Sponsored by The Caxton Club Maybe you’ve read The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu. Or recall an article by David Easterbrook in the Caxtonian about a superb collection of stunning and important manuscripts and other materials devoted to African Studies. Both book and journal would have pointed you toward the exceptional resources at Northwestern University’s Melville […]
Sponsored by The Grolier Club The second annual Kenneth W. Rendell Lecture on the Importance of Historical Letters and Documents. Grolier member Kenneth W. Rendell will speak on "Hidden Themes in Collecting: What I Discovered About My Own Collecting." This program will be live webcast. Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-kenneth-w-rendell-on-hidden-themes-in-collecting-tickets-796214989467?aff=ebdsoporgprofile If you are a Grolier Club member, […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club Julie Park on Containing the Self in Eighteenth-Century Pocket Diaries: Graphic Forms and Formats of Personal Information Storage When/Where: 6/14/2024 12:00 PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Zoom presentation is free and open to all. Preregistration required via website. ULCC live attendance – Zoom presentation and optional lunch ($35) following. Reservations required […]
Sponsored by The Caxton Club The smartphone is beginning to supersede the pocket diary, but in the 18th century, people carried tiny manuscripts preserving not only dates and addresses, but windows into their lives and personalities. Join Julie Park for "Containing the Self in Eighteenth-Century Pocket Diaries: Graphic Forms and Formats of Personal Information Storage" […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Free, Live, Webinar Monday, August 5, 2024, 8:00PM Eastern Time Presenter: Rebecca Elder, Elder Cultural Preservation Join us for a live presentation to learn more about properly caring for your manuscript collection. Experienced cultural heritage preservation consultant, Rebecca Elder will lead us through the physical aspects of paper documents, as […]
Sponsored by NOBS Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society invites you to this Zoom event Thurs Sept 26, 7:00-8:30pm EST. Charles Dickens in America: Bringing to Light a Previously Unrecorded Gem in the Kelvin Smith Library. William Claspy, team leader for University Archives and Special Collections at the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University, will […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Six Steps of Digital Preservation that Every Collector Should Know Manuscript Mondays – Free, Live Webinar Monday, October 7, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Presenter: Lauren Goodley, MSIS, CA. Digital Archivist, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University Many people do digital preservation activities, whether we’ve received training to do so or […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays The American War In Vietnam As Shown Through Manuscripts Special Date: Monday, November 11, 2024 8:00PM Eastern Free, Live Webinar Six 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 […]
The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays Can You Teach an Old Dog to Learn New Tricks? Monday, February 3, 2025 8:00 PM Eastern Guest Presenter: Dr. Jason Silverman Moderator: Jay Gaidmore Presentation Description: Dr. Jason Silverman will reflect on a half century of research, writing, and publishing. He will discuss his experiences, humorous and otherwise, from […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Manuscript Mondays New York Stories in Manuscript: Anthony Janszoon van Salee and Samuel Jones Monday, July 7, 2025, 8:00 PM Eastern Free Live Webinar Presenter: Peter Klarnet Host: Gerald "Jay" Gaidmore From its founding in 1625, New York City has always been a place of diverse peoples and opinions. Peter […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Date: Monday, Sept. 8, 8pm EST Guest Presenter: Leonard Augsburger, Newman Numismatic Portal, Washington University in St. Louis Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore Title: The Role of Manuscripts in Numismatic Literature & Research Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7uMHKoNLRVmkHTz0uxIKIQ Overview: This presentation will provide an overview of the numismatic literature field and highlight significant manuscript […]
Sponsored by The Manuscript Society The Special Collections and University Archives at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is home to more than 20,000 volumes of rare books and incunabula, dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries. The Spanish Illuminated Manuscript is a bound vellum manuscript of approximately 200 pages that are each handwritten by […]