Adopt-a-Book and Support the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester
Monday, April 01, 2013
"Participating in Adopt-A-Book helps support one of Worcester’s treasures. The Society is the library of record for the history of the United States collection, preserving, and making available for study over 4 million books, pamphlets, manuscripts, graphic arts materials and newspapers that tell the many stories of the American people and it is located right here in Worcester," James David Moran, Director of Outreach.
This coming Friday, April 5, 2013, the Adopt-A-Book will take place from 6 – 8 p.m. in Antiquarian Hall, 185 Salisbury Street in Worcester. Admission is $10 and drinks and hors d’oeuvres are included in the price of admission.
Struck Catering of Worcester is donating the food for the evening.
For further information and to make reservations, contact Ann-Catherine Rapp at (508) 471-2135, or consult the Society’s web site here.
Sample items for adoption include: issues of historic newspapers priced from $10-75; a broadside at $35; a children’s book for $40; a popular novel at $75; a volume of poetry for $100; and a lithograph or engraving from $100-1,000.
During the event, Society curators will also describe their collections and explain what they buy and why. The AAS library aims to collect one copy of everything printed in America through the nation’s centennial in 1876. The annual Adopt-A-Book event is a way the public can help AAS fulfill its mission while learning more about historic printed materials and the inner workings of a major American research library.
People can also adopt online at: http://www.americanantiquarian.org/adoptabook13.htm.
About American Antiquarian Society
The country’s first national historical organization, the American Antiquarian Society is both a learned society and a major independent research library. The AAS library today houses the largest and most accessible collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, sheet music, and graphic arts material printed through 1876 in what is now the United States, as well as manuscripts and a substantial collection of secondary works, bibliographies, and other reference works related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
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