Kudos for the Mark Twain Exhibit Catalogue
The exhibition catalogue for, "Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad," a Fall, 1998 exhibition at The Bancroft Library is the Division I winner in the 2000 Katharine K. Leab & Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Award competition. In her letter of congratulations, Diane Shaw, chair of the awards committee, described the 64-page catalogue as "a wonderful introduction to the Bancroft's Mark Twain collection and the work of the Mark Twain Papers/Project." Shaw added, "The catalogue is a sheer delight to read, with text and pictures that really touch the heart while conveying Twain's special genius."
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The award was presented at the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section's annual meeting at the ALA Conference in Chicago on 9 July. Peter Hanff, Deputy Director of The Bancroft Library accepted the award on behalf of the Mark Twain Project. The exhibit and catalogue were the combined work of Lin Salamo, Harriet Elinor Smith, and Robert Pack Browning of the Mark Twain Project. The catalogue was designed by Mary Scott of Library Graphics; printing costs were provided by the Bancroft Library Publication Fund. Some excerpts from the catalogue are available at the Mark Twain Papers Web site: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/MTP/. To order a catalog, contact the Mark Twain Project by telephone at (510) 642-6480 or by email through nsalem@library.berkeley.edu.
Volume 117
Fall 2000
Table of Contents
Acquiring the Nine-Millionth Book
From the Director: Bancroft 1900, Bancroft 2000
Cal Day and the Friends Annual Meeting
Thanks For the Memories: Photograph Albums and Historical Images
Who Was "G.G., Chief of Ordnance"?
A Peek at the New Edition of Huckleberry Finn
A ROHO Project: The AIDS Epidemic in San Francisco
Nuts and Bolts: Creating a Bancroft Exhibition
Kudos for the Mark Twain Exhibit Catalogue
Jim Holliday Receives Hubert Howe Bancroft Award
GIFTS TO THE BANCROFT LIBRARY July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000
