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2013

26 January, 1:00 PM: Dragonfly Bindery Exhibition and Lecture
The Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St., Providence

JRBS members Pat and George Sargent will be exhibiting books, posters and artifacts looking back at 30 years of Dragonfly Bindery/Studio January 8−29 2013 at the Providence Athenaeum (251 Benefit Street , Providence Rhode Island). A talk with observations and commentary will be given Saturday January 26 at 1:00 PM.

27 February, 5:30 PM: “Buried with Him by Baptism”: A Revere Print Unearthed
The Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St., Providence

Three members of the Brown University Library staff will offer their perspectives on the discovery last spring of a rare print made by the famous Revolutionary War figure, Paul Revere. The announcement of the discovery led to a flurry of national media attention—including interviews with NPR and The New York Times—but this presentation will focus on the intimate moment of discovery; the work of tracing the print’s origins; and the historical, political and religious context in which the print itself was created. The Revere print and books from the collection in which it was discovered will be on display before and after the lecture.

28 March, 5:30 PM: Membership Night & Annual Meeting, with a Lecture by Russell DeSimone: “RI Broadsides: A Collector’s Perspective."
John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street, Providence

Russell J. DeSimone will present an illustrated talk on collecting Rhode Island broadsides. With examples drawn from his own collection he will discuss a variety of broadside types issued over a 130 year period that spans the timeframe from the early Republic up to just after the First World War. Topics to be addressed are News & Information; Advertising; Murder & True Crime; Death, Disasters & Misery; Rebellion & War; Politics & Voting, Medicine & Quackery; Entertainment, Recreation & Excursions; Ballads & Poetry as well as Lotteries, Carrier’s Addresses and other types of broadsides.

15 April, 5:30 PM: Stillwell Prize Awards
John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street, Providence

Lucas Mason-Brown will discuss his efforts to decrypt the mysterious marginal annotations made by Roger Williams in a copy of one of his books. The resulting discoveries have been covered by the Boston Globe and Slate, among other media venues..

11 May, 1:30 PM: Tour of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Ave., Newport

We’ll enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the oldest lending library in America and see some of the many treasures inside.

The John Russell Bartlett Society partners with the Watts Program at the John Carter Brown Library to offer other events of mutual interest to bibliophiles. See the Watts Program Events Calendar for upcoming Watts events.