Annual Report 2016–2017 RARE BOOK SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1 From the Executive Director 2 At a Glance 4 Courses 15 Collections Initiatives 16 ABAA-RBS Seminar Series 18 Lectures 21 Fellowship Activities 25 Gifts to Teaching Collections 28 Financials 31 The Friends of RBS 34 Upcoming Courses 36 Board & Staff 2 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Several years ago, I scheduled a research visit to a library in Germany during my summer vacation. On my first day, one of the librarians came to my desk to ask: Was I the director of the famous Rare Book School at UVA? Having found her quarry, she told me with great ardor that, more than a decade ago, she had made the long trip to Virginia to take a course. As a result, she was given new responsibilities at the library. Applying what she’d learned, she had received a promotion and the library was doing better work. She loved her new job, and has been working at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ever since. Now, finally, she could offer her thanks in person. “The School,” she said, “it is important.” It is a privilege to share with you this report documenting many of Rare Book School’s activities and achievements over our past fiscal year. Even as our labors are resolutely in the day-to-day pursuit of educational excellence, our vision is by no Michael F. Suarez, S.J. means limited to the more immediate impact that our courses will have in the lives of our students. Our efforts are also driven by the long-term good that comes from teaching those who come to RBS how they might best care for and interpret the historical record. Our School is an unparalleled, international community of learning, a passionate comity of archivists and librarians, teachers and scholars, booksellers and collectors. At Rare Book School, we are re-animating humanities education, breathing new life into old scholarly pursuits, and inculcating wonder in our students. We are fostering future leaders in libraries and archives, promoting access and diversity across the bookish professions, and preparing the next wave of collectors for their long-term contribution to the public good. The fate of our textual treasures in the decades to come depends on those who will safeguard and explain the riches of our written inheritance. The generous donors whose names grace these colorful pages are doing more than sustaining the work of our School; they are helping to preserve and illuminate the record of humanity’s endless striving to know more about ourselves and our world. Sincerely, Michael F. Suarez, S.J. Executive Director 1 RBS AT A GLANCE October 2016 – September 2017 520 students attended RBS courses, drawn from a pool of 821 applications. Countries Represented 41 13 countries, states, Washington, DC, Brazil and Puerto Rico were home to Rare Canada Book School students. Finland Germany Ireland 23% of RBS students received a scholarship or fellowship. Israel Italy Singapore 1 715 Spain , items were cataloged into Silva, the RBS collections database. Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States 4,614 items from RBS’s teaching collections were used by RBS classes. items from UVA Special Collections 653 were used by RBS classes during 51 visits. 2 45 RBS courses were offered, with 28 held at UVA and 17 at nine satellite locations. Satellite Course Locations 20 RBS students received Certificates of Proficiency for taking Lilly Library, Indiana University Bloomington a sequence of 5 courses. Bloomington, IN Houghton Library, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 51% of students in 2017 had attended Anne T. and Robert M. Bass at least one prior RBS course. Library, Yale University New Haven, CT Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University New Haven, CT 715 donors gave gifts totaling $5.6 Grolier Club million in support of RBS. New York, NY New York Public Library New York, NY Kislak Center for Special 27% of donors increased their support Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, of RBS programming over last year. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Library of Congress Washington, DC 14,040 downloads of RBS lecture podcasts. Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, DC 3 RARE BOOK SCHOOL COURSES October 2016 – August 2017 16–21 October 16–21 October L-105 Alana Mikaela Taylor Grolier Club New York Public Library Preservation Imaging: Pierce Williams New York, NY New York, NY Science, Scholarship, Elizabeth Williams-Clymer C-30 L-10 and the Artifact I-20 Developing Collections: Special Collections Fenella France Book Illustration Donors, Libraries & Librarianship Amalia Castaneda* Processes to 1900 Booksellers Michael Inman Donna Collins Terry Belanger Tom Congalton Christopher Brown Anne Dobberteen Kirsten Belgum Johan Kugelberg Christopher Caldwell Sarah Mackowski Vance Byrd Katherine Reagan Celeste Cass Jessica Rogers Margaret Gamm Kelly Brown Susan Chakmakian* Linda Salem Jennifer Garland Jason Dean Alison Harding-Hlady Rachael King* Jennifer Hamilton Stephanie Knott 16–21 October Andrea Knowlton James Knight Katie Lattal Folger Shakespeare Library Andrew Orlans Katherine Owens Gideon Manning Washington, DC Anne Ribble Heather Pisani Edwina Murphy Stephanie Stillo L-35 Stewart Plein Jason Nargis Laura Stroffolino India Spartz Natalia Sciarini Advanced Rare Book Endrina Tay Daria Wingreen-Mason Stephen Sinon Cataloging Workshop David Wiggins Matthew Wittman Deborah J. Leslie H-40 16–21 October John Heins 8–13 January The Printed Book Library of Congress Estelle Markel-Joyet Harvard University in the West since 1800 Washington, DC Honor Moody Cambridge, MA Eric Holzenberg H-110 Kate Moriarty H-115 The Art & Science of Randy Smith Book Production and Vance Byrd Keith Erekson Cartography, 200–1550 Social Practice in Kate Haase John W. Hessler 13–18 November Early Modern Europe Nicolae Harsanyi University of Virginia and America Keith Budner* Charlottesville, VA Richard Kahn Jennifer Golightly Ann Blair Valerie Krall George Gore G-20 David D. Hall Jesse Marsolais* Kara Grimaldi Printed Books to 1800: Mathieu Bouchard Diana Moronta Ethan Henderson Description & Analysis David Fernandez Oliver Schowalter-Hay Alexandra Kordoski Carter David Whitesell Mary Gilbert Michelle Sellars* Andrea Krupp Meghan Carafano Zachary Hines* Jennifer Sheehan Maggie Long Stephanie Childress Jocelyn Karlan Annie Morony Bryce Healy Nicholas Lamb Lauren Williams Justin Humphreys Megan McNiff Robin Jensen Alison Newman Amber Kohl Kate Ozment Kristen McDonald Michael Read Aileen McNamara Ronald Reha Julie Park Ruth-Ellen St. Onge Ryan Tobler 1 1 Virtual reality activity in Born-Digital Materials in Special Collections: Emily Bowden 2 2 Amira Hegazy assists with a printing demonstration for The Printed Book in the West to 1800 3 The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West: Lewis Day 3 4 New Faculty Members H-15 Scott E. Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jeffrey D. Groves, R. Michael Shanahan Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Literature, Harvey Mudd College H-20 Raymond Clemens, Curator for Early Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University H-125 David Scott Kastan, George M. Bodman Professor of English, Yale University I-45 Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford L-110 Gabriela Redwine, Digital Archivist, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University See rarebookschool.org/faculty for profiles of all RBS faculty members. 12 1 The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West: Ashley Boulden 2 The Printed Book in the West to 1800: Martin Antonetti 3 3 The History of European & American Papermaking: Theresa Smith and Julie Biggs 4 4 Advanced Seminar in Critical Bibliography: Joshua Smith and Paul Dilley 14–19 May H-30 L-50 Daniel Robinson Lilly Library The Printed Book in Special Collections Leigh Schlecht Bloomington, IN the West to 1800 Leadership Seminar Natalie Thompson* L-25 Martin Antonetti Naomi Nelson Maximiliaan van Woudenberg Reference Sources for Tristan Dahn Megan Barnard H-10 Researching Rare Books Nancy Freudenthal Elizabeth Call The History of the Book, Joel Silver Kate Goldkamp Jillian Cuellar 200–2000 Esther Cannon* Benjamin Gross Moira Fitzgerald John Buchtel John Carson Barbara Hatcher Miriam Intrator Mark Dimunation Nick Ervin Angie Hogan Michelle McCarthy-Behler Kathryn Brooks* Meredith Gozo Erica Johnson Michelle McCoy David Christie Edward Hill Kathy Jones Jennifer Osorio Rachel Dugan* Yoshi Hill Carolina Meneses Kristin Rodgers Alison Fraser* John Leger Scott Overall Heather Wolfe Kara Grimaldi Aaron Leis Mary Raschko Laureen Harder-Gissing Rafael Linares Blasini I-10 11–16 June Eric Loy* Louis Meiselman The History of Printed University of Virginia Alessandra Mantegazza Simone Munson Book Illustration in Charlottesville, VA Javier Milligan* Courtney Oliver the West G-20 John Monahan Erin C. Blake Printed Books to 1800: Ellen Rubin 4–9 June Andrew Wang* Ashley Boulden* Description & Analysis University of Virginia David Whitesell Charlottesville, VA Anne Callahan* H-60 Michael Cook Anne Garner The History of European G-50 Lewis Day Mary Gilbert* & American Papermaking Advanced Descriptive Anne Dobberteen Daniel Johnson Timothy D. Barrett Bibliography Ian Dooley John Kuenzig John Bidwell Richard Noble Kristi Eastin Sarah McLusky Joel Anderson* Alexander Ames Jeffrey Hill María Verónica Julie Biggs Meghan Constantinou Elizabeth Hobart Muñoz-Nájar Luque* Rosemary Davis Claire Eager* Betsy Morgan Laura Oxley Sharon Defibaugh Devin Fitzgerald*