The Sallie Bingham Center and the Lisa Unger Baskin Collection: Yours Respectfully, “A Wild Project…but Grand”
Laura Micham will share some of the ways the Lisa Unger Baskin collection has been cataloged and described, used in research and teaching, and exhibited, both digitally and physically, since it debuted in the Duke and Grolier Club exhibitions of 2019 and 2020. The collection documents women’s work, broadly conceived, from the mid-fifteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Carefully assembled over 45 years by noted bibliophile, activist and collector Lisa Unger Baskin, the collection includes more than 11,000 rare books and thousands of manuscripts, journals, ephemera and artifacts. Live Q&A and and audience participation encouraged.
Original Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 @ 8PM ET
Guest Presenter: Laura Micham
Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore
Presenter
Laura Micham
Director, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library – Duke University
Laura Micham, Director, Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture and Curator of Gender and Sexuality History Collections, Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Laura Micham helps to acquire, preserve, and promote the use of a wide range of rare and unique materials related to women, gender, and sexuality. Micham’s particular curatorial and instruction interests include feminist activism and theory, reproductive health and rights, and the history and culture of LGBTQIA communities.
