Location
Oberlin College, Moffett Auditorium in the lower level of the Mudd Center, 148 W. College St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Event Website
https://www.oberlin.edu/about-oberlin/visiting-oberlin
Start Date
10-10-2019 4:30 PM
End Date
10-10-2019 5:30 PM
Cost to Attend
Free and open to the public
Pre-registration required?
Yes
Event Type
Lecture
Description
Program: General discussion of some of the more infamous rare book thieves that Mr. McDade has researched, with special attention on his most recent book, Torn from their Bindings. While primarily about Robert Kindred, who stole rare books from a variety of universities across the US including several in Ohio, he also features James Shinn, who stole books from Oberlin College Library and was caught by then Director of Libraries, Bill Moffett.
Talk for Friends of the Library, Oberlin College.
The Octavofest guest speaker is Travis McDade, the Curator of Law Rare Books and Associate Professor of Library Service at the University of Illinois College of Law. Professor McDade is the country’s foremost expert on crimes against rare books, maps, documents, and other printed cultural heritage resources. He is the author of three books on the subject: The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman; Thieves of Book Row: New York’s Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Ended it; and Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library.
Event Location
Keynote Presentation: Rare Book Thieves and Library Response
Oberlin College, Moffett Auditorium in the lower level of the Mudd Center, 148 W. College St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Program: General discussion of some of the more infamous rare book thieves that Mr. McDade has researched, with special attention on his most recent book, Torn from their Bindings. While primarily about Robert Kindred, who stole rare books from a variety of universities across the US including several in Ohio, he also features James Shinn, who stole books from Oberlin College Library and was caught by then Director of Libraries, Bill Moffett.
Talk for Friends of the Library, Oberlin College.
The Octavofest guest speaker is Travis McDade, the Curator of Law Rare Books and Associate Professor of Library Service at the University of Illinois College of Law. Professor McDade is the country’s foremost expert on crimes against rare books, maps, documents, and other printed cultural heritage resources. He is the author of three books on the subject: The Book Thief: The True Crimes of Daniel Spiegelman; Thieves of Book Row: New York’s Most Notorious Rare Book Ring and the Man Who Ended it; and Disappearing Ink: The Insider, the FBI, and the Looting of the Kenyon College Library.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/octavofest/2019/all/8
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