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May I share with you our latest piece of good news? Here is the press release. -- Angela Todd Hunt Institute publication receives Ewell L. Newman Award The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation's exhibition catalogue American Botanical Prints of Two Centuries (2003) has won the 2005 Ewell L. Newman Award. Sponsored by the American Historical Print Collectors Society, the Newman Award honors new titles that enhance understanding and appreciation for prints as part of the history and culture of North America. With essays and a concise bibliography of 19th-century American illustrated botanical books by Bibliographer Gavin D. R. Bridson, a preface by Curator of Art James J. White, and biographies of the artists and catalogue design by Assistant Curator of Art Lugene B. Bruno, this illustrated exhibition catalogue features two centuries of American printed plant images from utilitarian to creative, the earliest from 1806 and the most recent, 2000. The catalogue is available from the Institute for $25.00 plus shipping and handling. "This reasonably-priced reference belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who wants to know about botanical prints," says Michael McCue of Asheville, North Carolina, chair of the award jury. The Newman Award, which comes with a prize of $500, will be awarded 14 May in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the society's 2005 annual conference. The award is funded by an endowment in memory of Ewell L. Newman, a founder of the American Historical Print Collectors Society, which fosters the collection, preservation, and study of prints produced from the beginning of the 17th century through the 19th century. The society's Web site (www.ahpcs.org) includes an index of Imprint, its journal of the field, as well as a chronicle of the past distinguished winners of the Newman Award. The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University, specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Hunt Institute was founded in 1961 as the Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library, an international center for bibliographical research and service in the interests of botany and horticulture, as well as a center for the study of all aspects of the history of the plant sciences. By 1971, the Library's activities had so diversified that the name was changed to Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Growth in collections and research projects led to the establishment of four programmatic departments: Archives, Art, Bibliography, and the Library. The current collections include approximately 28,000 books; 24,000 portraits; 30,000 watercolors, drawings and prints; and 2,000 autograph letters and manuscripts. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: 412-268-2434 Email: huntinst@andrew.cmu.edu ******************** Angela Todd Archivist & Research Scholar Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 FAX: 412-268-5677 Website: http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu ____________________________________________________________ STHC-L - Science, Technology, and Health Care Archives Forum STHC-L@lists.ucla.edu http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sthc-l STHC-L@lists.ucla.edu STHC-L Archives -- Main Index STHC-L Archives -- 2005 Message Index |