Join Special Collections Librarian, Jay Satterfield, and Edward C. Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow, Sophie Chadha, at Rauner Library for a hands-on active learning experience with rare book materials and discover how new technologies reshaped the book. Registration is required and limited for this in-person event. Please register below. 

One of the most powerful technological innovation of the late Middle Ages was moveable type. Was it a revolution, as it is often portrayed, or a smooth transition from one familiar form to a new form? Using manuscripts and early printed books from the 15^th century, we will examine the shift from a manuscript tradition to a culture of print.

Jay Satterfield has worked to integrate Special Collections into the intellectual life of the College through intensive curricular use of the collection since arriving at Dartmouth in 2004. He is an advocate for hands on learning and creating meaningful connections between the past and the present with rare and unique materials. He is the author of “The World’s Best Books”: Taste, Culture and the Modern Library and holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa.

Sophie Chadha is a ’25 Dartmouth graduate. She studied English and neuroscience and is interested in how literary and cognitive fields approach understanding thought, perception, language, memory, and development across species. She is the current Edward C. Lathem '51 Special Collections Fellow

This event takes place at Rauner Special Collections Library, located on the corner of Wentworth and College Street, Hanover, NH. Please be prompt in arriving as the doors to the library will be locked and staff will be available to let attendees enter. 

Email Sam Milnes with any questions, sam.milnes@thehowe.org