LIBRARY NOTES
 
The Boston Athenaeum took the lead in publishing America's Membership Libraries, the first book to profile these historic libraries. The Athenaeum's director, Richard Wendorf, is one of the country's primary authorities on the history and practices of membership libraries. In this event, he will use slides to share facts and anecdotes about our sister institutions, their history, current collections, memberships, and policies, putting this Library in the context of a nationwide group of living historic organizations.
Richard Wendorf has served as Stanford Calderwood Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum (founded 1807) since 1997. Prior to that appointment, he directed the Houghton Library and lectured on the fine arts at Harvard University. In the field of portraiture and eighteenth-century British art, literature, and cultural history, Mr.Wendorf is the author of the award-winning
Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Painter in Society. As an expert on libraries, he has published
The Scholar-Librarian: Books, Libraries, and the Fine Arts, as well as leading in the creation of
America's Membership Libraries.
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