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Sep 02 2021

2021 William Anthony Conservation Lecture by Peter D. Verheyen on Sept. 30 at 6pm

Posted on September 2, 2021September 7, 2021 by Candida Pagan

The UI Main Libraries Conservation and Collections Care Department presents the 2021 William Anthony Conservation Lecture

Peter D. Verheyen

Down the Rabbit Hole: Embracing experience and serendipity in a life of research, binding practice, and publishing

September 30, 6 pm CST
Virtual, free and all are welcome

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Peter at the workbench

The William Anthony Conservation Lecture Series, hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries Conservation Lab, invites Book and Paper Conservators and Bookbinders to share their experience and work with the UI book arts community and beyond. Funded by a generous gift that established the William Anthony Endowment in 1989, it honors our first Library Conservator and the first bookbinding instructor at University of Iowa Center for the Book.

Peter D. Verheyen started down his path as a work-study student in the conservation lab at the Johns Hopkins University’s library, followed by a museum internship and formal apprenticeship in Germany and Switzerland. Returning to the U.S., he worked as a conservator in private practice and academic libraries, also working as a librarian. His research interests focus on the German tradition in bookbinding. He is the translator of Ernst Collin’s Der Pressbengel and completed a bilingual history and bibliography of The Collins: W. Collin, Court Bookbinders & Ernst Collin, the Author of the Pressbengel. Research is shared via his Pressbengel Project blog and in other publications. He founded the Book_Arts-L listserv in 1994 and the Bonefolder e-journal in 2004.

In this talk, Peter D. Verheyen will discuss how he came to discover bookbinding and conservation, and how the relationships he formed and his experiences would intersect to become ongoing and ever-morphing research interests. His bio-/bibliographic work around Ernst Collin and his Pressbengel, his experiments using fish skin in bookbinding, and his investigations into the German binding tradition will illustrate this synergy. This lecture will form an introduction to his specialized workshop for students at the UICB on the history and construction of the German case binding.

In conjunction with the lecture, Verheyen will offer a workshop “The Bradel Binding and its Illustrious History” for UI Conservation Staff and UI Center for the Book Students with funds provided by the Nadia Sophie Seiler Fund.

Learn more about the William Anthony Conservation Lecture series

Posted in Book & paper conservation, Community, outreach, education, and events, William Anthony Conservation Lecture
students looking at books
Oct 12 2018

Deborah Howe visits as part of the William Anthony Endowment

Posted on October 12, 2018September 3, 2021 by Frances Owens

Last week the University of Iowa Library’s Preservation and Conservation Department were please to host Dartmouth College’s Collections Conservator Deborah Howe as part of the William Anthony Endowment lecture series. On Thursday, October 4th Howe gave a lecture at the Main Library titled Old Books, New Books, and In Between Books: a Brief Look at a Path in Bookbinding and Conservation. The William Anthony Conservation Lecture Series has grown out of an original gift from Julie Scott and Jim Fluck, both University of Iowa colleagues and friends. In 2001, their generous gift established the William Anthony Endowment, which honors our first conservator here at the libraries. He was also the first bookbinding instructor at University of Iowa Center for the Book. The fund has allowed for various conservation treatments of rare materials, conservation equipment and now, supports this lecture, which we hope will continue for many years to come. The William Anthony Conservation Lecture Series, hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries Conservation Lab, invites Book and Paper Conservators and Bookbinders to share their experience and work with the UI book arts community and beyond. More about information about the endowment and William Anthony can be found here.

students looking at books
Students looking at materials as part of the William Anthony Lecture series with Deborah Howe.

In addition to Thursday’s lecture Deborah held an informal workshop in the Conservation Lab with students to demonstrate the French-style endband. It’s always great to see other techniques and methods for sewing endbands and this is one of Deborah’s specialties.

demonstration
Deborah Howe demonstrating for students in the Conservation Lab.

For more information on Deborah from Dartmouth College.

Posted in Book & paper conservation, Grants, outside funding, Materials, equipment and procedures, Object conservation, William Anthony Conservation Lecture

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