Book collectiong symposium

[Steve Smith <steve@scmacube.evans.tamu.edu>]

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The English Department and the Cushing Memorial Library (formerly the  
Special Collections, Manuscripts, and Archives Department) at Texas  
A&M University are planning a symposium entitled "Book Collecting and  
Scholarship," tentatively scheduled for the Fall of 1998.  Potential  
topics include sessions or panels on collecting from the bookseller's  
perspective, scholars as book collectors, the history of collecting  
and the lives of great collectors, financial, tax, and investment  
considerations for collectors, forgeries and the collector, private  
versus institutional collecting, as well as other subjects. As the  
title of the symposium and the aforementioned topics indicate, the  
focus is strictly on the collecting of books and closely related  
materials (manuscripts, literary artifacts, etc.). The organizers are  
interested in hearing suggestions and ideas for the symposium as well  
as from those who might be interested in contributing a paper or  
organizing a session.

If you have ideas, suggestions, or a potential contribution,  please  
contact either:

J. Lawrence Mitchell
Head, English Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-4227
Phone: 409-845-3890
FAX : 409-862-2292
e-mail: j-mitchell@tamu.edu

or

Steven E. Smith
Special Collections Librarian
Cushing Memorial Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX  77843-5000
Phone: 409-845-1951
FAX: 409-862-4761
e-mail: stevensmith@tamu.edu