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APHA's Southern California Chapter sponsors lectures, fields trips and other opportunities to meet fellow members on an informal basis. (Learn about other regional chapters.) Officers Welcome from the new APHA SoCal Board Read a Welcome and invitation to join the revitalized APHA SoCal Chapter from the APHA SoCal Board. --------------------------------------- Southern California Chapter, American Printing History Association
Collections Visit #1: In conjunction with our discussion on cuneiform tablets at the recent APHA Book Club gathering, we have arranged a visit to the Archaeology Research Collection at the University of Southern California to view cuneiform tablets. We will be led by Hannah Marcuson, a USC senior, who knows a good deal about the collection and who is an enthusiastic interpreter of tablets. These clay tablets, which are around 3000 years old, are fascinating for their use in recording all kinds of information in Sumeria, site of present-day Iraq. The date is Saturday, May 3, at 1:15 p.m. at the USC campus in the Ahmanson Center West. Exact instructions as to parking and the building location will be sent to you upon confirmation of your reservation. We encourage carpools. Please let Richenda know if you can either drive or would like a ride to the event. You do not need to have attended any Book Club meetings to join us at this event. Reservations are limited, however. RSVP Richenda Brim rbrim@getty.edu Southern California Chapter, American Printing History Association
Book Club #2 Gathering
We are pleased to announce the second in our series of APHA Book Club conversations, which will be held on Wednesday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the evening. The book which gives us a structure for the meetings is Frederick G. Kilgour’s The Evolution of the Book, which you can find used on Amazon for about $30. We have made a limited number of photocopies of the next two chapters, which you can request from Richenda Brim. We discussed the first three chapters in Kilgour on the Dynamics of the Book, Incunables on Clay, and Papyrus Rolls at the recent meeting. The next chapters we will concentrate on are The Greco-Roman World, and the Codex 100-700, which includes pages 34 to 56. We will meet again at Kitty Maryatt’s studio in Playa Vista at 7:00 p.m. If you didn’t attend the first Book Club meeting, you are still entirely welcome. And if you cannot find time to read Kilgour, you will still find illuminating conversations at our friendly gathering. We are also planning a series of visits to collections which house artifacts which we are discussing at the Book Club. Please look for the next announcement of the upcoming visit to USC. RSVP Richenda Brim rbrim@getty.edu Address: 5350 Playa Vista Drive #12
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