UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library is a special collections library known for C17th-18th English history & literature, Oscar Wilde, & fine printing.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joined May 2012
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UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library seeks a Digital Collection Librarian to steward the digital archives and advocate effectively for the use of digital collections. Salary range: $61,920 - $117,366.
Learn more and apply ➡️ bit.ly/ucla-dcl
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UCLA Professor Arthur L. Little, Jr. presents the Inaugural Spotlight Talk, “Citing Race and Seeing Death in Shakespeare” November 15 at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Learn more and register here: 1718.ucla.edu/events/spotlig…
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The conference "Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives, and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations" is feeding our minds!
Follow #LossLAM for highlights.
1718.ucla.edu/events/item-no…
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Day 2 of Item Not Found conf starting w my keynote convo w @gabe_solis of @txafterviolence on "Limits and Loss: Reflections on a Decade of Postcustodial Praxis"
Tune in 9a PST / 11a CST / 12p EST: youtube.com/@ucla-c1718cs
#LossLAM
Ty for the invite @ClarkLibUCLA & @OULibraries!
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catch yale history of art alum @DrKarrSchmidt (@NewberryLibrary) talking about Durer and the book trade with the UCLA Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and the @ClarkLibUCLA! It'll be livestreamed on the Center's YouTube so anyone can tune in!
1718.ucla.edu/events/sammelb…
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A new donation of 40 historical texts from Paul Chrzanowski further bolsters an already remarkable collection of early English texts at @ClarkLibUCLA Memorial Library. Read more here: ow.ly/LWxx50JWoZu.
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A 17th-century parchment with the seal of Queen Elizabeth I along with 39 additional historical texts will now call @ClarkLibUCLA "home" thanks to a generous donation.
Learn more about donor Paul Chrzanowski's contributions to the library at ucla.in/3brsLEd.
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Happy New Year everyone! Here’s a few of our books published 300 years ago in 1722: The Fables of Aesop and Others translated into English by Samuel Croxall (our copy was formerly owned by Roger Newdigate, who founded the University of Oxford’s famed Newdigate Prize for poetry.
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Empowered by the Library's digital curriculum coordinator Christopher Gilman, students "eavesdropped" on centuries-old authors by analyzing handwritten annotations in @ClarkLibUCLA holdings ... and then produced their own digital book: ucla.in/3iILjAz
#UCLADigLib
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This is my grandmother in a photo from around 1910. Her name was Alice. She was named for her aunt Alice, who was married to Will Clark. Uncle Will was WA Clark Jr., founder of @LAPhil & @ClarkLibUCLA. And he was Huguette’s older half-brother.
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June 11, 1926: It was announced that William Andrews Clark Jr. donated his library to UCLA. This beautiful Robert D. Farquhar-designed building is now known as the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Happy anniversary @ClarkLibUCLA!
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We’re excited to be participating in the Great Library Pie Bake-Off #GLPBO with @FolgerLibrary & @ClarkLibUCLA! We're brushing up on our technique by consulting Henderson's Housekeeper's Instructor (1793).
📸 @RadInstitute Schlesinger Library (641.62 H49)
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The #GreatLibraryPieBakeOff is here!! Follow #GLPBO on Twitter today to see how librarians & culinary historians representing nearly 20 institutions are baking their pies! At 4pm EST, join us for a roundtable discussion led by @rare_cooking! #PieDay #PiDay youtu.be/MoOcj94zbxg
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This week's #TBT honors the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library @ClarkLibUCLA with this image from the 1940s. The library was bequeathed to @UCLA in 1934.
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Idah Meacham Strobridge's home was included in this Arroyo Seco map (from the book “A Southland Bohemia: The Arroyo Seco Colony as the Century Begins”: books.google.com/books/about…). #IWD2021
Check out our #InternationalWomensDay post featuring work by Laura Idah Meacham Strobridge over on Instagram, brought to you by our very own Rare Books Librarian @ninamschneider!
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Wonderful news! @ClarkLibUCLA has expanded its role in the preservation of Southern California artist #PaulLandacre's singular works.
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The #FolgerInstitute is excited to announce the Fall 2020 schedule of “Critical Race Conversations!” See thread below for details and check our website, which will be updated regularly with more information bit.ly/3ifxOXe
#FolgerCRC
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#MakingHistoryOxford is now online! Click the link below to look at our latest online exhibition on Christian Cole, Alain Locke, and Oscar Wilde at Oxford 👇
makinghistory.magd.ox.ac.uk/
@univlib @TheYoungOscar @HertfordCollege @magdalenoxford @MansfieldOxford @rhodes_trust @engfac
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Beginning 1 July 2020, current members of ASECS will have three months of free, unlimited access to Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO). For information on accessing ECCO or on joining or renewing your ASECS membership, visit asecs.org/single-post/2020/0…
