Rare Book School
Episodes
Musinsky, Nina - "Stereotyping in the Ancien Regime" (1 August 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 162 (1 August 1984). Full title "Stereotyping in the Ancien Regime: F. I. J. Hoffmann and the 37th Parisian Printing Press"
Joyce, William L. - "Baiting the Tortoise With the Hare: Managing Rare Books and Archives"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 161 (31 July 1984)
Taylor, W. Thomas - "Errors in Modern Fine Printing" (25 July 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 158 (25 July 1984)
Kristeller, Paul Oskar - "The Lachmann Method: Merits and Limitations" (18 July 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 156 (18 July 1984)
Cole, John Y. - "The Library of Congress in the Nineteenth Century" (12 July 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 153 (12 July 1984)
Pickering, Samuel F., Jr. - "The Making of Little King Pippin" (11 July 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 152 (11 July 1984). Full title "The Making of Little King Pippin: John Locke and Education and Children’s Books"
Claassen, Lynda Corey - "Hoeing Out the Augean Stables" (23 April 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 148 (23 April 1984). Full title "Hoeing Out the Augean Stables: Special Collections at the University of California, San Diego"
Schreiber, Fred - "Dealing with the Estiennes" (2 April 1984)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 145 (2 April 1984)
Hardison, O.B. - "‘Put Money in thy Purse': The Care and Feeding of the Folger Shakespeare Library"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 138 (5 December 1983)
Willison, Ian - "The English-Speaking World as a Field of Study: Bibliographical Aspects"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 137 (28 November 1983)
Bryant, Douglas W. - "The American Trust for the British Library: Henry Stevens Revisited"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 136 (14 November 1983)
Leab, Katharine Kyes - "Down the Rabbit Hole with BAMBAM" (27 July 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 130 (27 July 1983)
Bryan, Mina - "Collectors and Research Libraries—In Defense of ‘Amateurs’" (16 June 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 123 (16 June 1983)
Wilson, Alexander - "The Crisis in Rare Book Library Management" (5 April 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 120 (5 April 1983)
Crump, Michael - "The ESTC: Past and Future" (4 April 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 119 (4 April 1983)
Cave, Roderick - "Recent Developments in Rare Book Librarianship" (28 February 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 114 (28 February 1983)
Todd, William B. - "Recent Research on the Gutenberg Bible" (31 January 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 112 (31 January 1983)
Corey, D. Steven - "Life with Father" (3 January 1983)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 111 (3 January 1983). Full title "Life with Father: Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of San Francisco"
Gwyn, Ann - "Rare Books and Special Collections at Johns Hopkins" (29 November 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 110 (29 November 1982)
McCorison, Marcus A. - "The American Antiquarian Society" (10 November 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 106 (10 November 1982). Full title "The American Antiquarian Society: Independent Research Libraries, Present and Future"
Monihan, William J. - "Acquiring Gifts for Rare Book Libraries" (18 October 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 104 (18 October 1982)
Harvey, Michael - "Eric Gill and the Culture of Letters" (7 October 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 101 (7 October 1982)
Potter, Jeremy - "New Recipes for Old Stock: The Problem of Old Books in New Universities"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 100 (30 September 1982)
Willison, Ian - "The History of the Book as a Field of Study" (7 September 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 97 (7 September 1982)
Krummel, D.W. - "Music Collectors and Bibliographical Scholarship" (29 April 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 95 (29 April 1982)
Currie, Kit - "Life As An Antiquarian Bookseller" (5 April 1982)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 92 (5 April 1982)
Silver, Rollo - "Hand, Horse, Water, Steam: The Power of the Press" (16 November 1981)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 84 (16 November 1981)
Fulford, R.J. - "The Founding and Development of the British Library, 1973 to the Present"
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 79 (27 April 1981)
Gottlieb, Gerald - "The Whole Picture" (7 April 1981)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 76 (7 April 1981). Full title "The Whole Picture: The Role of the Rare Book Library and Museum in Collecting Early Children’s Books"
Feather, John - "The Future of the Past: Why Rare Books Matter" (24 March 1981)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 74 (24 March 1981)
Davison, Peter - "On Editing Bibliographical Publications" (11 September 1980)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 66 (11 September 1980)
Horton, Carolyn - "Academic and Research Libraries and Book Conservators" (16 April 1980)
30 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 62 (16 April 1980)
Werner, Sarah - "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 591 (29 July 2015). Full title "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps: A Guide for Researchers and Librarians"
Simpson, Marianna Shreve - "Who’s Hiding Here?" (24 July 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 589 (24 July 2015). Full title "Who’s Hiding Here? Artists and their Signatures in Persian Manuscripts of the Early Modern Period"
Singerman, Jerome E. - "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads" (22 July 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 587 (22 July 2015). Full title "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads: or, How Do We Move Forward Without Getting Run Over?" The 2015 Sol. M....
