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<font face="Helvetica Neue">Tuesday, November 16, 2010<br>
7:30 p.m.<br>
Antiquarian Hall, AAS<br>
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Twenty-seventh Annual James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the Program
in the History of the Book in American Culture<br>
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Random Notes from a Book History Bureaucrat<br>
by John B. Hench<br>
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This talk by John B. Hench, retired vice president for collections
and programs at AAS, will combine elements of memoir, reflections
on the development and influence of the Society's Program in the
History of the Book in American Culture, and notes on some of the
themes in his recent scholarship on publishing in the World War II
era. <br>
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John B. Hench worked at AAS for 33 years, beginning as editor of
publications in 1973. He is the author of Books as Weapons:
Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the
Era of World War II (2010). Additionally, he co-edited The Press
and the American Revolution (1981) and Printing and Society in
Early America (1983).<br>
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The Wiggins Lecture is named for James Russell Wiggins
(1903-2000), chairman of the Society from 1970 to 1977. He was
editor of the Washington Post and, until his death at the age of
96, editor of the Ellsworth (Maine) American. Wiggins also served
as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in 1968.<br>
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The American Antiquarian Society is funded in part by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that supports
public programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Woo
cardholders can earn 2 points for each AAS public lecture and 3
points for public tours. Woo cards are distributed through the
Worcester Cultural Coalition. For more information please see <a
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Further information about public lectures is available:<br>
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href="http://www.americanantiquarian.org">www.americanantiquarian.org</a>
or phone (508) 755-5221. <br>
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