \nJoin us for a lively conversation between Mr. Doran\, Barbara Gaines\, founder of Chicago Shakespeare Theater\, and Newberry curator Jill Gage about the significance and legacy of the Newberry’s copy of the First Folio\, as well as Mr. Doran’s and Ms. Gaines’ Folio-based methods to directing Shakespeare’s works. \nMy Shakespeare is available to purchase at the Newberry bookshop\, and the author will sign copies after the talk. \nThis program is cosponsored with Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Free For All Foundation at the Chicago Community Trust. \nSpeakers \nGregory Doran is a leading theatre director\, described by the Sunday Times as “one of the great Shakespeareans of his generation.” He was Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022. In 2002 he won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Year and in June 2012 he was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award by the Globe Theatre\, in recognition of his work in increasing the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare. \nBarbara Gaines has directed nearly sixty productions at Chicago Shakespeare since founding the theater in 1986\, including thirty of Shakespeare’s plays. Honors include the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre\, the prestigious Honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her contributions to strengthening British-American cultural relations\, as well as multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Production and for Best Director. Ms. Gaines has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon\, Lyric Opera of Chicago\, and the Old Globe in San Diego. \nJill Gage is Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History at the Newberry Library. She curated the 2016 Newberry exhibition\, Creating Shakespeare. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/shakespeares-first-folio-at-400/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T080000
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SUMMARY:Deadline: CABS-Minnesota Diverse Voices Fellowship Coordinator
DESCRIPTION:Job Posting from the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar \nFellowship Coordinator Application Deadline September 30\, 2023 \nThe Antiquarian Book School Foundation is currently accepting applications for the position of Fellowship Coordinator. This part-time\, primarily work-from-home position involves managing the CABS-Minnesota Diverse Voices Fellowship program. The full job description and application form are available at this link. Applications are due by September 30\, 2023. Prospective applicants with questions may contact michele@bookseminars.com or sign up for a time to chat with her here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/deadline-cabs-minnesota-diverse-voices-fellowship-coordinator/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230904T200000
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SUMMARY:Barton Smith on Darwin’s Life in Autographs: The Evolution of a Collection
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Mondays – Darwin’s Life in Autographs: The Evolution of a Collection\nLive\, Free Webinar\nMonday\, September 4th\, 2023\n8:00PM Eastern\, 5:00PM Pacific\nGuest: Dr. Barton Smith\nModerator: Brian Kathenes\nJoin us for an insider’s look at the fascinating life of Charles Darwin\, through the incredible autograph collection of Dr. Barton Smith. Dr. Smith will share some amazing letters and manuscripts from his extensive Darwin collection. \nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. Barton Smith Barton is a retired gastroenterologist\, and past president of the Manuscript Society. \nRegister for September’s Manuscript Mondays presentation: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nrD-W3sLQXeP29XoKIjcDA\nYou will receive a confirmation email after registering. \nVisit our archives of past Manuscript Mondays \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/barton-smith-on-darwins-life-in-autographs-the-evolution-of-a-collection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T191500
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SUMMARY:"My biography is the history of California:" Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California\, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California\, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California\, such as the Monterey Constitutional Convention and the first legislature. Like many Mexican Californios he lost most of his land to squatter occupation and expensive legal proceedings during the first few decades of American rule. \nA generation after the U.S. conquest of California\, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo set out to write the story of the land he knew so well. He aimed to dispel the romantic vision that was beginning to dominate the interpretation of the state’s history before the American conquest. Vallejo sought to correct misrepresentations of California’s past\, which dismissed as insignificant the pre–gold rush Spanish and Mexican periods\, and conflated them into one “Mission era.” He sought to convince the new rulers of the land in which he had been born that the Mexican people had laid the foundation for the California in which they were now all living. \nTo this end he spent more than a year and a half composing a five-volume history\, which he titled Recuerdos. It is the most complete account of California before the gold rush written by someone who resided in California at the time. \nRose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz have translated Vallejo’s Recuerdos and have brought to light a remarkable perspective\, often firsthand\, on important events in early California history. Their efforts restore a critical chapter to the story of California and the American West. