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A Series of Conversations on the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign
Tuesday, February 26
The Campaign from the Inside
A Conversation with Elaine Kamarck
Elaine Kamarck was one of the founders in the 1980s of the New Democrat movement that helped elect Bill Clinton in 1992. She is on the DNC committee that deals with the rules of the nominating process and is a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School of Government.
Thursday, March 6
The Campaign and Governing
A Conversation with David Gergen
David Gergen has served as White House advisor to four presidents: Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. In January 1999, he joined the Kennedy School faculty as Professor of Public Service, while remaining Editor-at-Large for U.S. News.
THE MODERATOR: Thomas Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he also serves as acting director of the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy. Several of his publications are on the presidential election process.
TIME & LOCATION: Abbey Room, Boston Public Library McKim Building.
Reception from 6:30 to 7:00, conversation from 7:00 to 8:00.
Free & Open to the Public
The Annual Meeting and Special Event -
November 7, 2007
In a slight departure from other years, the Associates will present A Poetry Conversation: 100 Years Ago & Now starting at 6:30 after a brief business meeting. ROBERT PINSKY, Former U.S. Poet Laureate, poet, literary critic, editor, translator and Literary Light Honoree (2004), currently Professor of Creative Writing at Boston University and DAVID BARBER, author of Wonder Cabinet, The Spirit Level and other poetry collections and The Atlantic’s poetry editor will lead the guests in a poetry conversation. A few short films from Dr. Pinsky’s Favorite Poems Project will be shown; a lively discussion on 100 years of poetry will ensue, followed by questions from the audience. A reception with the panelists will follow.
The event is free to members and students, $40 for non-members (who may join now and attend for free). Everyone must RSVP to attend.
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Edwin Austin Abbey Room
McKim Building, Second Floor
Boston Public Library
Acquisitions
Committee
The Associates' Acquisitions Committee, consisting of Board members Mary McGrath, Lucinda Jewell, Scott Kosofsky and David Bromer, is charged with soliciting donations to the BPL of manuscripts, documents, collections and objects of historic, artistic and literary significance. This year, thanks to the Committee's ongoing efforts, renowned nature writer Sue Hubbell agreed to give her personal papers to the Library. Included in these are the research notes used by Ms. Hubbell to write five award winning books--Waiting for Aphrodite: a Journey into the Time Before Bones, A Book of Bees, A Country Year, Broadsides from the Other Orders: A Book of Bugs, Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes, and At the Edge of the Sea -- as well as rough drafts, galley proofs, readers' copies and correspondence relating to her publications. Born and raised in Kalamazoo , Michigan , Ms. Hubbell lived for many years in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri, where she worked successively as a bookstore manager, university librarian, and a commercial beekeeper. She now lives and works in Maine.
"The Boston Public Library is honored that a writer as distinguished as Sue Hubbell has chosen us to be the repository of her life's work," said Library President Bernard Margolis. "Her papers will unquestionably be an inspiration to others who hope to write about the physical world around them, and a wonderful key to better understanding the sensibilities of a gifted and original writer."
Last year, the Acquisitions Committee brokered the donation of an irreplaceable private collection of negatives belonging to mid-20th century Boston photographer Leon Abdalian to the Library. Abdalian's personal trove of thousands of glass and photographic negatives and prints meticulously documents the evolution of the City of Boston from the mid-1920s through the 1950s. The collection was donated by Abdalian grandsons Gary Wayne and Alan Clough.
Specializing in architectural work, Abdalian was best known for his detailed views of historic buildings and public parks. Other photographs chronicle family and public events in Boston 's Armenian community, which he joined as a child refugee in the early 1900s.
Library President Bernard Margolis stated that he believed the collection, in "impeccable condition," would be "of significant interest to many of the Library's users, especially students of architectural and social history."
Individuals and institutions interested in making contributions of collections, papers, objects, art, etc., should contact Betsy Hall in the Associates office, 617.536.3886 or Associates@bpl.org.
Associates
of the Boston Public Library
700 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: 617-536-3886
Fax: 617-536-3813
e-mail: associates@bpl.org
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