{"id":4169,"date":"2014-11-11T16:13:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/preservation\/?p=4169"},"modified":"2014-11-11T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T22:13:53","slug":"30th-anniversary-benefit-auction-the-anthony-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/conservation\/2014\/11\/11\/30th-anniversary-benefit-auction-the-anthony-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"30th Anniversary Benefit Auction: The Anthony Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proceeds from the Conservation Lab’s 30th Anniversary Auction will benefit the William Anthony Conservation Fund. To find out more about the auction, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biography of William Anthony<\/h3>\n

William (Bill) Anthony was born November 9, 1926, in Waterford, Ireland, and began his apprenticeship in bookbinding at the age of 16, later working as a journeyman in Ireland and England. In 1965 Bill came to Chicago to work as a fine binder at the Cuneo Press, where he rose to the position of art director. \u00a0In 1973, he formed a partnership with Elizabeth Kner and, on her retirement in 1982, continued the business as Anthony & Associates, Bookbinders. While conservation was the mainstay of his business, Bill also worked on edition and fine bindings, and taught apprentices and private students.<\/p>\n

In 1984, Bill came to The University of Iowa as the first University Conservator.\u00a0 He established the Conservation Department in the University\u2019s Main Library, where he and his apprentices worked on rare books from the University collections, including the Nuremburg Chronicle (1493) and Vesalius\u2019 De humani corporis fabrica (1555). \u00a0He also executed fine bindings, most of which are in Special Collections at the UI Main Library.<\/p>\n

In the Conservation Department at Iowa, Bill continued to train apprentices and interns, and offered classes to the University community.\u00a0 A former apprentice from the Chicago days, David Brock, said of Bill that he \u201cmolded me gently into a craftsman.\u201d\u00a0 All those who studied with him \u2013 apprentices, interns, students, and casual visitors \u2013 could say something similar. \u00a0Bill did not like to criticize but he had an idea of excellence and he wanted to move others in that direction. \u00a0The esteem in which he was held by his professional colleagues led to his chairing the Standards Committee of the Guild of Bookworkers from 1984 to 1988. Bill\u2019s notable achievements at Iowa include starting the University of Iowa Bookbinding Models Collection <\/a>and conserving the original constitution of the state of Iowa, which he completed shortly before his death in February 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

William Anthony Conservation Fund<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0 William Anthony Conservation Fund was established through the generous support of Julie Scott and Jim Fluck, to honor the legacy of Bill Anthony. Since its inception, the Fund has supported a variety of departmental activities, including conservation treatment, equipment purchases, and bringing visiting lecturers to Iowa City.\u00a0 Some highlights are listed below.<\/p>\n

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\nThe\u00a0 task of rebinding over seventy 18th century pamphlets included two challenges: separating groups of 18th century pamphlets bound in 20th century library bindings and developing a functional, graceful and sympathetic conservation treatment that would facilitate scanning and exhibition.<\/p>\n

The treatment included a collation check, surface cleaning, disassembly of gatherings, optional water washing, mending, endpaper production and re-sewing. The covers for the pamphlets used hand made cover paper stock produced here at the University of Iowa. This distinctive paper was especially created to simulate the stocks used for historical paper case work as it provides the type of excellent handling, toughness and color qualities which are so complimentary to such 18th century text papers.<\/p>\n

Lecture by Pamela Spitzmueller<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPamela Spitzmueller was the University of Iowa Libraries’ Conservator from 1989 – 1999.\u00a0Spitzmueller\u2019s lecture, \u201cBooks as Physical Objects or How Conserving Damaged Rare Books and Manuscripts Inspired Me to Create New Book Objects\u201d will cover her 35 year career in library conservation and book arts, from Chicago (Newberry Library), Washington, DC (Library of Congress), Iowa City (University of Iowa Library) and Cambridge, MA (Harvard University Library).<\/p>\n

She has presented many lectures on historical book structures and created workshops on long and link stitch sewing; girdle books; a multi-quire, wooden-boarded codex from Egypt and most recently a model of a 17th c. printed Almanac for tradesmen with erasable pages. \u00a0Pamela is also a retired Paper and Book Intensive Co-director where she has taught many classes.<\/p>\n

To give to the William Anthony Conservation Fund, please visit www.givetoiowa.org\/libraries<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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