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Rose Marie Beebe\, professor emerita of Spanish literature at Santa Clara University and Robert M. Senkewicz\, professor emeritus of History at Santa Clara University. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oOVt6OVORxKAcdNjJ2br5w#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/my-biography-is-the-history-of-california-mariano-guadalupe-vallejo-and-his-recuerdos/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T203000
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SUMMARY:Dan Freidus on Ex-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) \nEx-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad \nwith Dan Freidus \nThursday\, August 24th\, 7-8:30pm EST \nNOBS member Dan Freidus has been collecting cookbooks for his entire adult life. He stumbled into collecting expat cookbooks when he found a community cookbook from an Episcopalian church in Cairo\, Egypt. As Dan says\, “I found the genre to be incredibly interesting and diverse – everything from books by and for Peace Corps volunteers in Nepal to families of U.S. occupation forces after WWII in Japan\, as well as clubs of expats in many cities and countries around the world. Even better\, most titles have been quite inexpensive!” Dan’s collection now numbers about 1\,000 expat cookbooks from dozens of countries going back to before 1920. Join us on August 24th to hear about and see examples from Dan’s unique collection! \nThis Forum will be in person at Loganberry Books beginning at 7:00 PM. You may also join via Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88024420013?pwd=VzhyU3JjZDlrNFU0bFEvdlltV0lOdz09 \nMeeting ID: 880 2442 0013 \nPasscode: 907804 \nMany of you attended our summer outing in July looking at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s great books collection led by docent and NOBS member\, Dr. Laura Martin. It was a fabulous tour highlighting books maybe not as frequently viewed as say the Book of Hours. \nHope to see you either in person or via zoom later this month. We are so happy that the Book Fair is back and already looking forward to next years. Hope you all have had a pleasant summer.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/dan-freidus-on-ex-pat-cookbooks-community-identity-while-living-abroad/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230820T140000
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SUMMARY:The Huntington: Buying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nBuying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries\nPresentation by Dr. Vanessa Wilkie\nSenior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History\nat The Huntington Library \nOnline Sunday\, August 20\, 2 pm PDT \nRegister here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/buying-and-building-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-libraries \nDr. Wilkie will take us back to a time when wealthy Americans like Henry E. Huntington could acquire amazing collections formed abroad and build a large private library to house them. We’ll learn about the acquisition in 1917 of the Ellesmere and Bridgewater Collections and the Larpent Plays\, explore some of the high points in these collections and touch on some of the people who built the original collections. Dr. Wilkie will also explain how these early acquisitions continue to inform research in the Library’s collections and influence the kinds of materials that The Huntington still acquires. \nDr. Vanessa Wilkie is the Head of the Library Curatorial Department and curates the Library’s renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British History. She earned her PhD in British history from the University of California at Riverside and was a visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Redlands before coming to The Huntington in 2013. Her book A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England (Atria/Simon & Schuster) was published in April 2023.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/buying-and-building-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-libraries/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T191500
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SUMMARY:Companions of Minds and Books: H.H. and Matilda Bancroft in Their Literary Industries
