When: 21Ìý±·´Ç±¹±ð³¾²ú±ð°ùÌý2018
³¢´Ç³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô:ÌýRare Books and Special Collections,Ìý4th Floor McLennan Library Building, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
Description
Prof. Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Penn State University, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Introduction: Ann Marie Holland, Liason LIbrarian
Collection Comments: Elis Ing, Liason Librarian
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What is the connection between the reading girl and the collecting woman? AtÌýan event tailor-madeÌýfor lifelong readers and bibliophiles, Prof. Jacqueline Reid-WalshÌýexplored that connection through the life and collections of Sheila Bourke.Ìý
Do you remember Pipsqueak and Stanley?ÌýThe Brownies? The first book in your book collection? The first book in Sheila Bourke's collection was Bouillabaisse for Bibliophiles and her collection grew in depth and diversity from that first volume.ÌýCaldecott, Crane, Rackham, Bewick, these institutions of children's literature are all represented in her curated collection of children's books.
The collection can be consulted in the Rare Books Reading room Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Contact Liason Librarianelis.ing [at] mcgill.ca ( Elis Ing )for reference guidance.Ìý
The accompanying Exhibition, Books that Pop! was realised by Jennifer Garland, Ann Marie Holland,Ìýand Elis Eng.
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