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Rhode Island Witch
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Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!
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The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.
Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011. The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op
The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
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Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
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The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
Lucy Peacock's Reward
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Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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| Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
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| Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
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| Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
8 Temmuz 2012 Pazar
Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!
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The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.
Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011. The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op
The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
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Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
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The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
Lucy Peacock's Reward
To contact us Click HERE
Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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| Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
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| Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
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| Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
5 Temmuz 2012 Perşembe
Lucy Peacock's Reward
To contact us Click HERE
Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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| Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
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| Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
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| Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
Kalligraphia Spotlight: Sara Loesch Frank
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This Saturday, artist Sara Loesch Frank will demonstrate "Decorated and Illuminated Initials"
Sara Loesch Frank began calligraphy in public school art classes while studying for her Masters Degree in Art Education at the University of New Mexico. She received her degree in 1976 and moved to California, where she worked on illustrations and map labeling at Sempervirens Fund.
Ms. Frank joined the Friends of Calligraphy in the late 1970s and began teaching art and lettering for adult education classes. Her early calligraphy mentors include Peter Thornton, Ewan Clayton, David Howells, Ieuan Rees, Georgianna Greenwood, Carl Rohrs, Georgia Deaver, Stan Knight and Jacqueline Svaren, whose book she would turn to when baffled.
In 1999, one of her pieces was chosen to be shown at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Two more pieces were selected for the Connecticut Conference "Writing Beyond Words." In 2001, she was awarded a year-long scholarship from the Academy of Art in San Francisco based on her calligraphic artwork shown at the San Mateo County Fair. Her calligraphy has been featured in Letter Arts Review, Bon Appetit and B for Savvy Brides.
Don't miss Sara Loesch Frank's demonstration "Decorated and Illuminated Initials" on Saturday, July 7 at 2 p.m. in the Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level of the Main Library. While you're here, come up to the 6th Floor for Kalligraphia 13, an exhibition of modern calligraphy by members of the Friends of Calligraphy, a non-profit Bay Area organization. Kalligraphia 13 will be on view in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th floor of the Main Library through August 26.
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| Sara Loesch Frank |
Ms. Frank joined the Friends of Calligraphy in the late 1970s and began teaching art and lettering for adult education classes. Her early calligraphy mentors include Peter Thornton, Ewan Clayton, David Howells, Ieuan Rees, Georgianna Greenwood, Carl Rohrs, Georgia Deaver, Stan Knight and Jacqueline Svaren, whose book she would turn to when baffled.
In 1999, one of her pieces was chosen to be shown at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Two more pieces were selected for the Connecticut Conference "Writing Beyond Words." In 2001, she was awarded a year-long scholarship from the Academy of Art in San Francisco based on her calligraphic artwork shown at the San Mateo County Fair. Her calligraphy has been featured in Letter Arts Review, Bon Appetit and B for Savvy Brides.
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| Sara Loesch Frank |
4 Temmuz 2012 Çarşamba
Rockhound Rhode Island
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Apart from drawing droves of well-heeled citizens to its beautiful homes every summer, Rhode Island have different opinions regarding overtime. The Family Court is a good Rhode Island you should go there. They also have some winding paths that you will get divorced. Your spouse suggests that you might find Providence very appealing.
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Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!
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The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.
Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011. The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op
The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
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Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
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The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
Lucy Peacock's Reward
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Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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| Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
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| Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
The London Book Trades, 1755-1800 by Ian Maxted (1977), 173
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
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| Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
Edward Johnston’s Foundational Script
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Kalligraphia programs continued last Saturday at the Main Library, with calligrapher Antonia Smith demonstrating Edward Johnston's Foundational Script. For those of our readers who couldn't attend, we present here a couple of snapshots of Antonia at work, along with a few Edward Johnston items from the Richard Harrison Collection of Calligraphy and Lettering, located here on the 6th floor in Book Arts & Special Collections.
Edward Johnston based Foundational Script, aka Foundational Hand, on the script of the Ramsey Psalter, now held at the British Museum as "Illuminated Manuscript Harley 2904." As the British Museum so aptly puts it on their website, Foundational Hand "inspired a renewal in 20th-century calligraphy." From the enthusiasm of Saturday's participants, it seems that inspiration carries into the 21st!
To learn more about Edward Johnston and his work, we invite you to visit the Book Arts & Special Collections Center here on the 6th floor of the Main Library.
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| Antonia Smith discusses Edward Johnston with fellow calligraphers. |
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| Antonia Smith demonstrates how different calligraphers vary in their execution of the Foundational Hand. |
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| Cover of Edward Johnston's classic instructional manual, in its 5th (1922) edition. Edward Johnston File, Harrison Collection, San Francisco Public Library. |
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| Page from Edward Johnston's Manuscript & Inscription Letters. Foundational Hand is shown at the top and described at the bottom. |
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| Demonstration sheet, handwritten and printed, showing Foundational Script at the top. Edward Johnston File, Harrison Collection, San Francisco Public Library. |
To learn more about Edward Johnston and his work, we invite you to visit the Book Arts & Special Collections Center here on the 6th floor of the Main Library.
2 Temmuz 2012 Pazartesi
Postally Yours, or, You've Got Mail!
To contact us Click HERE
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
Here's the program line-up for the SF Correspondence Co-op birthday party.
Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
"The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op was founded by Red Letter Day/Jennie Hinchcliff in May 2011. The Co-op's goal is to bring like-minded mail artists and letter writers together on a monthly basis. The Co-op strongly believes that mail art is for everyone, no matter what their age or skill set. Participants in Correspondence Co-op are encouraged to share mail art stories, techniques, and know-how, thereby contributing to the key ideals which keep the Eternal Network going and growing."--Mission Statement, San Francisco Correspondence Co-op
The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
The Book Arts & Special Collections Center is pleased to present a mail art program with an almost universal appeal. For anyone interested in mail art --making postcards, decorated envelopes and zines; sending found art through the mail; finding your own unique handwritten voice; connecting with pen pals; making artist stamps; tracking down rubber stamps, old and new; hanging out at a favorite local Post Office --we have the program for you! The San Francisco Correspondence Co-op is celebrating their one-year anniversary at the San Francisco Public Library, and you’re invited.
