Overview Fore-edge paintings have existed for centuries, but what do we really know about these hand-painted works of art? Dr. Wick will talk about his exploration of known fore-edge painting collections and the discovery of handwritten documentation found in the books, sometimes, unbeknownst to collectors. Fore-edge paintings have existed for [...]
Overview Presenter George Snook will explore the collection of drug literature and artifacts that he has assembled since the mid-1960s. An impulse purchase of de Quincey’s English Opium Eater in a used bookstore in London sparked a lifelong interest in drugs and their influence on culture. This journey has led [...]
Overview Launched in 2024, the new Digital Scriptorium Catalog aims to be the first national union catalog for premodern manuscripts in North America built on Linked Open Data technologies and practices. Following a brief history of similar attempts, Lynn will discuss the motivations and principles behind the redevelopment project and [...]
Overview Stephen King has published close to 70 books in the last 50 years. In 2021, he and his wife Tabitha collected all of his available manuscript drafts into a secure, climate-controlled archive attached to their home in Bangor, Maine. Bicks was the first scholar to be granted extended access [...]
Overview Barrye Brown, Curator of Manuscripts for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library will talk about Arturo Schomburg, an Afro-Puerto Rican bibliophile, whose collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and prints established the Schomburg Center in 1926. The book, Black Studies on 135th [...]
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