The Ticknor Society Collectors' Roundtable: Collector-Built Collections in Libraries

Sponsor: The Ticknor Society

Part of: ABAA Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

 The Ticknor Society Collectors' Roundtable: Collector-Built Collections in Libraries
This year’s Collectors’ Roundtable will highlight three distinctive collections, created by passionate and engaged collectors, that are in libraries today, where they are fully accessible to researchers, students, and the curious reader. Each of our three speakers worked closely with the collector/donor, or their family in one instance, to bring their collections to these libraries, and they will talk about how the collections were acquired and how they are being used. We will also see some highlights from the collections. 


Moderator: 

• Beth Carroll-Horrocks | Retired Special Collections Curator, State Library of Massachusetts

Speakers: 

• Christian Dupont, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Burns Librarian, Boston College, will talk about the Anthony Mourek Collection of Irish Political Cartoons, History, and Culture.
• Leslie Morris is Gore Vidal Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts in Harvard’s Houghton Library. The subject of her presentation will be “The Ludlow-Santo Domingo (LSD) Library: Sex and Drugs at Harvard.
• John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books and Head of Special Collections at the Boston Athenaeum, will discuss the Weston Naef Collection of Counterculture Artists Books at the Boston Athenaeum.