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nKim Bancroft will discuss the legacy of her great-great-grandparents\, H.H. Bancroft\, historian of the West and founder of The Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley\, and his second wife\, Matilda Bancroft\, a writer and historian in her own right. \nAfter marrying H.H. in 1859\, Emily wrote voluminous letters from San Francisco to her family in Buffalo in the 1860s. Seven years after Emily died in 1869\, H.H. married Matilda\, who composed volumes of diaries and letters from 1876-1910\, along with oral histories. \nKim Bancroft’s book “Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters” highlights piquant details from these women’s writing\, noting political and cultural changes during those years\, as well as race\, class\, and gender differences underlying Emily and Matilda’s social observations. These women also captured the private life of a man who would become a very public figure through his writing and library. \nIn particular\, Matilda relished her ability to participate in her husband’s book-making efforts. With him\, she traveled to collect documents and stories regarding those who had settled the West and its multitudes of commerce\, cultures\, and government. Matilda learned how to edit her husband’s writing. Her work also found its way into his books\, with both her own writings and the oral histories she took. \nIn her presentation\, Kim Bancroft will focus on this remarkable couple’s companionship of shared ideals and ambitions in telling the story of the West\, though from very different perspectives\, one a public man\, the other a private woman. How these two writers of different natures contributed to literary life in California and beyond—with plentiful challenges and controversies—makes for an engaging story. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Kim Bancroft\, author and editor. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OVBai0BLQ_edxTBmwWLCeg#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/companions-of-minds-and-books-h-h-and-matilda-bancroft-in-their-literary-industries/
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SUMMARY:John Law\, the Mississippi Bubble and the Settling of New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society\nManuscript Mondays: John Law\, Mississippi Bubble and Settling of New Orleans\nMonday\, August 7\, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern – Live Free Webinar\nPresenter: Howard Margot                                                    Moderator: Brian Kathenes\nThe Historic New Orleans Collection has built an extensive collection of materials related to John Law de Lauriston (1671–1729). Law was a Scottish gambler\, banker\, and monetary theorist. From 1717 to 1720 he attempted to eliminate France’s crippling national debt by creating a central bank that issued paper currency. The currency was exchangeable for shares of stock in the nascent Louisiana colony. That attempt\, dubbed Law’s “System\,” failed spectacularly. The result was the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble and bankruptcy for many in France’s investor class. However\, it also enabled the founding of the city of New Orleans. \nWe’ll look at this period through the prism of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s (THNOC) holdings. We will highlight its two most recent additions. They provide a rare look at the final days of the bubble. One is a bound recueil (compendium) of documents related to Law’s banking system\, the other a group of 19 arrêts (official state edicts) enacted between April and November of 1720\, during the last eight months of the System’s existence. \nPresenter: Howard Margot\nA native New Orleanian and (approx.) 10th-generation Louisianan\, Howard Margot is a curator at The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) where he has worked since 2006. Educated in his home state and in France\, he has enjoyed working with local French and Spanish manuscripts from his favorite century\, the 18th\, since 2001. \nRegister for Webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zsXEyyhnR7iVJlo4zPfKJQ
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/john-law-the-mississippi-bubble-and-the-settling-of-new-orleans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230731T200000
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SUMMARY:A Maker of Books: Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nAustralia has a long history of fine printing\, which is mostly unknown outside of the country itself. ‘Printing is like religion’\, acclaimed Australian book artist Alec Bolton once said\, ‘We live in sin\, but with the hope of perfection before us.’ And while his life circled around books and writing generally\, it was his private press\, the Brindabella Press\, that won him acclaim as an Australian book arts practitioner from the 1970s until his death in 1996. Starting with one-page poems and pamphlets\, he quickly moved on to hardback and then hand-bound titles\, and sought always to print books that were both beautiful and meaningful. His editions of significant Australian writers such as Barbara Hanrahan\, Les A. Murray and Kenneth Slessor are now scarce and sought after. However\, despite these author’s importance at the heart of everything was the distinguished poet Rosemary Dobson\, his wife\, who first suggested he take up letterpress printing and who wrote three of the Press’s most beloved books. \nMichael Richards’s book contains both a comprehensive bibliography of the Brindabella Press\, as well as an account of a passionate Australian mainstream publisher and the hand-printed books he made for himself and his friends in the last decades of the twentieth century\, keeping alive letterpress skills that were being swept away by constant changes in the printing industry. \nA virtual presentation by Michael Richards\, author\, librarian\, historian\, bookseller\, and book collector \nClick here to REGISTER for the Virtual Presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/a-maker-of-books-alec-bolton-and-his-brindabella-press/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T180000
