[SOA] The Astonishing World of Decorated Papers: Aldus Society, Thurs., Sept. 8

[The Aldus Society]

On Thursday, September 8, The Aldus Society presents *The Astonishing World
of Decorated Papers* with speaker Sidney Berger. The meeting is held at The
Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Ave., Columbus.


Sidney Berger and his wife, Michele Cloonan, have been collecting decorated
paper for 45 years. Their collection of more than 18,000 pieces may be the
largest in the United States. He will talk about paper decoration in its
many manifestations, discussing the techniques and showing what these
techniques produce. Sidney is the Director Emeritus of the Phillips Library
at the Peabody Essex Museum, a library he headed for eight years. His Ph.D.
from the University of Iowa is in Medieval English Literature and
Bibliography and Book History. He has taught for the last half century at
various colleges and universities, including UC Davis, UC Riverside, UCLA,
the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, and Simmons College.


The Aldus Society is an organization for people who appreciate the many
facets of text and image through various media, but principally the book,
past, present and future.  Aldus provides a wide variety of programs and
activities on book collecting, the history of printing, publishing, and
book selling, book illustration, book design, book bindings, paper making,
typography, calligraphy, and libraries

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Pre-program socializing begins at 7 PM and allows members and guests time
to discuss their latest bibliophilic adventures.

*The evening’s program is free and open to the public.*


For more information, go to our website, www.aldussociety.com or call
Membership Chairman Leah Kalasky at 614-390-6080.
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