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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Evergreen Museum Carriage House
5:00 p.m. Reception/Book Signing
6:00 p.m. Author Talk
Laura Amy Schlitz, librarian at Baltimore’s Park School and author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, will present the annual Paula U. Hamburger Friends Lecture. Schlitz paints riveting portraits of 22 memorable medieval maidens, monks, and millers’ sons in this story set in an English village in 1225. Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Evergreen Museum Carriage House
5:30 p.m. Reception/Book signing
6:30 p.m. Author Talk
A co-sponsored event of the Sheridan Libraries, Evergreen Museum & Library & JHU Press
Mary Elizabeth Garrett
Society and Philanthropy in the Gilded Age Author Kathleen Waters Sander discusses Mary Elizabeth Garrett in her role as one of the most influential philanthropists and women activist of the Gilded Age.
November 3, 2008 - February 3, 2009
George Peabody Library
Exhibit: Bound to Please: The Decorative Bindings in the Dorothy Scott Collection
Bound to Please is an exhibition of decorative bindings from the Dorothy Scott Collection. The Exhibit highlights the various aspects of decorating a binding, from simple adornments on vellum bindings, to personalized bindings with coats of arms, such as Amorial bindings, to the beautifully gilt 18th -20th century English bindings, including the Cosway bindings of Reviere & Son, and in particular, one of the largest single collections of fore-edge paintings collected by one person.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
George Peabody Library
Opening Reception: Bound to Please: The Decorative Bindings in the Dorothy Scott Collection
2:00 p.m. reception
3:00 p.m. lecture For Further information about Friends of the Libararies' events, please call 410-516-7943.
Legacy Circle and Library Endowers Luncheon
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Betty and Edgar Student Book Collecting Contest
Winners Exhibit Opening at The George Peabody Library, Mar. 26, 2008
"Harmony to the Eyes: Charting Palladio's Architecture from Rome to Baltimore"
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Exhibiton Details National Advisory Council Members
Board Meeting at the Library of Congress, March 8, 2008
View Photos Dr. William Noel, Nov. 28, 2007
Lecture and Booksigning
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View Streaming Video of Archimedes Codex Illustrated Lecture Patricia Schultz, Oct. 1, 2007
Lecture and Booksigning
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Mason Hall Dedication, Oct. 27, 2007
Many library Friends attended the
opening reception for the newly
constructed Mason Hall Visitor Center.
View Photos Champ Sheridan Honorary Degree Celebrarion, June 2, 2007
Host, Jeanne Baetjer, National Advisory Council Member
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The Sheridan Libraries 2007 Student Book Collecting Contest Winners Alice McDermott, May 9, 2007
Lecture and Booksigning
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View Streaming Video of "After This" A Toast to H.L. Mencken, October 27, 2006
Grand Celebration and Auction
View Photos Marion Rodgers, Septembr 10, 2006
Lecture and Booksigning
View Streaming Video of "A Light Side of H. L. Mencken: The Man Behind the Mask" Peter Agre's April 7, 2005
Lecture and Booksigning
View Streaming Video of "From Lake Wobegon to Stockholm: Personal Reflections" Daniel Weiss's November 18, 2004
Lecture and Booksigning
View Streaming Video of "France and the Holy Land: Cultural Exchange in the Age of the Crusades" | 