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SUMMARY:Joshua O'Driscoll: Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares as Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoshua O’Driscoll\, Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum\, will speak on “Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares As Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne.” A newly-emerged fragment from an otherwise lost deluxe choir book serves as the point of departure for Dr. O’Driscoll’s talk\, which examines the manuscripts of the Poor Clares of Cologne. Between approximately 1320 and 1360\, these nuns—who were by no means poor—operated a prolific workshop that produced sumptuous illuminated books primarily for local monastic use\, but also for wealthy civic patrons. Inscriptions and marginal portraits in several of the surviving manuscripts indicate that the Poor Clares were active not only as scribes\, but also as painters. Women like Petronilla von Scherve\, Gertrude van dem Vorst and Loppa vom Spiegel documented their activities as both patrons and producers of manuscripts\, which in turn formed part of a larger practice of memorialization and devotion. Scholars have even suggested that the nuns used a system of crypto-signatures (small red discs with distinctive patterns of white lines and dots) to distinguish one painter’s work from another. If true\, these signatures may have served a logistical role in the production process\, as the manuscripts were often illuminated collaboratively. Because of their well-documented historical context\, along with the potentially innovative use of artistic crypto-signatures\, the manuscripts produced by the Poor Clares of Cologne vividly testify to the central role of female patronage and production in the history of medieval art—particularly that of the early fourteenth century\, a period characterized by rapid urbanization and immense social upheavals. \nOffered in connection with Rare Book School classes taught this week in New York City at the Grolier Club and elsewhere. Offered in connection with Rare Book School classes taught this week in New York City at the Grolier Club and elsewhere. \nThis registration is for the virtual webcast: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-rare-book-school-lecture-tickets-676963454917?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Virtual+Event%3A+Rare+Book+School+Lecture&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail \nRegistration \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/joshua-odriscoll-nuns-at-work-the-poor-clares-as-makers-of-books-in-gothic-cologne/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230710T210000
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SUMMARY:Fifty Years in the Making: A Reprise by John A. Lehner of the 1970 Decorative Designers Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nIn 1970 John A. Lehner attended The Decorative Designers Exhibition and was captivated by the originality and variety of The Decorative Designers’ work. The Decorative Designers operated as a firm\, as opposed to individual artists\, to present publishers with designs hand-painted onto the cloth that would be used in production\, thus giving a clearer representation of the finished product. Lehner spent the next fifty years on a quest to collect all sixty-one books that were on exhibit. On display at the Book Club are all sixty-one of the books that were featured in the 1970 Decorative Designers Exhibition plus an additional thirteen books from The Decorative Designers. \nThe Exhibition will be on view July 10\, 2023 through October 23\, 2023. \nExhibition opening and remarks by John A. Lehner\, book collector and retired aerospace engineer \nClick here to REGISTER for the Virtual Presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fifty-years-in-the-making-a-reprise-by-john-a-lehner-of-the-1970-decorative-designers-exhibition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230703T200000
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SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: July Beach Party (Show & Tell)
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \n\nIt’s our Manuscript Mondays Almost Independence Day Virtual Summer Beach Party!   \nMonday July 3\, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern – Live \nWe’ll open it up to a virtual gathering of friends\, lively discussion\, and a show and tell. This is a live\, Zoom meeting format\, not a webinar\, so get your camera & mic ready (if you wish) – We’ll ALL be live! \n\nShow us a favorite item in your collection.\nAsk questions about collecting.\nShare a short collecting story.\nDiscuss what’s new in the auction market.\nLooking for a specific item? Let us know.\nAnd find out what’s new at The Manuscript Society.\nOr just hang out and enjoy a virtual cocktail on the virtual Manuscript Society Beach on the day before Independence Day.\n\nNon-members are welcome. Register in advance please at: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIofu6qrDMoHtV0EutA1WqOvuvPE-kEWP-M \nYou will only get a reminder 2-3 days before the event. \nManuscript Mondays Archives \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays-july-beach-party-show-tell/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230629T183000
