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, LEM EN T SLI BRA RYASSOCIATESSPRING1999"MYFAVORITETHINGS" TREASURESOFGRAPHICARTIN THECLEMENTSLIBRARY ecognizi ngtheimportanceofgraphicmaterialsashisto ricalevidence, over thepast twodecad esthe Cle mentsLibrary has actively collec tedthe pictorialrecordofAmerica's a ratherrandomaccumu-lationofill ustratedbooksande ighteenth-ce nturye ngrave dviews,RevolutionaryWarc aric atures, a few engravedBritishportrait s. and a sca tter -iogofhistoricall yimportantpictu res, the Library eventuallyacquired a sizea b lecollectionofprints .Butitwasnotuntilbuildingren ova tions werecom ple ted in 1980that itwaspossible to provide thespecia lizedcaretheydes rary' s origin alreadingroom was convertedto thePrintDivisionand Iagreed to be itsfirst curator, to organi zeadisparategatheri ng of graphicmateri al, attendto its conse rva-tionneeds, and begina be ased uc tiveassig nme nt,f rustrating only inthe lackoftime I co uld devoteto it, given my oth er Libraryrespo lon ge r an aftertho ught,prints weregiven newpriority
documentary history programs, have sought fresh. compelling images to dramati ze a familiar historical narrative or to explore new ground. Curators in rare book libraries are
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