2009-2010 Events
Exhibition: "Liberty & the American Revolution: Selections from the Collection of Sid Lapidus ’59"
On display in the Main Exhibition Gallery, Firestone Library
May 28, 2009 - January 3, 2010
This exhibition celebrates 50 years of collecting by Sid Lapidus, Class of 1959 as well as the 50th reunion of his class. It features 157 important books, pamphlets, and prints exemplary of the collection’s major themes: the origins of the American Revolution, the Revolution itself, the early years of the Republic, the resulting spread of democratic ideas in the Atlantic world, as well as the concomitant effort to abolish the slave trade in both Great Britain and the United States.
Exhibition: “‘The Best Old Place of All’: Treasures From the Princeton University Archives”
On display at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Feb 20, 1009 - January 29, 2010
Featured in the exhibition are documents, photographs and objects from the University Archives covering the time of the institution’s founding to the modern era.
September 20, 2009 – 2:30 pm
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library
Our first meeting of the new academic year will include a review of plans for the year and reports by members on bibliophilic activities since last year. All attendees are requested to bring a new, or old, acquistion to describe in a brief presentation to the group.
Exhibition: "Imagerie populaire: French Illustrated Broadsides for Children
in the Cotsen Children's Library"
On display in the Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library
July 10, 2009 - January 10, 2010
Exhibition Opening Lecture: “Popular Prints for Children…and Everyone Else”
October 11th 2009 at 3:00 p.m.
101 McCormick Hall
Speaker: Patricia Mainardi, Professor of Art History, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
A reception will immediately follow the lecture in the Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library
October 18 , 2009 – 2:30 pm
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
"The Stony Brook Community and Olden Family Papers." Speaker: Eileen Morales, Curator of Collections, Historical Society of Princeton. Meet at Historical Society of Princeton, Nassau Street
November 15 , 2009 – 2:30 pm
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library
"Rivers of America" Series
Speaker: Morley Melden
December
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
Annual Dinner Meeting
Details will be announced
Date: January 17, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Collectors’ Showcase Meeting: Time Period of Collections
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
Exhibition: The Author’s Portrait: “O, could he but have drawne his Wit”
Date: January 22, 2010 – July 5, 2010
Location: Main Exhibition Gallery of Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., weekends 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Summer Hours are Monday – Friday, 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., weekends 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Lecture: “The Ideal Pencil: Poetry, Portraiture, and Prejudice”
Date: January 24, 2010, 4:00 p.m.
Location: 101 McCormick Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Speaker: Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate Professor of American Art and Director of the Program in Visual Studies, University of Pennsylvania
A reception will be held in the Main Gallery of Firestone Library immediately following the lecture
http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2009/12/the_authors_portrait.html
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
Exhibition: From the Collection of Henry Wendt ’55: Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps 1472-1700
Date: February 7, 2010 – August 1, 2010
Location: Leonard L. Milberg Gallery, Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., weekends 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m. Summer Hours are Monday – Friday, 8:45 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., weekends 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Exhibition Opening Lecture: Henry Wendt, Class of 1955, on his collection and Princeton professor Eileen Reeves on “Galileo: The Starry Messenger”
Date: February 7, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Location: 101 McCormick, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
A reception will be held in the Millberg Gallery in Firestone Library immediately following the lecture
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Exhibition Tours
Date: April 18, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
This tour will be given by John Delaney,
Curator of Historic Maps
Date: May 28, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
This tour will be given by Henry Wendt, Class of 1955
February 21, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Robert Milevski will give a presentation on binder's tickets in 19th century books
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Ronald Smeltzer and Neil Ann Stuckey Levine on 19th century photographic processes
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
March 28, 2010, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Book Adoption Event
Chancellor Green
$25.00 per person, reservations are required
Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served
http://www.fpul.org/bae/
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
April 18, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
East Pyne 101, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Special guest speaker Carl Schlesinger on the history of printing The New York Times
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
May 16, 2010, 2:30 p.m.
