Theme
The panel will discuss their individual experiences with Henry and recall humorous and libelous events. Henry will talk on Saturday on his life as a private pressman. The speech on Saturday and the panel discussion on Sunday will both take place at the Arsenal Restaurant.
Moderator
Our moderator for Fest XV panel on Sunday, October 5th is Tim Murray, Head of Special Collections
at the University of Delaware.
Panelists
Collector: Dan Diadul has been collecting the publications of Henry Morris since he discovered and acquired his first volume at a bookseller's stand in the remote mountains of central Pennsylvania twelve years ago. His commitment to the well-written word is reflected in his service as President of the Board of Trustees at a private school in center city Philadelphia renown for progressive education. Dan earns his living in manufacturing as President of Foodline Piping Products Co.
Publisher: Bob Fleck, host for these annual festivities, founded Oak Knoll in 1976 to fill a niche for both out-of-print and in-print books about books, book trade history and the book arts. Today, Oak Knoll is an international firm that maintains an inventory of about 20,000 titles and a rapidly growing back list of over 950 titles published and distributed under its publishing imprint, Oak Knoll Press.
Library: Joel Silver, Adjunct Associate Professor, Director of Special Collections Specialization, Librarian and Curator of Books, Lilly Library, Indiana University, also writes articles for the periodical Fine Books & Collections. Joel Silver spearheaded the development of the special collections specialization at SLIS. He advises students and assists in course scheduling in this area. Mr. Silver has taught courses in SLIS on rare books librarianship, descriptive bibliography, and history of the book.
Author: Sidney Berger, The Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, is a long-time collector of Bird & Bull books and author of a few of them. He writes about, lectures on, and collects decorated paper and also press books, he runs his own press (the Doe Press), and he teaches the History of the Book and Rare Book and Special Collections Librarianship. |