The Ticknor Society Collectors' Roundtable: Collector-Built Collections in Libraries

When:
Saturday, Nov 08, 2025 12:30p -
1:30p

Where:
Hynes Convention Center - online this year!
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115

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Admission:
FREE

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Categories:
Art, Festivals & Fairs, History, Lectures & Conferences

Event website:
https://www.abaa.org/bostonbookfair/speakers-and-programming

One of the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair banner events is the annual Ticknor Society Collectors’ Roundtable. This year's discussion will highlight three distinctive collections, created by passionate and engaged collectors, that are currently housed at three of Boston's most esteemed libraries - the Boston Athenaeum, Boston College's Burns Library and Harvard's Houghton Library. Each speaker worked closely with the collector/donor, or their family in one instance, to bring their collections to these libraries, and they will talk about how the collections were acquired and how they are being used. We will also see some highlights from the collections.


MODERATOR: Beth Carroll-Horrocks | Retired Special Collections Curator, State Library of Massachusetts


Christian Dupont, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Burns Librarian, Boston College, will talk about the Anthony Mourek Collection of Irish Political Cartoons, History, and Culture.


Leslie Morris is Gore Vidal Curator of Modern Books and Manuscripts in Harvard’s Houghton Library. The subject of her presentation will be “The Ludlow-Santo Domingo (LSD) Library: Sex and Drugs at Harvard.


John Buchtel, Curator of Rare Books and Head of Special Collections at the Boston Athenaeum, will discuss the Weston Naef Collection of Counterculture Artists Books at the Boston Athenaeum


The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair (BIABF) celebrates its 47th year November 7-9, 2025, at the Hynes Convention Center in Downtown Boston. This three-day event welcomes the top international dealers offering the most sought-after collections of fine and rare books, maps, illustrations, and ephemera on the global market.. For information, visit www.abaa.org/bostonbookfair or call 617-938-8879.



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