2017 Mark Samuels Lasner Collection Exhibition and Symposium

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Exhibition

“Victorian Passions: Stories from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection”

Curator: Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities

February 14 – June 30, 2017
Special Collections Gallery, Morris Library

In celebration of the collection and the gift, the University of Delaware Library will host an exhibition, titled “Victorian Passions: Stories from the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection” and curated by Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities — on view in Morris Library’s Special Collections Gallery from Feb. 14 through June 30, 2017.

Symposium

“Celebrating the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts, Victorian Literature and Art”

Keynote Speaker: Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita of English at Princeton University

March 17 – 18, 2017
Reading Room, Morris Library

On March 17 and 18, 2017, the University of Delaware hosted a two-day symposium, “Celebrating the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection: Rare Books and Manuscripts, Victorian Literature and Art.” In addition to Elaine Showalter, the speakers included Mark Dimunation (Library of Congress), Barbara Heritage (Rare Book School, University of Virginia), Ed Maggs (Maggs Bros. Ltd., London), Joseph Bristow (UCLA), Linda K. Hughes (Texas Christian University), Margaretta S. Frederick (Delaware Art Museum), William S. Peterson (Emeritus, University of Maryland), David Taylor (UK historian and author), and Margaret D. Stetz (University of Delaware).

Symposium Schedule

All events took place in the Reading Room on the first floor of the Morris Library, unless otherwise noted.

Friday, March 17, 2017

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Introduction

Janis Tomlinson, Director of Special Collections and Museums, University of Delaware

Exhibition Talk

- Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities, University of Delaware, and curator of exhibition “Victorian Passions: Stories From the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection”

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Welcome

Trevor A. Dawes, Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian, University of Delaware

Remarks

Dennis Assanis, President, University of Delaware

Domenico Grasso, Provost, University of Delaware

Keynote Lecture

Elaine Showalter, Professor Emerita of English, Princeton University

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Reception and Viewing of “Victorian Passions” Exhibition

Atrium and Special Collections Gallery, second floor of Morris Library

Saturday, March 18, 2017

9:30 – 10:00 am	Registration and Light Breakfast
10:00 am – 12:00 pm	Morning Session Welcome Domenico Grasso, Provost, University of Delaware Introductions Timothy D. Murray, Head, Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library Mark Dimunation, Chief, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress Mark Dimunation – Introductory Talk (43:56) “New Architectures for Reading: Why Building Special Collections Continues to Matter.” Barbara Heritage, Associate Director & Curator of Collections, Rare Book School, University of Virginia Presentation Slides (PDF, 109.9 MB) *Large File Barbara Heritage – New Architectures for Reading: Why Building Special Collections Continues to Matter (37:09) “MSL. Reflections of and on a Friendship.” Ed Maggs, Maggs Brothers, Ltd., London, UK Ed Maggs – MSL. Reflections of and on a Friendship (30:02)
12:15 – 1:15 pm	Lunch for Registrants Puglisi Orchestra Hall, Louise and David Roselle Center for the Arts Viewing of “Victorian Passions” Exhibition Special Collections Gallery, Second Floor, Morris Library
1:30 – 3:30 pm	Afternoon Session Introductions Iain Crawford, Associate Professor of English and Director, Undergraduate Research Program, University of Delaware “Oscar Wilde, the Fairy Tale, and the Illustrated Book, 1888-1928.” Joseph Bristow, Distinguished Professor of English, UCLA Presentation Slides (PDF, 943.7 MB) *Very Large File Joseph Bristow – Oscar Wilde, the Fairy Tale, and the Illustrated Book, 1888-1928 (53:29) “Women’s Bodies and Books: Portraits of Victorian Women Poets.” Linda K. Hughes, Addie Levy Professor of Literature, Texas Christian University Presentation Slides (PDF, 7.81 MB) Linda K. Hughes – Women’s Bodies and Books: Portraits of Victorian Women Poets (46:44)
3:30 – 3:45 pm	Break
3:45 – 4:30 pm	Panel focused on the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection Introductions L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin, Librarian and Head, Manuscripts and Archives and Curator of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Senatorial Papers, University of Delaware Library “May Morris and Barbara Bodichon: Mining the MSL Collection for New Scholarship on Women in the Arts.” Margaretta S. Frederick, Chief Curator, and Annette Woolard-Provine Curator of the Bancroft Collection, Delaware Art Museum Presentation Slides (PDF, 11.19 MB) Margaretta S. Frederick – May Morris and Barbara Bodichon: Mining the MSL Collection for New Scholarship on Women in the Arts (19:19) “Only Connect.” William S. Peterson, Professor of English Emeritus, University of Maryland William S. Peterson – Only Connect (16:34) ” ‘… With Profitable and Joyous Converse’: An Appreciation from the Other Side of ‘The Pond’.” David Taylor, Ph.D., FSA, UK Historian and Author Presentation Slides (PDF, 3.15 MB) David Taylor – ‘… With Profitable and Joyous Converse’: An Appreciation from the Other Side of ‘The Pond’ (15:56) Closing Remarks Mark Samuels Lasner Mark Samuels Lasner – Closing Remarks (3:05)