Princeton Bibliophiles and Collectors
West Classroom, Firestone Library, One Washington Road, Princeton, NJ
Charles Hechscher will speak about and show examples from his collection of fine press books
For more information, please call 609-258-3155
Highlights of Past Years
The Friends of the Princeton University Library sponsor a variety of events and activities throughout the academic year, and many available exclusively for members. Friends receive event calendars twice a year, as well as invitations to exhibition openings, dinners, and other special events. A list of past Friends events is below.
Highlights of 2008-2009
SPECIAL EVENTS
Tour of Morven’s exhibit “Picturing Princeton 1783: The Nation’s Capital”
Symposium – “Arts of the East-Byzantine Studies in Princeton”
Annual Winter Dinner with Tavis Smiley
Library Roadshow - more information can be found at http://www.fpul.org/lrs/
EXHIBITIONS
“Honoring Secretary of State John Foster Dulles: The Centennial of His Princeton Graduation”
“The Greek Book from Papyrus to Printing”
“Sketching Their Characters: 150 Years of Political Cartoons”
"Egypt Unveiled: The Mission of Napoleon's Savants"
"Beauty & Bravado in Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection Given in Honor of Dale Roylance "
"Liberty & the American Revolution: Selections from the Collection of Sid Lapidus ’59"
LECTURES
“Greek Books and their Readers: From Antiquity to the Renaissance” given by Prof. Anthony Grafton
“Sketching Their Characters: 150 Years of Political Cartoons” given by David Greenberg
"The Truth is Our Weapon: The Rhetorical Diplomacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles" given by Chris Tudda
"All the Art that's Fit to Print (and some that wasn't): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page" given by Jerrelle Kraus
"Making Pictures for the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Artists and Publishers" given by Julie Davis
Highlights of 2007-2008
SPECIAL EVENTS
· Trip to Philadelphia and Delaware to visit the Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts Co., Winterthur, and the University of Delaware Library
·Book Adoption Party Fundraiser - Photographs and other information can be found at www.fpul.org/bae
·Annual Winter Dinner
EXHIBITIONS
·"El Taller de Gráfica Popular: The Workshop for Popular Graphic Art"
·"Capturing China, 1913 - 1929: Photographs, Films, and Letters of Diplomat John van Antwerp MacMurray"
·"Numismatics in the Renaissance"
·"Notre livre”: À toute épreuve: A Collaboration between Joan Miró and Paul Éluard"
LECTURES
·"Paul DuChaillu and the 'Discovery' of the Gorilla or The Science Behind 'King Kong'", given by Robert McCracken Peck
·"The Surrealist Artist's Book: Beyond the Page”, given by Elza Adamowiez
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
· "Writers, Editors, and Literary Magazines, 1947-2007: A Conversation in Honor of "The Hudson Review"
· "The Rebirth of Antiquity: Numismatics, Archaeology, and Classical Studies in the Culture of the Renaissance"
SMALL TALKS
·This year's speakers included David H. Orr '95, James Axtell, A. Scott Berg '71, Julian Zelizer, Sophie Gee
Highlights of 2006-2007
SPECIAL EVENTS
· Trip to New York for behind-the-scenes tour of the Morgan Library and the private library of Sid Lapidus
·Annual Winter Dinner: A Tribute to Lynne and Bob Fagles
·Cotsen Pajama Party
SYMPOSIUMS
·"Players and Painted Stage: the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Irish Theater"
·"Sharpening the Subtle Knife: Cutting New Paths Through Children's Literature"
EXHIBITIONS
·"Players and Painted Stage: the Leonard L. Milberg Collection of Irish Theater"
·"Boris Godunov"
·"To The Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880"
SMALL TALKS
·This year's speakers were D. Graham Burnett, Prof. John Fleming, and Phyllis Billington
Highlights of 2005-2006
SPECIAL EVENTS
· Trips to Philadelphia and Washington, DC for behind-the-scenes tours, and tours of private libraries
·A Book in the Works: The Arts in Book Production Lecture and Workshop Series
· Treasures of the Princeton University Library: On Display by the Curators Who Collect and Care for Them
·Annual Winter Dinner with Paul Muldoon and C.K. Williams
· Monthly Book Collectors meetings
EXHIBITIONS
· "The Lure of the Library: The Friends at 75"
·"Lessons in Roman Epigraphy: Princeton's Lateran Epitaphs"
·"O, What a Place for a Lake: The Centenial of the Construction of Loch Carnegie"
·"Framing the Frontier: Photographers and the American West, 1850-1920"
· "Wonderful Stories for Pictures: H.C. Andersen and His Illustrators"
CONFERENCES
· Hidden but not Forgotten: The Legacy of Hans Christian Andersen in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries"
·"Framing the Frontier: A Day of Lectures in Honor of Alfred L. Bush"
SMALL TALKS
·This year's speakers were Sean Wilentz, John Sacret Young '69, Robert P. George, Daniel T. Rogers, Emily Mann, Anthony T. Grafton, Steven Mackey, Donald C. Skemer.
