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The Department of Printing and Graphic Arts is sponsoring a lecture at
Houghton Library, Harvard University, on Thursday, May 6 at 4:30 p.m.  It
is an illustrated lecture by Sue Allen titled "The Book Cover Art of Sarah
Wyman Whitman" and is part of the Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture Series.
There will be a reception following the lecture.

Sue Allen is recognized as the foremost authority on 19th-Century American
book covers.  Her research, lectures, writings, and exhibitions guide
librarians and conservators in the selective preservation of English and
American bindings of the 19th and early 20th centuries.


Julie Mellby                                    (617)-495-2444
Assistant Curator                                       fax: (617)-495-1376
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