19 Feb: Edward Kasinec on the Dispersal of Libraries in Soviet Russia, Columbia Univ.
Margaret Samu <[email protected]>
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Tuesday, February 19th, 6:00pm 523 Butler Library, Columbia University Morningside Campus 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY *Edward Kasinec* *Book Treasures for Tractors: The Dispersal of Libraries in Soviet Russia* The destruction and displacement of cultural treasures has often followed in the wake of political and social revolution. Kasinec’s presentation treats the Soviet government-sponsored sales of art, books, and manuscripts to Western collections during the late 1920s and early 1930s, addressing what was sold and why, the agencies and agents of sale, and the Western institutions and private collectors who were the principal buyers of books and manuscripts from Soviet Russia. This illustrated presentation will deal especially with the sales of Western language books and manuscripts, for example the Codex Sinaiaticus, French illuminated manuscripts, and the works of Gutenberg, from Russian Soviet collections as well as holdings from Imperial and Grand Ducal libraries. *Edward Kasinec* has served as a Curator of Slavic collections at several of America’s premier university and research libraries. He holds graduate degrees from Columbia University and Simmons College. _______________________________________________ Shera mailing list [email protected] http://lists.oakland.edu/mailman/listinfo/shera