Highlights of 2004-2005
Lecture: Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison opened the Friends’ 75 th Anniversary celebration on April 3d with a lecture entitled "Overdue: A Writer's Debt; a Reader's Interest," followed by a dinner at Prospect House.
Exhibition and gallery talk : "Derso & Kelen: cartoons & caricatures"
Film: "The Lost Generation," introduced by Professor Maria DiBattista (Fast-Talking Dames)
A lecture by Professor Simon Morrison about his team's recreation of Serge Prokofiev's 1925 ballet, Le Pas D’Acier, staged at the Roger S. Berlind Theater at Princeton University.
Exhibition and gallery talk: “Portraits Of The Lost Generation"
Small talks:
- Susan Naquin, "In Search of Old Peking."
- David Maraniss, “Reflections On Vietnam And Its Lessons For Iraq."
- Landon Y. Jones, Jr., "William Clark And The Shaping Of The West."
Highlights of 2003-2004
SPECIAL EVENTS
· Trips to Philadelphia and Baltimore for behind-the-scenes tours, and tours of private libraries
· Tour of literary landmarks of Princeton
· Private Tour of the Scheide Library conducted by William H. Scheide '36 and his librarian, Paul Needham
· One day Scheide Bible Exhibition
· Annual Winter Dinner Robert Caro on Lyndon Johnson (2002) and Harold Shapiro on libraries and collecting (2003), and Frank Deford on the sports industry (2004)
· Monthly Book Collectors meetings
WORKSHOPS
· "Preserving Works on Paper"
·"Collecting" and "Preserving Family Heirlooms" (with the Historical Society of Princeton)
SPECIAL LECTURES
· Anthony T. Grafton, Edward H. Tenner, and James Axtell on Woodrow Wilson
· Barbara Baden on 20th Century Children's Books
· Colin Powell and John Lewis Gaddis on George Kennan
· Nell Irvin Painter, Jean and Robert Hollander, Samuel Hynes
· Illustrated lecture on aviation with past president of the Tuskegee Airmen’s Assn.
COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY EVENTS
· Middle Earth Theater at Communiversity
· Chinese Bookbinding Workshop
· Visiting authors and storytellers
· Young Curators program and Cotsen Players theater productions
· Conference: “Under Fire: Childhood in the Shadow of War”
EXHIBITION OPENINGS AND TOURS
·“Brave New World: 20th Century Children's Books from the Cotsen Children's Library.”
·“Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency.”
·“The Life and Times of George F. Kennan: A Centennial Exhibition.”
·“Jonathan Edwards: The Life of a Master Preacher.”
·“The Romance of Flight”
·“Of Maps and Men: In Pursuit of a Northwest Passage”
·“The Bible in English: Before and After the Hampton Court Conference, 1604”
