Paul Freedman, “How Dining Out Changed, 1841-1941”
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale University, and a scholar of American cuisine, will speak in connection with the current Grolier […]
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Teaching the History of the Book: A Roundtable
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Teaching the History of the Book (University of Massachusetts Press) is the first collection dedicated to book history pedagogy. Edited by Matteo Pangallo […]
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Lilla Vekerdy on Rare Book Collections – Private or Public? Crossroads of Interests and Mission
Sponsored by The Caxton Club EVENT DETAILS: June Evening Program This lecture will examine the parallel and divergent, as well as the oppositional and united trends in private versus institutional […]
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Manuscript Mondays: July Beach Party (Show & Tell)
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society It’s our Manuscript Mondays Almost Independence Day Virtual Summer Beach Party! Monday July 3, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern – Live We’ll open it up to […]
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Fifty Years in the Making: A Reprise by John A. Lehner of the 1970 Decorative Designers Exhibition
Sponsored by The Book Club of California In 1970 John A. Lehner attended The Decorative Designers Exhibition and was captivated by the originality and variety of The Decorative Designers’ work. […]
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Joshua O’Driscoll: Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares as Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne
Sponsored by The Grolier Club Joshua O’Driscoll, Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum, will speak on “Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares As […]
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A Maker of Books: Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Australia has a long history of fine printing, which is mostly unknown outside of the country itself. ‘Printing is like religion’, acclaimed Australian […]
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John Law, the Mississippi Bubble and the Settling of New Orleans
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays: John Law, Mississippi Bubble and Settling of New Orleans Monday, August 7, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern – Live Free Webinar Presenter: Howard […]
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Companions of Minds and Books: H.H. and Matilda Bancroft in Their Literary Industries
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Kim 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. […]
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The Huntington: Buying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries
Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington Buying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries Presentation by Dr. Vanessa Wilkie Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History at […]
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Dan Freidus on Ex-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad
Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) Ex-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad with Dan Freidus Thursday, August 24th, 7-8:30pm EST NOBS member Dan Freidus has been collecting […]
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“My biography is the history of California:” Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos
Sponsored by The Book Club of California Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California, and participated in some […]