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SUMMARY:Lilla Vekerdy on Rare Book Collections – Private or Public? Crossroads of Interests and Mission
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nEVENT DETAILS:\n \nJune Evening Program \n\n \nThis lecture will examine the parallel and divergent\, as well as the oppositional and united trends in private versus institutional rare book collecting\, through historical lens. Where do private collectors stand in relation to librarians in the rare book field? How is it now; how was it then? Do rare books have a “private mission” or a public one? Did this mission change with time? \nFollowing the development of the Smithsonian Institution’s prime rare book collection\, the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology\, from its private inception and first flourishing time period through its institutional beginnings and long second heyday to the present\, the lecture will discover the frequent crossroads of the private and public spheres in the history of rare book collecting\, which may also be its safety net for the future. \nSince 2008 Lilla Vekerdy has been Head of Special Collections at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. She oversees the operations of special collections in sixteen locations and the publication process of major library publications\, gives tours\, lectures\, and presentations\, mentors research fellows and interns\, participates in exhibitions\, and enjoys the day to day interaction with historical materials in the Dibner Library of History of Science and Technology. \nRegister for this program today! \nZoom begins promptly at 6:30 PM CT/7:30 PM ET. \nPreregistration required via website. Zoom presentation is free and open to all.  \nREGISTER HERE: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5323753 \nPlease 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/lilla-vekerdy-on-rare-book-collections-private-or-public-crossroads-of-interests-and-mission/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230626T170000
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SUMMARY:Teaching the History of the Book: A Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nTeaching the History of the Book (University of Massachusetts Press) is the first collection dedicated to book history pedagogy. Edited by Matteo Pangallo and Emily Todd and featuring contributions from a diverse range of teachers\, scholars\, and practitioners in literature\, language studies\, history\, book arts\, library science\, and archives\, the collection presents a variety of methods for teaching book history both as its own subject and as an approach to other subjects. Each of the 39 chapters describes lessons\, courses\, and programs centered on the latest and best ways of teaching undergraduate and graduate students both about and with book history. \nBeginning with chapters that apply particular pedagogical and critical theories to the book history classroom\, the book then covers effective ways to organize courses devoted to book history\, classroom activities that draw upon book history in other courses\, and an overview of selected print and digital tools for book history classes. Contributors draw on their own experiences in the classroom to bring to life some of the rich possibilities for teaching book history in the twenty-first century. \nA virtual presentation by the editors and selected contributors to Teaching the History of the Book (University of Massachusetts Press\, 2023) \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rlPhm_FzRK2eUxqi3KLpCw#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/teaching-the-history-of-the-book-a-roundtable/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T180000
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SUMMARY:Paul Freedman\, "How Dining Out Changed\, 1841-1941"
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nPaul Freedman\, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale University\, and a scholar of American cuisine\, will speak in connection with the current Grolier exhibition\, “A Century of Dining Out: The American Story in Menus\, 1841-1941\,” from the collection of Henry Voigt. \nRegister Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-paul-freedman-on-how-dining-out-changed-1841-1941-tickets-609633037827?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/paul-freedman-how-dining-out-changed-1841-1941/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230619T181500
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SUMMARY:From Bookcase to Bender Room\, and Beyond: Approaching the Centennial of Rare Book Collecting at Stanford
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nIn September of 1926\, Albert M. Bender turned his philanthropic focus on Stanford University Library. As one of the founders of the Book Club of California\, Bender needs no introduction to this audience who will also be familiar with his efforts to establish an appreciation for the book arts at Mills College\, San Francisco Public Library\, and other Bay Area institutions. His offer to assemble\, with the co-operation of friends\, “a collection of notable examples of fine printing to be placed on exhibition in the Stanford Library”\, was immediately embraced by faculty\, students\, and library staff. This gift was the catalyst for the creation in rapid succession of a Typographical Collection\, a Rare Book Room\, a staff position for a Keeper of Rare Books\, and\, by the end of the 1930s\, a Division of Special Collections to manage the library’s growing holdings of rare and distinctive materials. \nOver the decades\, the Stanford collections were reorganized several times and much of the provenance information about this transformative period was lost from the library catalog\, with the foundational gift eventually being dispersed. This presentation explores some notable pre-Bender acquisitions\, once held on a bookcase in the library director’s office\, before introducing the foundational gift of “Finely Printed Books” that started\, and in many ways still shapes\, the collecting program at Stanford. