Volume 11, Number 1
Jan 1987

Events in the News

The Friends of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum, Inc., met November 6-9, 1986, for their annual meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin. There were about 85 members present, and the meeting was a great success thanks to the organization by Doug Stone, Editor of the Friends Newsletter. Activities included tours to "wet felt" and "wire cloth" manufacturers for the fourdrinier machine; and a Show & Tell exhibit where members brought handmade paper, papermaking equipment, works of art, books, and Alabama kozo plants and seeds. In addition, there were a number of interesting and thought-provoking formal presentations and informal discussions, as well as open carousel sessions. Members also had opportunities to visit the Dard Hunter Paper Museum at the Institute of Paper Chemistry. The business meeting led to much discussion of the future of the Museum, and the following officers were elected to a two-year term:

Cathy Baker, President
Patricia Scott and Michael Durgin,
Vice Presidents
Joanne Hohler, Secretary-Treasurer

This year the Friends group was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, and plans are underway to raise several million dollars for a new museum building. Inquiries about membership and donations should be addressed to:

Dr. H. S. (Doug) Dugal, Executive Secretary, Friends of the Dard Hunter Paper Museum, Inc., do Institute of Paper Chemistry, P0 Box 1039, Appleton, WI 54912 (414/734-9251).

• The 1987 Rare Book School at the School of Library Service, Columbia University, will offer 24 five-day courses in the last three weeks of July (July 6-31). There will be nine new courses, including the following:

  Aims and Methods of Codicological Research (Albert Derolez)
  History of European and American Papermaking (Tim Barrett and John Bidwell)
  European Bookbinding 1500-1800 (Nicholas Pickwoad)
  Microcomputer Applications for Special Collections (Joan M. Friedman)

• The University of London's Institute of Archaeology will give its annual series of one-week intensive courses July 13-31. These will cover environmental control, pest control in museums, conservation of archival and library material, and conservation of photographs. Write Summer Schools, Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Cordon Square, London WC1.