Posts Tagged ‘private library’
Dr. Jessica Linker on her Ticknor Prize-winning Collection
May 9th, 2023, 6-7:30 pm, Zoom Professor Jessica Linker, winner of the 2022 Ticknor Collecting Prize, presented a talk on her research collection of books and other materials related to the life and work of Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870). View her winning entry, “Emma Hart Willard: A Life in Print,” here, and Ticknor members can sign into…
Read MoreCollector’s Corner, with Tim Weiskel
March 21, 2023, 6pm, Zoom On Tuesday, March 21, several dozen Ticknorites and others joined Tim Weiskel, via Zoom, for a fascinating talk on accessing digital maps and other media, particularly on the subjects of Africa and global history as it relates to Africa. Tim’s personal and teaching collection is deep and broad, and we…
Read MoreVisit to the Lewis Carroll collection of Alan & Alison Tannenbaum
September 24, 2022, 2 pm, Tannenbaum home On Saturday, September 24th, Ticknorites visited the home of Alan and Alison Tannenbaum to learn about their incredible Lewis Carroll collection. Alan delivered a presentation on the history of the four Alice books, showing related items from his collection along the way, and all the while, we were surrounded by…
Read MoreLibrary Tour with Erika Hapke Knowles
May 3, 2022, 6 pm, Zoom Erika Hapke Knowles took Ticknorites on a virtual tour of her 2021 Ticknor Prize-winning collection of books and ephemera related to her hometown of New Milford, CT. The collection is deeply personal, originating from a reference to her grandfather she encountered by chance in a history of the town,…
Read MoreField Trip to the Beinecke Library and the Elizabethan Club
November 13, 2004, Yale University, New Haven, CT Members of The Ticknor Society enjoyed a day-long visit to New Haven, beginning at the Yale Center for British Art, where a William Morris exhibition was on display. After viewing the exhibition, the group headed to the Beinecke Library for a tour, punctuated by a complimentary catered…
Read MoreA Passion for Paper: The Decorated Paper Collections of Michele Cloonan and Sidney Berger
February 4, 2004, Cloonan/Berger Home Members Michele Cloonan and Sidney Berger hosted Ticknor Society members and friends for a visit to their home in Newton to see their remarkable collection of decorated papers, both historical and modern. A special highlight of the evening was the opportunity to print a keepsake on one of their Har-Ma…
Read MoreThe Meaning of Everything: An Evening with Simon Winchester
April 15, 2003, Boston Public Library The popular and highly regarded author of “The Professor and the Madman,” “The Map That Changed the World,” “Krakatoa,” and “The Meaning of Everything: the Story of the Oxford English Dictionary,” took us on a tour of his books, how places he has been have influenced his work, and…
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