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Benjamin Albritton\, Rare Books Curator in the Department of Special Collections at Stanford Libraries \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_feMSvrn1QiuvqwWeus4kVg#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/from-bookcase-to-bender-room-and-beyond-approaching-the-centennial-of-rare-book-collecting-at-stanford/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T080000
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SUMMARY:ABAA 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the ABAA \n\nWe are pleased to announce the ABAA is accepting entries for the 2023 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest where more than $6\,000 in prizes will be awarded to student collectors. \nThe contest is open to all prizewinners of college contests\, whether or not first prize\, as well as to interested students whose institutions do not offer contests. More information can be found here. All entries should be submitted by June 15\, 2023. For more information on the contest\, please visit contest.abaa.org. \n\nThe Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA)\, the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies (FABS)\, the Grolier Club\, and the Center for the Book and the Rare Books and Special Collections Division (the Library of Congress) jointly assumed leadership of the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest in 2010. \nEstablished in 2005 by Fine Books & Collections Magazine to recognize outstanding book collecting efforts by college and university students\, the program aims to encourage young collectors to become accomplished bibliophiles. The magazine conducted the annual competition program for three years before turning over leadership to the new collaboration of institutional partners. \nCompetitions are held at more than three dozen colleges and universities across the United States. Some contests have been conducted for decades\, dating back to Swarthmore College’s first competition in the 1920s. All college or university prizewinners are encouraged to enter. Student collectors whose institutions do not offer a book collecting contest also may enter. All entries for the 2023 competition must be submitted by June 15\, 2023. \nThe Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America promotes ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade\, encourages the collecting and preservation of rare books\, and supports education and research. The Fellowship of American Bibliographic Societies was formed in 1993 as a national organization of member book collecting groups. \nThe Center for the Book in the Library of Congress was established in 1977 to promote books\, reading\, literacy and libraries\, as well as the scholarly study of books. \nNoted collector\, bibliophile\, and philanthropist Susan Jaffe Tane funds the prizes for the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. The prize is known as The Susan Tane Prize for Student Book Collectors.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/abaa-2023-national-collegiate-book-collecting-contest-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Manuscript Society Digest for May and June 2023
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Digest: May – June 2023 – This complimentary e-digest\, now published bi-monthly\, covers significant acquisitions and sales\, manuscripts lost and found\, rare books and ephemera\, document conservation\, and more  \nIn the News\nSassoon Sale Sets Record\, But …\nReuters\, May 17\, 2023\nThe Codex Sassoon\, the world’s oldest (almost) complete Bible\, has sold for more than the Codex Leicester but less than a first-edition Constitution and below its own estimate.\n• The man who paid the price \nWashington Book Rips Past Estimate\nFine Books & Collections\, May 5\, 2023\nA bidding war over a book from George Washington’s library ended at $441\,000. Why so high? Because Washington’s books come up so rarely? Or is Americana having a moment? \nThis Scarlet Letter ‘A’ Is for Auction\nSmithsonian Magazine\, May 9\, 2023\nNathaniel Hawthorne famously destroyed his manuscript of The Scarlet Letter. But a passage from the book in his “infernal hand” survives\, and it’s on the block.