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Posts by Marieka Kaye

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Image from The Birds of America with announcement of The Clements Bookworm lecture taking place on October 20 at 10am.
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The Clements Bookworm: A Library Looks at Audubon, Both His Birds and His Background
The Clements Bookworm: A Library Looks at Audubon, Both His Birds and His Background, Gregory Nobles, October 20, 2023, 10-11am

Moderated by Marieka Kaye and Caitlin Pollock of the U-M Library, Gregory Nobles will discuss the legacy of John James Audubon (1785-1851) as both a brilliant artist/naturalist and unrepentant slaveholder, inviting us to explore the connection between the personal background of this flawed figure and the continuing impact of his remarkable art.
two women standing at a bench face each other in conversation as one works on a book
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This Friday: Ask a Conservator Day!
Do you have questions about how our conservators care for our collection materials? 4th November is #AskAConservator Day! Conservators Marieka Kaye and Amy Crist will be responding to your questions over on Twitter.
spines of three bound books stacked on top of each other
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Special Collections After Hours | Kelmscott at the Special Collections Research Center
Join the Special Collections Research Center next Tuesday (12 April) at 4 pm EDT for our final After Hours virtual open house of the term featuring the collection of William Morris’s Kelmscott Press books held at the Special Collections Research Center
Image of a Native American man printed in black ink on a page from Simon Pokagon's birch bark booklet, The Red Man's Rebuke.
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Special Collections After Hours: Birch Bark and the Writings of Simon Pokagon
Join the Special Collections Research Center on March 9, at 4:00pm, for the third of our Winter 2021 After Hours events: "Birch Bark and the Writings of Simon Pokagon." Please register at the link provided in this blog post!
Paper with strokes of brightly colored pigments, dishes with paints and brushes, arranged on a table
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Re-Creating the Medieval Palette : A workshop with Cheryl Porter
In early April, we welcomed conservator and researcher Cheryl Porter to campus for a lecture and 3-day workshop. In this post, Marieka Kaye (U-M Library Head of Conservation & Book Repair) offers us an overview of the workshop which explored the colors used by artists working in the Islamic and European traditions of the medieval era.