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Since 1972, the Book Arts Press and Rare Book School have offered more than 600 public lectures on a wide variety of bibliographical topics.

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Pickering, Samuel F., Jr. - "The Making of Little King Pippin" (11 July 1984)

Lecture 152 (11 July 1984). Full title "The Making of Little King Pippin: John Locke and Education and Children’s Books"

Oct 30, 2015•50 min

Claassen, Lynda Corey - "Hoeing Out the Augean Stables" (23 April 1984)

Lecture 148 (23 April 1984). Full title "Hoeing Out the Augean Stables: Special Collections at the University of California, San Diego"

Oct 30, 2015•52 min

Schreiber, Fred - "Dealing with the Estiennes" (2 April 1984)

Lecture 145 (2 April 1984)

Oct 30, 2015•47 min

Hardison, O.B. - "‘Put Money in thy Purse': The Care and Feeding of the Folger Shakespeare Library"

Lecture 138 (5 December 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•53 min

Willison, Ian - "The English-Speaking World as a Field of Study: Bibliographical Aspects"

Lecture 137 (28 November 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 21 min

Bryant, Douglas W. - "The American Trust for the British Library: Henry Stevens Revisited"

Lecture 136 (14 November 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•32 min

Leab, Katharine Kyes - "Down the Rabbit Hole with BAMBAM" (27 July 1983)

Lecture 130 (27 July 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•30 min

Bryan, Mina - "Collectors and Research Libraries—In Defense of ‘Amateurs’" (16 June 1983)

Lecture 123 (16 June 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•35 min

Wilson, Alexander - "The Crisis in Rare Book Library Management" (5 April 1983)

Lecture 120 (5 April 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•31 min

Crump, Michael - "The ESTC: Past and Future" (4 April 1983)

Lecture 119 (4 April 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•54 min

Cave, Roderick - "Recent Developments in Rare Book Librarianship" (28 February 1983)

Lecture 114 (28 February 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•59 min

Todd, William B. - "Recent Research on the Gutenberg Bible" (31 January 1983)

Lecture 112 (31 January 1983)

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 26 min

Corey, D. Steven - "Life with Father" (3 January 1983)

Lecture 111 (3 January 1983). Full title "Life with Father: Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of San Francisco"

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 12 min

Gwyn, Ann - "Rare Books and Special Collections at Johns Hopkins" (29 November 1982)

Lecture 110 (29 November 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•42 min

McCorison, Marcus A. - "The American Antiquarian Society" (10 November 1982)

Lecture 106 (10 November 1982). Full title "The American Antiquarian Society: Independent Research Libraries, Present and Future"

Oct 30, 2015•30 min

Monihan, William J. - "Acquiring Gifts for Rare Book Libraries" (18 October 1982)

Lecture 104 (18 October 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•44 min

Harvey, Michael - "Eric Gill and the Culture of Letters" (7 October 1982)

Lecture 101 (7 October 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•49 min

Potter, Jeremy - "New Recipes for Old Stock: The Problem of Old Books in New Universities"

Lecture 100 (30 September 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 19 min

Willison, Ian - "The History of the Book as a Field of Study" (7 September 1982)

Lecture 97 (7 September 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr 17 min

Krummel, D.W. - "Music Collectors and Bibliographical Scholarship" (29 April 1982)

Lecture 95 (29 April 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•42 min

Currie, Kit - "Life As An Antiquarian Bookseller" (5 April 1982)

Lecture 92 (5 April 1982)

Oct 30, 2015•34 min

Silver, Rollo - "Hand, Horse, Water, Steam: The Power of the Press" (16 November 1981)

Lecture 84 (16 November 1981)

Oct 30, 2015•45 min

Fulford, R.J. - "The Founding and Development of the British Library, 1973 to the Present"

Lecture 79 (27 April 1981)

Oct 30, 2015•58 min

Gottlieb, Gerald - "The Whole Picture" (7 April 1981)

Lecture 76 (7 April 1981). Full title "The Whole Picture: The Role of the Rare Book Library and Museum in Collecting Early Children’s Books"

Oct 30, 2015•33 min

Feather, John - "The Future of the Past: Why Rare Books Matter" (24 March 1981)

Lecture 74 (24 March 1981)

Oct 30, 2015•57 min

Davison, Peter - "On Editing Bibliographical Publications" (11 September 1980)

Lecture 66 (11 September 1980)

Oct 30, 2015•1 hr

Horton, Carolyn - "Academic and Research Libraries and Book Conservators" (16 April 1980)

Lecture 62 (16 April 1980)

Oct 30, 2015•40 min

Werner, Sarah - "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps"

Lecture 591 (29 July 2015). Full title "How to Destroy Special Collections with Social Media in 3 Easy Steps: A Guide for Researchers and Librarians"

Sep 09, 2015•32 min

Simpson, Marianna Shreve - "Who’s Hiding Here?" (24 July 2015)

Lecture 589 (24 July 2015). Full title "Who’s Hiding Here? Artists and their Signatures in Persian Manuscripts of the Early Modern Period"

Sep 09, 2015•1 hr 5 min

Singerman, Jerome E. - "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads" (22 July 2015)

Lecture 587 (22 July 2015). Full title "Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads: or, How Do We Move Forward Without Getting Run Over?" The 2015 Sol. M. and Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Lecture

Sep 09, 2015•1 hr 13 min

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