\n• The collector’s story \nMadison Manuscript Surfaces in the Files\nCardinal News\, April 11\, 2023\nSometimes it pays to take a closer look. An unsigned document at Washington & Lee University turned out to be a rare James Madison manuscript on a hot topic. \nPapers Show Musings on Court Rulings\nDNYUZ | New York Times\, May 2\, 2023\nNewly released papers of Justice John Paul Stevens are filled with handwritten notes\, marked-up briefs\, draft opinions … and views on the US Supreme Court. What they reveal. \nKing Biographer Corrects the Record\nNPR\, May 16\, 2023\nIn a 1965 Playboy interview\, Martin Luther King Jr. tore into Malcolm X. Or did he? A dive into the archives unearthed a gap between how the article read and what King actually said. \nRenovation Uncovers Looted Manuscripts\nPhiladelphia Tribune | New York Times\, May 7\, 2023\nOh\, what turns up during a renovation — in this case\, manuscripts looted in World War I\, stashed for years on an auction house shelf. How they got there and where they go next. \nA Manuscript Tale Comes to an End\nHerald-Banner\, April 3\, 2023\nIn 1984 a student of Greek paleography found a manuscript leaf in a Pennsylvania supermarket. The find turned into a 39-year quest to reunite leaves of an ancient codex.\n• The lives lost to medieval manuscripts \nWas Gutenberg First? Not Really\nSmithsonian Magazine\, June 2023\nNearly 400 years before Gutenberg\, monks in China printed a Buddhist anthology. Pages were up at the Huntington during the Manuscript Society’s tour. More on this amazing text. \nScholar Gets the Last Laugh on Naysayers\nVice\, May 31\, 2023\nThere are no manuscripts of medieval minstrelsy. Wrong! A scholar has stumbled across notes from a 15th-century act — and maybe the birth of Monty Python’s killer rabbit. \nFrom Our Blog\nIssues and Opportunities in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting \nBrick and mortar locations. Online sites for auctions and dealers. Virtual and live shows. So many places to purchase manuscripts and books\, and the landscape keeps changing. Where’s a collector to go? Spencer Stuart and Brian Kathenes shared their insights on the state of the market in a recent Manuscript Mondays webinar. \nOther Items of Interest\nRich Hours –  Celebrate summer with “the world’s most beautiful calendar.” > Feast your eyes \nHigh Wattage – FB&C’s Bright Young Librarians of 2023 are all from our member institutions. > Say hi
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-society-digest-for-may-and-june-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T000000
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SUMMARY:Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize deadline
DESCRIPTION:The Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize confers a cash award of $1000 for an outstanding book collection conceived and built by a young woman. The deadline is June 15. \nThe contest is open to women book collectors in the United States\, aged 30 or younger. Contestants do not need to be enrolled in a degree program\, nor do they require a sponsor. Honey & Wax uses ‘women’ in its most expansive definition\, one fully inclusive of non-binary\, trans and gender-non-conforming collectors. \nThe winning collection must have been started by the contestant\, and all items in the collection must be owned by her. A collection may include books\, manuscripts\, and ephemera; it may be organized by theme\, author\, illustrator\, publisher\, printing technique\, binding style\, or another clearly articulated principle. The winning collection will be more than a reading list of favorite texts: it will be a chosen group of printed or manuscript objects\, creatively assembled\, that shine light on one another. Collections will not be judged on their size or their market value\, but on their originality and their success in illuminating their chosen subjects. \nFor more information\, see this page: https://www.honeyandwaxbooks.com/prize.php
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/honey-wax-book-collecting-prize-deadline/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230612T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230612T191500
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SUMMARY:Frank Ingerson and George Dennison: A Bay Area Love Story in Arts & Crafts (1910-1966)
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nThe Splendid Disarray of Beauty (2023) tells two intertwined stories\, one of love\, the other of art. \nIn 1910\, the San Franciscans Frank Ingerson and George Dennison became permanently paired in life and love. Known among their friends and in their community as the Boys\, they remained in a de facto common law marriage for 55 years. \nIn the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains they established the first stand-alone summers-only art school in California. The school was devoted to the lifestyle and aesthetic of the American Arts & Crafts movement\, which aimed to imbue beauty into every element of day-to-day living\, taking nature as a source of inspiration in doing so. \nThe school lasted only four years but had a significant impact on the California art scene—inspiring the creation of three other summer-only art schools in Northern California and its distinguished alumni went on to found the California Society of Etchers and the ArtCenter College of Design in LA (now in Pasadena). \nIn 1915 both men held positions at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition: George was on its central committee as the chief operations officer for the Palace of Horticulture and designed the landscaping for the fair. Frank was in charge of the principal decorative arts exhibitions. \nThe men went on to form life-long friendships with famous artists and Hollywood stars\, including Olivia de Havilland\, Joan Fontaine\, Yehudi Menuhin\, Loie Fuller\, and Ruth St. Denis. Additionally\, during this time the pair cultivated a glamorous life that glittered across two continents. \nIn this talk Richard D. Mohr introduces us to two of the most interesting and admirable men you have never met\, until now. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Richard D. Mohr\, author and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and of the Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1f8zgZsUSNifeHaFJby8ZQ#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/frank-ingerson-and-george-dennison-a-bay-area-love-story-in-arts-crafts-1910-1966/
