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Curator: Barbara Adams Hebard, Conservator, John J. Burns Library

Originally displayed: Burns Library, October 2014 - January 2015

Curator’s Thank You

I could not have created this exhibit without the help of many to whom I am most grateful.

At Boston College:

• Thomas Wall, University Librarian, and Christian Dupont, Burns Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, strongly support exhibitions of John J. Burns Library rare books and archival materials.
• Anna Whitham ’15, James Heffernan ’15, and Imari Wilson ’17, Burns Library conservation assistants, helped with the exhibit supports, layout, set-up, and checklist.
• Justine Sundaram, Reference Librarian, edited my exhibit article for the Burns Library Blog.
• Amy Braitsch, Head Archivist, provided images from the Heights digital collection.
• Gary Gilbert, Director, Photography, Office of Marketing Communication, took wonderful pictures of the books.
• Michael Burns, Special Assistant in Archives & Manuscripts, Burns Library, edited my label and checklist text.
• Chris Houston-Ponchak, Web Design & Communications Specialist, created the beautiful exhibit posters.
• Riche Kelly and John Walsh, Burns Library security guards, kept an “eagle eye” on the exhibit cases during the installation of the exhibit.

Beyond Boston College:

• Brenna Campbell, Assistant Conservator, University of Iowa Libraries, forwarded images of historic book models created by Mark Esser.
• Miguel Gomez-Ibanez, President of the North Bennet Street School, provided images of the school and the first Bookbinding class.
• Sally Pierce, former Print Department Curator, The Boston Athenaeum, provided a copy of an image of Pauline Agassiz Shaw.
• Paul Parisi, President, HF Group-Acmebinding; Cindy Haller, Guild of Book Workers; Doris Freitag, former Book Conservator, Andover-Harvard Divinity Library; provided copies of NBSS Bookbinding Program advisor images.
• Scott Guthery, Ticknor Society, and Todd Pattison, New England Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, arranged for their organizations to visit the exhibition.
• Christopher Hebard, my loving and patient husband, listened with sympathy as I reported exhibition challenges.

Thank you, Barbara Adams Hebard, Conservator