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Preservation Department - William Anthony Endowment Project

 

William Anthony hands The University of Iowa Libraries Annual William Anthony Endowment Project enables exceptional book conservation treatments. These book conservation treatments are identified each year and their cost to the libraries is drawn from the endowment income. The Annual William Anthony Endowment Project was established through the perceptive and generous support of Julie Scott and Jim Fluck to honor the legacy of Bill Anthony, the first Conservator of the Libraries. Annual project funding began in 2001. The various book conservation treatments have been the following:

 

2007      Medieval Manuscripts, Exhibition Preparation/Installation for Monks to Masters Exhibit

               Project costs: $5,520

 

2006      Conservation rebinding of 18th century pamphlets

               Project costs: $4,320

 

2005      William Anthony: Fine Binder Catalog

               Project costs: $4,320

 

2004      Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

               Project costs: $4,260

 

2003      Conservation and Rebinding of 14th c. Italian Missal

               Project costs: $3,500

 

2002      Preservation of Founders’ Scrapbooks, Iowa Women’s Archives

               Project costs: $3,870

 

2001      New Binding of the Arion Press Bible

               Project costs: $6,600

 

Biography of William Anthony

 

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