Karmiole, Kenneth - "Collecting the Abbey Press" (8 July 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 585 (8 July 2015)
Calvo, Hortensia - "Knots, Paint, Paper, and Ink: Books and Print in Early Spanish America"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 583 (6 July 2015)
Maret, Russell - "The Post-Typographic Private Press" (17 June 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 582 (17 June 2015)
Tomasko, Nancy - "Oh, so THIS is Chinese Paper!" (15 June 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 581 (15 June 2015)
Bonnell, Thomas F. - "‘Pray gentlemen compositors …’" (9 June 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 580 (9 June 2015). Full title "‘Pray gentlemen compositors …’: Boswell’s 'Life of Johnson' from Manuscript to Book"
Zachs, William - "The Rev. Hugh Blair (1718–1800): The J. K. Rowling of C18 Britain?" (8 June 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 579 (8 June 2015)
Irmscher, Christoph - "Recovering Havell: A New Look at 'Birds of America'" (12 May 2015)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 578 (12 May 2015)
Tanselle, G. Thomas - "A Bibliographer’s Creed" (28 July 2014)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 575 (28 July 2014)
Basbanes, Nicholas - "Common Bond: Tales of a World Awash in Paper" (28 July 2014)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 576 (28 July 2014)
Pauley, Benjamin F. - "Remediating Book History" (21 July 2014)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 573 (21 July 2014)
Casper, Scott E. - "Teaching American Book History" (9 July 2014)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 572 (9 July 2014). Full title "Teaching American Book History: Perspectives after Two Decades." The 2014 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin...
Keninger, Karen - "That All May Read: A Brief History of Braille and Talking Books"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 570 (18 June 2014)
France, Fenella - "Revealing Within: Non-Invasive Spectral Imaging of Historic Materials"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 569 (16 June 2014)
Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. - "INVALID.KEYSTROKE: John Updike and the Bibliography of Word Processing"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 568 (11 June 2014)
Noel, Will - "Global Digital Libraries: Some Principles and an Idea" (31 October 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 566 (31 October 2013)
Clemons, G. Scott - "How Aldus Manutius Saved Western Civilization" (31 July 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 565 (31 July 2013)
Geiger, Brian - "Transforming the English Short Title Catalogue into a 21st-Century Research Tool"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 564 (29 July 2013)
Herman, Garrett - "Collecting Darwin: A Journey through My World of Evolution" (24 July 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 563 (24 July 2013)
Gitelman, Lisa - "Non-Codex for Good and By Design" (10 July 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 561 (10 July 2013)
Stetz, Margaret - "John S. Goodall and the Politics of British Picture Books" (8 July 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 560 (8 July 2013)
McGann, Jerome J. - "Memory Now" (19 June 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 559 (19 June 2013). The 2013 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture
Mintz, Sharon - "Envisioning Esther: The Art and History of Illustrated Esther Scrolls"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 557 (17 June 2013)
Karian, Stephen - "Bibliography in the Digital Age" (10 June 2013)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 555 (10 June 2013)
Greenspan, Ezra - "The Biographer and the Mysteries of the Archive: The Case of William Wells Brown"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 553 (25 July 2012)
Carter, Matthew - "Genuine Imitations" (23 July 2012)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 552 (23 July 2012). The 2012 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture
Gosin, Sue - "Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Revival of Hand Papermaking in the 20th & 21st Centuries"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 551 (18 July 2012)
Bennett, Stuart - "Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles, 1660–1800" (16 July 2012)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 550 (16 July 2012)
Brown, Matthew P. - "Bell’s Liberties" (4 July 2012)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 549 (4 July 2012)
Kugelberg, Johan - "Documenting Counter-Culture" (2 July 2012)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 548 (2 July 2012). Full title "Documenting Counter-Culture: Problems and Solutions in the Preservation of Unpopular Historical Narratives"
Eze, Anne Marie - "A Most Fascinating and Dangerous Pursuit" (13 June 2012)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 547 (13 June 2012). Full title "A Most Fascinating and Dangerous Pursuit: Rare Books at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum"
Hirschland, Ed - "A Funhouse Mirror—Reflecting on Books, Collecting and Chicago History"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 546 (11 June 2012)
Price, Leah - "Force-Reading: Captive Audiences in 19th-Century Britain" (27 July 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 541 (27 July 2011)
Belanger, Terry - "Parallel Lines Never Meet" (25 July 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 540 (25 July 2011). Full title "Parallel Lines Never Meet: Dolphins and Anchors and Aldus || Book Historians and Numismatists and Roman Coins"
Kiffer, Selby - "Printing the Declaration of Independence—and Selling It" (4 July 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 536 (4 July 2011)
Jackson, Robert H. - "Victorian Serials: Essential Parts of the C19 Imagination" (15 June 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 535 (15 June 2011). Full title "Victorian Serials: Essential Parts of the 19th-Century Imagination." The 2011 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian M...
