Annual Report 2018–2019
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Annual Report 2018–2019 RARE BOOK SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1 From the Executive Director 2 At a Glance 4 Courses 14 Collections and Exhibitions 16 RBS Seminar 18 RBS Grants & Gifts 20 RBS Lectures 22 Fellowship Activities 26 Gifts to Teaching Collections 30 Financials 32 The Friends of RBS 36 Board & Staff 2 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR sked what he thought was the most humanistic of all the humanities, Athe poet W. H. Auden replied “Philology,” the study of the historical development and structure of language. “You see,” said Auden, “every word, when studied closely enough, becomes a little lyric about itself.” Auden’s answer is elegant, even poetic, but in my view the most humanistic of the humanities is not philology, but bibliography: the study of textual artifacts, whether inscriptions, manuscripts, printed pages, or even digital materials. The aim of bibliography is to recognize and recover the human presences in every recorded text. In A. S. Byatt’s novel Possession, one of the protagonists recalls the moment that led him toward a life spent in libraries and archives: “when my father first handed me the handwritten pages [of a Victorian autograph letter], I felt…that the dead man had touched me from the past.” This encounter—in which the young man touches a textual artifact and, in turn, is touched by the historical, human presences it comprehends—is powerfully transformative. Students at Rare Book School learn to read historical texts with new eyes and a new sensibility—what the poet George Herbert called “quick-eyed love”— Michael F. Suarez, S.J. to see how the material choices and labor of individuals help to make transmissible meanings that we ourselves can recognize and attend to across the ocean of time. Our students thus become more powerful communicators, more professional stewards, and more passionate advocates for the central importance of archives & libraries and the record of human aspiration and achievement that they contain. Our annual report colorfully showcases another outstanding year at Rare Book School. Thanks to the generosity of our friends, the skillful teaching of our world-class faculty, the dedication of our students, and the great labors of the RBS staff, we continue to grow as an international center of excellence in bibliographical and book-historical education. Without manuscripts and books, there is no history, and little concept of humanity. The history of the human spirit lives in libraries and archives around the globe. The safeguarding of that history through unparalleled education is the great mission of our School. Sincerely, Michael F. Suarez, S.J. Executive Director 1 12 AT A GLANCE countries, 40 states, October 2018 – September 2019 Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico were home to Rare Book School students. 500 16 students attended field trips RBS courses, drawn from to libraries, museums, and a pool of 784 applications. other institutions dedicated to the material book. 4,169 items from RBS’s teaching collections were used by RBS classes. 1,997 633 items were cataloged items from into the UVA Special Collections 2RBS collections. were used by RBS classes during 55 visits. 43 118 RBS courses were offered, RBS students recieved a with 27 held at UVA scholarship. and 16 at 10 partner locations. 990 bagels consumed during RBS's summer session in Charlottesville. 145 24,285 historic lecture posters downloads of moved in advance of RBS lecture podcasts. RBS's Alderman Library space renovation. 52% of donors increased their support of RBS programming over last year. 3 RARE BOOK SCHOOL COURSES October 2018 – September 2019 28 October–2 November 2–7 December L-105 6–11 January The Morgan Library & Museum Library of Congress Preservation Imaging: University of Virginia New York, NY Washington, DC Science, Scholarship, Charlottesville, VA and the Artifact M-55 | NEW H-110 C-30 The Book of Hours, The Art & Science of Fenella France Developing Collections: 1250–1550 Cartography, 200–1550 Justin Bridges Donors, Libraries & Roger S. Wieck John Hessler Ephranette Brown* Booksellers Brieanna Chillious* Kathryn Brunet Claire Beimesch Tom Congalton Kathy Griffin Sandra Carpenter Linde Brocato Johan Kugelberg Ryan Lieu Michael Carter Julie Christenson Katherine Reagan Veronica Mercado* Jillian Ewalt Alyson Coward Colleen Bergquist Miriam Nelson Kathryn Funderburg Sharon Metzger-Galloway Leyla Cabugos Karen O’Connell Lucy Marks John Pollack Jean Cannon Holly Prochaska Joanna Murdoch Dianne Powell Courtney Christy Adrianna Smith Ellen Rentz Alice Schreyer Rosemary Davis Rosalind Seidel Laura Viaut Emilie Hardman Laura Viaut Sarah Hesler Edward Hill Catherine Robertson Jasmine Smith 