Nicholas Pickwoad and the Ligatus project have announced a crowdfunding initiative to preserve, catalog, and make available the extensive slide archive of the late Christopher Clarkson, pioneering library conservator and historian of bookbindings, teacher, mentor and long-time colleague and friend to many of us reading this list.
Please visit the link below to learn more, and to donate to this important project if you so choose. https://hubbub.org/p/the-clarkson-slide-archive “By supporting this project, you will allow everyone to benefit from this extraordinary collection, which forms an important part of [Chris's] legacy. The slides include his work in Florence after the floods in 1967, his interest in the history of bookbinding, including images of medieval bindings that have since been destroyed, his work as a book conservator, his teaching, his interest in lettering and much, much more.” Maria Fredericks Drue Heinz Book Conservator Acting Director, Thaw Conservation Center The Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016-3403 www.the*morgan*.org phone : 212-590-0379 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
