* indicates Thomas Cooper Society event
Thursday February 3, 6:30
PRINTING & THE RENAISSANCE WORLD
illustrated lecture by Patrick Scott for the Friends of Medford Library, at USC Lancaster
Thursday February 10, 4:30-6:00
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
highlights from the Joel Myerson Collection
Reception scholars attending the 7th Annual Comparative Literature Conference
Thursday February 17
ROBERT BURNS
exhibition opening for Friends of Sumter County Museum
Sumter County Museum
Saturday February 19-Sunday February 20:
SOUTH CAROLINA BOOK FESTIVAL
at Columbia Convention Center
Booth sponsored by Thomas Cooper Society and USC Libraries
* Thursday March 17, 4:30-6:00
HENRY W. RAVENEL (1814-1887), SOUTH CAROLINA BOTANIST
Exhibition opening & reception
Friday March 18, 3:00 p.m.
ROBERT BURNS IN AMERICA
at Anderson Library, USC Sumter
illustrated talk by Patrick Scott, followed by film The Romance of Robert Burns (1937)
* Thursday April 14, at 4:00 p.m.
SAVOIR LA CARTE: TRAVEL, SELF-ADVANCEMENT AND SURVIVAL IN LETTERS BY WOMEN
lecture by Prof. Elizabetryh Goldsmith, Boston University.
followed by exhibit and reception welcoming the North American Society for 17th-Century French Literature
May 19
SE SOCIETY FOR THE BOOK ARTS
Talk by Priscilla Juvelis in Graniteville Room,
followed by reception and display for those attending the conference, at McKissick Museum
Recent events in Special Collections:
Monday July 12
HIGHLIGHTS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
display from Rare Books and talk by Dr. Joel Myerson for EPI Russian Teachers' Institute.
Tuesday July 13
THE SHAPE OF THE BOOK
illustrated talk on early books and fine printing
by Patrick Scott and Dr. Scott Gwara for South Carolina Honors College Master Scholars program
Wednesday July 28:
VISIT OF ROMEOS CLUB
lunch and illustrated lecture on Rare Books at Thomas Cooper Library
* Friday August 20-Saturday August 21, 2004
ROBERT BURNS IN HIS TIME & AFTER
an exhibition ands symposium marking 15 years of the G. Ross Roy Collection
and Dr. Roy's 80th birthday, with talks by Kenneth Simpson, Gerard Carruthers, James Mackay, Scott Gwara, G. Ross Roy, Thomas Keith, Jonathan Pons, Frank R. Shaw, K.D. Kennedy Jr., Carol M. McGuirk, Esther Hovey, and Thorne Compton.
Tuesday September 21
VISIT OF WILDWOOD ARTS GROUP
with illustrated talk by Patrick Scott
* Thursday September 23:
FAULKNER'S THE SOUND & THE FURY
at 4:30 p.m. in the Graniteville Room
A display of Faulkner material, including newly-published etchings illustrating Faulkner's The Sound & the Fury, by Boyd Saunders, with short talks by Prof. Saunders and Prof. James B. Meriwether.
Tuesday October 5:
6 p.m.: ROSE WITHOUT A THORN: the History of Camellias
Illustrated talk by Patrick Scott for the Mid-Carolinas Camellia Society
Wednesday October 13:
3:30 SEALS, AUTHORITY & IDENTITY
Exhibit and reception for lecture by Prof. Joseph Lowensttein, Washington University
* Wednesday October 20th-Friday October 22nd:
USC FALL FESTIVAL OF WRITERS
an annual three-day literary festival, supported by a generous endowment from an anonymous donor.
Library-based and library-sponsored events included:
Gala Opening Reception with Festival Writers;
Reading & Talk by Susan Vreeland.
Monday Oct. 11:
VISIT OF LOBLOLLY SOCIETY
with talks by Boyd Saunders and Paul Ragan
Wednesday November 3:
10:00 RARE BOOKS AT THOMAS COOPER LIBRARY
illustrated talk for the Golden Circle Kiwanis Club at Maxcy Gregg Park
Friday November 5:
PBK FALL INITIATION
with reception following
Monday November 8:
10:00 a.m.: PRESS CONFERENCE
Announcement of Special Collections Building Plans and Major Gift
5:00 p.m.: EX LIBRIS SOCIETY
Annual recognition reception with reading by KAY GIBBONS
and announcement of the Donna I Sorensen Library Endowment for Southern Women and the Arts
* Tuesday December 14:
10.15 a.m. RETIREES' RECEPTION
with update on the building plans by Dean Paul Willis, and exhibit and illustrated talk by Patrick Scott on the history of camellias, from the Phelps Memorial Collection of Garden Books
* Thursday January 20, 2005:
6:30 p.m. THOMAS COOPER SOCIETY ANNUAL DINNER
with presentation of the Thomas Cooper Medal to
JOYCE CAROL OATES
Embassy Suites Hotel.
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