2009-2010 Events Calendar

"The Daguerreotype Process, Its History and Preservation Challenges"
Houghton Library, Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, March 11, 2010 ~ 5:30 PM

Elena Bulat, Photograph Conservator at the Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University Library, will present a brief overview of the daguerreotype process, its history, and some preservation and conservation issues. The daguerreotype was the first commercially popular and successful form of photography. Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (1787-1851) presented his invention to the world in 1839 in Paris and immediately it spread to England and America. The photographic process was extensively practiced from the 1840s through the early 1860s. Since the daguerreotype is a direct positive photographic process, every single image is a unique and a finely detailed, optically correct visual record of the world. Many art and historical institutions have important holdings of this medium.

Wellesley College Library Centennial
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 ~ 6:00 PM

Visit to the Wellesley College Library, which is celebrating its centennial. We will see highlights from Special Collections and tour the Book Arts Lab where we will have the opportunity to print a keepsake.

Annual Meeting
June, 2010
~ Date, place, and speaker to be determined ~

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