Collecting Book and Paper History: An American Tradition

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday March 5, 2015 - Friday March 6, 2015
      5:00 pm - 6:59 pm
  • Location: Kress Auditorium, Paper Tricentennial Building, 500 10th ST. NW, Atlanta, GA
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  • Fee(s):
    Free Admission
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Contact

Teri Williams
Museum Director
404-894-7840
teri.williams@rbi.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Dr. Paul F. Gehl of the Newberry Library in Chicago will present Collecting Book and Paper History: An American Tradition, a lecture and analysis of the exhibit A Gathering of Continents, a new exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.

Full Summary: Dr. Paul F. Gehl of the Newberry Library in Chicago will present Collecting Book and Paper History: An American Tradition, a lecture and analysis of the exhibit A Gathering of Continents, a new exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.

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Dr. Paul F. Gehl of the Newberry Library in Chicago will present Collecting Book and Paper History: An American Tradition, a lecture and analysis of the exhibit A Gathering of Continents, a new exhibit at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.

Dr. Gehl serves as the George Amos Poole III Curator of Rare Books, and Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing at the Newberry Library. 

The lecture is free and open to the public.  Free and ample parking is available. A brief reception will precede Dr. Gehl's lecture.

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Tech Arts

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
atlas, books, Gehl, lecture, Library, papermaking
Status
  • Created By: Beth Godfrey
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Mar 4, 2015 - 7:27am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:19pm