4 Spencer Stuart* G-40 | NEW 2–7 June Colleen Theisen Physical Bibliography University of Virginia Erin Torell for Book Conservators Charlottesville, VA Kellee Warren David Whitesell H-30 The Printed Book C-90 Nicole Alvarado* 1 2 4 Provenance: Tracing Yan Ling Choi* in the West to 1800 3 Owners & Collections Clara Huisman* Martin Antonetti Bailey Kinsky* David Pearson Keith Bossert Karissa Muratore* Whitney Buccicone Su Kim Chung 1 Shaoyi Qian* The History of Printed Book Sharon Byrd Ben Cranefield Illustration in the West: Ashley Oa Sjoblom* Robert Chevalier Gillian Dunks Morris Catherine Stephens* Laura Kitchings Brenda Gunn 2 The History of 19th- & 20th- Victoria Wong* Allison Law Nora James Century Typography & Printing: Jennifer Meyer Amy Jordan Katherine McCanless Ruffin Liz Ott Kevin Kosik 3 The Printed Book in the West to Jackie Parascandola Kimberly Norman 1800: Martin Antonetti and Keith Bossert Aaron Rutt James Periconi Jennifer Steenshorne Christopher Scott 4 The History of Printed Book Richard Wise Illustration in the West: Ruth-Ellen St. Onge Winston Barham Juliette Wells 5 H-60 I-20 Stephen Goeman The History of European Book Illustration Jessica Gordon-Burroughs* & American Papermaking Processes to 1900 Maria H. Carrion* Timothy D. Barrett Terry Belanger Sarah Lerner John Bidwell Tracy Bonfitto Karalyn Mark* 1 2 3 Cathleen Baker Claudia Covert Rachel Menyuk 4 Josef Beery Nicolas Curotto Fallon Murphy* McKey Berkman William Fleming* Andy Nettell Greta Browning Noah Goldrach* Nicole Royal 1 The History of European & Xiaoping Cai Barbara Hatcher Dale Stinchcomb American Papermaking: Chris Caldwell Alex Hidalgo* L-30 Timothy D. Barrett Jacklyn Chi Sandra Hoekstra Rare Book Cataloging 2 Book Illustration Processes to Molly Dohrmann Linda Isaac Deborah J. Leslie 1900: Anne Peale Sue Donovan Jason Nargis 3 Book Illustration Processes to Lindsay Borman* Mary Hanes Anne Peale 1900: Amira Hegazy Christopher Dieckman Frances Osugi Jackie Streker 4 The Bible and Histories of Eileen Horansky Becca Quon Laurelle Swan Reading: Emma Dove and Angela Jones Beth Schweiger Kevin Chovanec I-35 Jesse Lambertson Michael VanHoose* The Identification Rachel Makarowski Jocmarys Viruet Feliciano of Photographic Shannon McCluney Tony White Print Processes Javier Milligan Al Carver-Kubik Amy Runyon Meghan Angelos* June Rutkowski Sharon Cumberland Sarah Stanhope* José Vila 6 11 Partner Institutions University of Virginia . Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University Folger Shakespeare Library Free Library of Philadelphia Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Library of Congress Lilly Library, Indiana University The Morgan Library & Museum The Grolier Club Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2–7 June M-85 Free Library of Philadelphia Introduction to Philadelphia, PA 2 Islamic Manuscripts New Faculty Members L-115 | NEW Marianna Shreve Simpson Community Archives and Catherine Albers* Digital Cultural Memory Heather Hughes H-160 Bethany Nowviskie Heeva Kadivar* Beth McKillop Beppy Owen Leah Dilworth Senior Research Fellow Pranav Prakash* Hoan-Vu Do* Victoria & Albert Museum Mollie Godfrey Megan Robb* Michael Gossett Anais Salamon I-85 Kendra Greendeer* Seher Shah Julie Nelson Davis Eric Hung Kyra Triebold Professor of the History of Art Alina Josan Karen Winslow University of Pennsylvania Andrea Lemoins Yi Lu* Chido Muchemwa* For profiles of all RBS faculty members, see Yik Wan Karen Ng* rarebookschool.org/faculty Sony Prosper Alex Wermer-Colan Jasmine Woodson 7 2–7 June G-20 University of Pennsylvania Printed Books to 1800: Philadelphia, PA Description & Analysis H-25 David Whitesell students attended RBS Fifteenth-Century Books Tyler Cunningham 500 in Print & Manuscript Mary Jo Fairchild courses, drawn from a pool of Paul Needham Rebecca Flore 784 applications. Will Noel Emily Floyd* Rhiannon Bell Anna Grau* Jennifer Evers Natilee Harren* Regine Heberlein Lydia Herring Julie Kemper Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa* Louis Meiselman Margaret Joyce* Arvid Nelsen Joshua Lascell Chelsea Silva* David Medina Casey Smedberg Kailani Polzak* Lora Walsh G-45 Lenora Wannier Analytical Bibliography I-85 | NEW Stephen Tabor Japanese Prints and Sara Belasco Illustrated Books in Context Julia Bolger Julie Nelson Davis Mathieu Bouchard Jane Carpenter Jennifer Daugherty Fiona Collins Brenna Greer* Autumn Diaz* Emiko Hastings Martha Fleischman Jo Maddocks* Katie Garth Megan Pearson countries + 40 states + Cynthia Gibson Megan Robb 12 Washington, DC + Puerto Rico Megumi Hill Deborah Schlein Christopher Scott were home to RBS students. H. Tiffany Lee Maria Lin Maria Shmygol* Michael McCarty G-55 Kate Ozment* Scholarly Editing: Linda Salem Principles & Practice Erin Schoneveld David Vander Meulen Meredith Self* Rachel Bartgis