Blair, Ann - "Managing Information in Manuscript and in Print in Early Modern Europe" (6 June 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 532 (6 June 2011)
Buchtel, John - "Books by Rail" (10 January 2011)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 531.5 (10 January 2011). Full title "Books by Rail: The Baltimore & Ohio Employees’ Free Circulating Library"
Pattison, Todd - "19th-Century Bookbinding Mistakes" (21 July 2010)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 529 (21 July 2010)
Russem, Michael - "Postage Stamps by Type Designers: A Primer" (12 July 2010)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 526 (12 July 2010)
Kristensen, John - "The Heavyweight Bout: Linotype vs Monotype"(7 June 2010)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 522 (7 June 2010). Full title "The Heavyweight Bout: Linotype vs Monotype. The Two Dominant Technologies of Hot-Metal Typesetting Square Off"
Helfand, William - "The Company of Undertakers: Learning from a Print Collection" (4 November 2009)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 520 (4 November 2009)
Stoddard, Roger E. - "B. H. B. in Retrospect" (22 June 2009)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 516 (22 June 2009). Full title "B. H. B. in Retrospect: Bernard H. Breslauer, Bookseller of the World"
Enniss, Stephen - "‘Exit, pursued by a bear'" (8 June 2009)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 515 (8 June 2009). Full title "‘Exit, pursued by a bear': Reflections on Libraries, Wall Street, and Things that Last"
Storm van Leeuwen, Jan - "Bookbindings: Depicted and Real" (6 January 2009)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 514 (6 January 2009). Full title "Bookbindings: Depicted and Real, On Chemise and Girdle Bindings, and Other Special and Plain Bindings from t...
Kuhta, Richard - "The Future of Research and Rare Book Libraries" (21 July 2008)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 511 (21 July 2008). Full title "The Future of Research and Rare Book Libraries (and What It Will Take for Them to Have a Future)." The 2008 So...
Stinson, Timothy - "Counting Sheep: What DNA Can Reveal about Medieval Manuscripts and Texts"
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 504 (15 October 2007)
Suarez, Michael F. - "‘Thou Shall Not Sit with Statisticians'" (12 June 2007)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 499 (12 June 2007). Full title "‘Thou Shall Not Sit with Statisticians': Bibliography, Book History, and the Difficulties of Counting to Thr...
Green, James N. - "‘All Sorts of Printing at reasonable Rates'" (18 July 2007)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 500 (18 July 2007). Full title "‘All Sorts of Printing at reasonable Rates': Franklin’s Way to Wealth as a Job Printer." The 2007 Sol. M a...
Wendorf, Richard - "The Scholar-Librarian" (27 July 2005)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 485 (27 July 2005). The 2005 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Pritchard, Margaret Beck - "Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America" (6 June 2005)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 480 (6 June 2005)
Carpenter, Kenneth E. - "Oaks from Acorns?" (26 July 2004)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 477 (26 July 2004). Full title "Oaks from Acorns? The Historical Turning Points of American Learned Libraries"
Foot, Mirjam - "‘Make Haste But Slowly';—Binders at Work" (12 July 2004)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 476 (12 July 2004). The 2004 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Barker, Nicolas - "The Origins of the Second-Hand Book Trade" (25 July 2001)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 453 (25 July 2001). Full title "The Origins of the Second-Hand Book Trade: The Market for Antiquarian Books in England between the Middle Ages...
Reese, William S. - "Paul Mellon as a Collector of Americana and Virginiana" (24 July 2000)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 443 (24 July 2000). The 2000 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Dooley, Jackie - "Mastering the Machines" (19 June 2000)
09 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 441 (19 June 2000). Full title "Mastering the Machines: Special Collections Librarians, Technology, and the Future"
Barlow, William P. - "Adventures in Book Collecting" (27 July 1999)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 429 (28 July 1999)
Traister, Daniel - "Is There a Future for Special Collections and Should There Be?" (21 July 1999)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 426 (21 July 1999)
Allen, Sue - "The Book Cover Art of Sarah Wyman Whitman" (14 July 1999)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 423 (14 July 1999)
Needham, Paul - "Can the 15th-Century Printing Revolution be Quantified?" (5 August 1998)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 418 (5 August 1998). The 1998 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Leab, Katharine Kyes - "Values and Prices and Books: Oh My" (23 July 1997)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 395 (23 July 1997). The 1997 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Rendell, Kenneth W. - "The Changing World of Manuscripts and Rare Books" (17 July 1996)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 379 (17 July 1996). Full title "The Changing World of Manuscripts and Rare Books: or Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be." The 1996 Sol. M. M...
Leab, Katharine Kyes - "The Farmer and the Cowboy Should Be Friends" (31 July 1995)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 372 (31 July 1995)
de Hamel, Christopher - "Cutting Up Manuscripts for Pleasure and Profit" (10 July 1995)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 363 (10 July 1995). The 1995 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Rota, Anthony - "The Changing Face of Bookselling" (3 August 1994)
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 358 (3 August 1994). The 1994 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture
Schiller, Justin G. - "Collecting Collectible Children’s Books: The First Hundred Years"
08 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lecture 338 (13 July 1993). The 1993 Sol. M. Malkin Lecture