Graham Jefcoate 'Discovering the Forsters'
Wednesday 7 November - final public history seminar in 2012
J.R. Forster and his son George Forster accompanied James Cook on
his second circumnavigation of the world in the Resolution, 1772-1775.
The collections created on their voyage, and other collections they made after
returning to Europe, contain important source material on a wide range of
topics but especially relating to New Zealand , Pacific Studies and natural history. This material,
including archival documents, letters, printed books, drawings, paintings,
cultural objects and natural historical specimens, is widely scattered in
collections across the world. The collections are dispersed not only
geographically but also across different categories of holding institution,
including libraries, archives, museums and galleries. How can this important
evidence be brought together? How can the material be placed in its
wider context? In this talk Graham will seek to explain the complex issues
surrounding the Forster collections and will describe current plans for mapping
them and bringing them together for the first time online.
Graham
Jefcoate has worked in universities and libraries in Germany ,
Britain and the Netherlands ,
including Münster University ,
the British Library (where in 1997 he became Head of Early Printed
Collections), Berlin State Library (where he was Director General,
2002-04) and Nijmegen University Library (as Director, 2004-11). He has
published widely in the fields of rare books, library history, library management
and innovation. He was a member of the Executive Board of the Association
of European Research Libraries (LIBER) and Chair of its Steering Committee
on Heritage Collections and Preservation until his retirement. He has a
special interest in Anglo-German connections and is currently writing a book on
German printers and booksellers in 18th century London .
Graham also has a strong interest in New Zealand
heritage.
Please join us at
12.15pm on L4, ASB House, 101 The Terrace, Wellington
Everyone
is welcome - talk is for approximately one hour.
Wednesday 7 November - final public history seminar in 2012
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