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Sunday, May 27, 1-4pm, in the Latino-Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Lower Level, Main Library.
2pm –> postal bingo: everybody loves bingo — and the best kind of bingo is postal themed! Designer Maureen Forys of Happenstance Type-O-Rama has created a keepsake bingo board for players; the first three folks to call out “bingo!” will receive fabulous prizes. Calling will start at 2pm sharp – don’t delay!
3pm –> postal white elephant swap: if interested in participating, please bring a wrapped postal/letter writing related gift that you are up-cycling – no need to purchase anything new! Examples include: unused stationery, blank journals, ephemera scraps, a packet of interesting envelopes, etc.
When you arrive at the party, please check in at the white elephant table in order to receive a “swap number”. The swap will take place on the dot at 3pm!
Throughout the event –> group project/exquisite corpse: bring your favorite art making tools and join our group project! Attendees are welcome to create/draw/stamp at the designated “Creation Station”; paper will be on hand for you to “make” to your heart’s content! Examples of items to bring for art making: pens, rubber stamps, stickers, colored pencils. The Co-op will provide a small selection of tools for you to use.
Once you’ve finished putting together your masterpiece, add your name to the mailing list. At a later date, you’ll receive part of the exquisite corpse!
Join the fun! All programs at the Library are free and open to the public.
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The Co-op has been featured in the blog Felt & Wire and the Bold Italic blog and print magazine (no. 2).
Here at the San Francisco Public Library you can find an array of inspirational and craft oriented books, zines, periodicals, and visual materials to feed your creative needs. Join the ranks of the mail art movement and learn more about the SF Correspondence Co-op on Sunday, May 27, at the Main Library, Civic Center.
A MAIL ART READING LIST TO GET YOU GOING
Correspondence: An Exhibition of the Letters of Ray Johnson (1976)
Creative Correspondence by Michael and Judy Jacobs (2003)
The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey (2010)
Good Mail Day by Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler (2009); and the e-book
How to Draw a Bunny [videorecording] (2004)
Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography by John Held, Jr. (1997)
Red Letter Day [zine]
Rubber Soul: Rubber Stamps and Correspondence Art by Sandra Mizumoto Posey (1996)
Spark: Visual Arts (KQED, 2004), featuring mail art collector, John Held, Jr.
Co-op member shares some of the mail art she received.
All images courtesy San Francisco Correspondence Co-op.
Lucy Peacock's Reward
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Book Arts & Special Collections is in the midst of cataloging its French language humor books, which form part of the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor. Books that were formerly hidden are now discoverable in the library's online catalog, alerting readers to humorous 6th floor treasures en français. Sometimes, in addition to the book proper, a book holds an unexpected gift. For instance, this copy of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (shown above) opens with a lovely engraved document on the front paste-down: a nineteenth century reward of merit.
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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| Title page of Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
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| Reward of merit pasted into Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Our book shows that a student, Mlle. Hortense--and here the inscription is a bit unclear and seems to read "Leboucher"-- was awarded a prize by her teacher on 26 April [1837?]. Mlle. Hortense must have cherished this book, a token of esteem for her academic achievement. A little book of moral tales, amusing stories and instructive lessons, La Petite Émigrée was first printed in England in 1799. The French edition was published in Paris in 1836.
Much of what we know about the author, Lucy Peacock, may be found in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. She seems to have been a popular children's author, active from about 1785-1816. Her children's stories appeared in the Juvenile Magazine in the 1780s; her books were later published with such titles as The Adventures of the Six Princesses in the Travels to the Temple of Virtue (1785), The Visit for a Week (1794), and Patty Primrose (1813). With R. Peacock (perhaps her husband), Lucy Peacock also ran a book shop at 259 Oxford Street, London. She translated works from French, and, in turn, several of her books, like the one described here, were translated for French children.
Mlle. Hortense's prize is similar to the reward of merit that American children received in the nineteenth century. Beginning in the early part of that century, teachers awarded certificates to students for good conduct, attendance, excellence in handwriting, and progress in learning. The reward of merit became a popular aspect of American education, evolving from a simple one-color printed slip to a major sideline for the chromolithography industry by the end of the nineteenth century. It makes sense that prizes such as the reward of merit would jump the pond; this nineteenth century innovation had a positive effect on the academic achievements of children. One wonders what might have happened to Mlle. Hortense Leboucher, if indeed that was her name.
This post is part of Everyday Matters, an occasional series of blog posts featuring ephemera in the collections of the Book Arts & Special Collections Center and the San Francisco History Center. In his Encyclopedia of Ephemera, an exhaustive work on the subject, scholar Maurice Rickards proposed a definition that has gained wide support, although it isn't perfect: ephemera is "minor transient documents of everyday life."
REFERENCES: A Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800 edited by Janet Todd (1985), 242
Dictionary of National Biography [1963-1965]: volume 15, 588
Encyclopedia of Ephemera by Maurice Rickards (2001), 271-273
Exeter Working Papers in Book History (retrieved 19 May 2012)
Rewards of Merit by Patricia Fenn and Alfred P. Malpa (1994)
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| Detail of reward of merit from Lucy Peacock's La Petite Émigrée (1836) |
Images: La Petite Émigrée by Lucy Peacock (Paris, 1836)
Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, San Francisco Public Library
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