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SUMMARY:David Ruggles Prize for Young Collectors of Color: Deadline
DESCRIPTION:The David Ruggles Prize is an international book collecting prize created to support and encourage young collectors of color: https://rugglesprize.org/ \nThe prize honors the legacy of David Ruggles\, an early American abolitionist\, publisher\, and Underground Railroad conductor. The New York grocery store he opened in 1828 soon became the country’s first Black-owned bookstore. \nThere was a fantastic group of applications last year\, culminating in an impressive roster of winners. This year’s deadline (June 11) is fast approaching. Please share it widely — with your students\, your colleagues\, your customers\, wherever collectors might be found. If you have any questions\, or would like a simple PDF flier to print and post locally\, reach out to info@rugglesprize.org. The five judges represent an impressive breadth of the book world and are excited to see this year’s applications. \nThe contest is open to anyone aged 35 and under\, anywhere in the world. There are three prizes\, so three chances to win: $1\,000 grand prize\, $500 second prize\, and $250 third prize. \nIf you’re not already\, give ’em a follow on Instagram and/or Twitter (@rugglesprize). \nThanks for boosting the signal\, and with many thanks to the prize’s generous sponsors\,
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/david-ruggles-prize-for-young-collectors-of-color-deadline/
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SUMMARY:Tara O’Brien on Book Arts in American History: Printing\, Binding\, and Illustration
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nWe’re hoping that our June speaker will have enough material to draw on in order to fashion a presentation. After all\, she has access to only 21 million choices. \nTara O’Brien serves as Director of Preservation & Conservation Services at Philadelphia’s Historical Society of Pennsylvania. (The library was founded more than a decade before Chicago was even incorporated as a city … and we’re behind on cheesesteak sandwiches as well.) Philadelphia has a rich tradition in print\, and Tara will share superb examples of how the book arts came to life in printing\, binding\, and illustration. \nTara is an accomplished printmaker\, teacher\, and preservationist/conservationist. She’ll reveal America’s rich tradition in the book arts in a generously illustrated presentation. Much in demand as a speaker\, she has lectured internationally on a range of topics. \nRegister today for a presentation you’re sure to Brotherly Love.\nhttps://caxtonclub.org/event-5290247 \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/tara-obrien-on-book-arts-in-american-history-printing-binding-and-illustration/
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SUMMARY:Henry Voigt on “A Century of Dining Out: The American Story in Menus\, 1841-1941”
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nMenus can transport us back to the everyday life of the past\, whether to a lavish banquet in the Gilded Age or a food-relief eatery during the Great Depression. Coming into general use in the United States in the 1840s when hotels and restaurants began to replace inns and taverns that served a limited choice of domestic-style meals\, menus offered guests a greater variety of dishes and added an element of anticipation to the experience. While most menus were intended for short-term use and never meant to be saved\, some were finely crafted by leading stationers like Tiffany’s and Dempsey & Carroll\, whose artists decorated them with silk ribbons and finely rendered watercolor scenes. \n“A Century of Dining Out” features 225 menus that reflect the first hundred years of their use in American society\, ranging from restaurants and hotels to Mississippi steamboats\, utopian communities\, and grand estates. Highlights include rare examples from the haunts of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman in New York City\, eateries in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush\, and special events such as Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural ball and Mark Twain’s birthday party at Delmonico’s. The exhibition is curated by Grolier Club member Henry Voigt from his collection\, and an accompanying publication will be available in Spring 2023. \nA pre-recorded tour led by curator Henry Voigt of his exhibition “A Century of Dining Out: The American Story in Menus\, 1841-1941\,” which runs in the ground-floor exhibition hall of The Grolier Club through July 29\, 2023. The recorded tour will be followed by a live Q&A with Henry. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-tour-and-qa-a-century-of-dining-out-tickets-574803120607?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/henry-voigt-on-a-century-of-dining-out-the-american-story-in-menus-1841-1941/
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