Thursday, March 21, 2013

American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for Stephanie Wolff

I am excited to announce that Stephanie Wolff, Assistant Conservator, has been awarded a Fellowship for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers from the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. As a Deborah and Jay Last Fellow, she will undertake research at the Society concentrating on the twelve diaries of Anna Blackwood Howell (1769-1855) to explore the phenomenon of weather both in historic terms and its place in modern life. This is background research in preparation for an artist book.

This fellowship will allow Stephanie to reside on the AAS campus while she conducts her investigations. She will be away from Preservation Services March 4th through March 30th. For any inquiries normally requested of Stephanie, please contact Deborah Howe, Collections Conservator.

Please join me in congratulating Stephanie on her accomplishment!

Written by Barb Sagraves.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Personnel Announcement

I am pleased to announce that Tracey Dugdale will be joining Preservation Services on March 25 as the new Preservation Assistant. Tracey comes to us from the Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock, VT where she was Director of Youth Services. She has been active in the Vermont Library Association and currently serves as the vice president of the Youth Library Sections Committee of the Vermont Department of Libraries. Tracey is also a skilled custom wooden puzzle maker and is the owner of Lucretia’s Pieces.

Tracey will be responsible for training our student employees in both conservation treatments and shelf processing. She has a strong technical background and will be our TeCoR rep and serve as our department blog wrangler. We are excited to have her on our team.

Welcome Tracey!
Written by Barbara Sagraves.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Amos Kennedy Came to Town and Left an Impression

Amos Kennedy was on campus from January 28th to February 1st, dovetailing with the Martin Luther King, Jr. activities. His visit was sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, Friends of the Dartmouth College Library, Preservation Services, and the Dartmouth College Library Book Arts Workshop.



Amos intersected with campus events in many areas. He visited Michael Chaney's class on Dave the Potter, where he viewed student work and discussed his own work and ideas (photo above). On Tuesday night he had dinner with ten students arranged by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, and Wednesday night he was at a viewing of Proceed and Be Bold, a documentary about Amos by Laura Zinger (also available in the Jones Media Center). He was also interviewed on "Word of Mouth with Virginia Prescot on New Hampshire Public Radio (listen here).

The workshops were a drop-in style, and over the course of the workshops we estimated 200 visitors. Five posters were produced based on quotes that were submitted by members of the Dartmouth community.
Written by Deborah Howe.