Last Friday afternoon the Clark Library open its doors to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible with an exhibition entitled: Bible. English. Authorized.  Following are some photographs snapped during the opening. The exhibition, the weather, and the company were all wonderful.  We are indebted to Curtis and Douglas Dombek for lending us…

This Friday, April 15th, 4-7  pm… Bible. English. Authorized: Celebrating 400 Years  of the King James Bible (at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library) Please join us as we commemorate one of the most important publishing ventures in the western world. King James the First was nothing if not determined. When he ascended the English throne…

Last weekend was a busy one for the Clark. On April 2nd, we were thrilled to have John Wilson Foster here from across the pond, giving a lecture on Oscar Wilde entitled “Green Carnations: Wilde, Culture, and Crime.” You can read a description of the lecture topic in an earlier Clog post here.  The lecture…

Bible. English. Authorized: Celebrating 400 Years  of the King James Bible (at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library) Friday, April 15,  4:00-7:00 p.m. Please join us as we commemorate one of the most important publishing ventures in the western world. King James the First was nothing if not determined. When he ascended the English throne…

Today we say a bittersweet goodbye to one of our favorite scholars, Lisa Sarasohn.  This is her third visit to the Clark, so she is a seasoned visitor and is very familiar with the collections.  The current project she’s been working on is “Vermin: A Cultural History of Early Modern England from the Outside in,”…

From Library Assistant Lauren Zuchowski The librarians at the Clark have plenty of gaming options with our playing card collection.  Our decks range from original artworks to facsimiles and each depict a historical event relevant to the collection at the library (bringing plots, revolutions, love, geography, reigns, war and more to life).  Originating in the…

From library assistant Lauren Zuchowski Bon Anniversaire, William Andrews Clark Jr.! Today the Clark Library is celebrating the 134th birthday of its founder, William Andrews Clark Jr.  Because he spent his childhood years in France, we have decided to re-imagine what one of young Clark’s birthday parties might have been like. In France, our birthday…

This week, the Clark staff congratulates our own Manuscript & Archives Librarian, Rebecca Fenning, on her impending marriage.  She will be married this Saturday in a beautiful outdoor spot in Los Angeles.  As we daydream about how wonderful her day will be and the joys of marriage that lie ahead, we could not help but…

Last weekend, we were happy to welcome Craft in America to the Clark.  They held a panel discussion in the drawing room, and created a wonderful artist’s book display in the South book room.  The discussion was lively, and the audience quite engaged. Our Project Archivist and photographer, Jennifer Bastian, was there to snap a…

In 1937, Oscar Wilde’s son Vyvyan Holland joined friend Richmond Temple, the manager of London’s Savoy Hotel, on a tour of Copenhagen, Helsinki and Arctic Finland.  He recorded their journey amongst the business and cultural elites of these places in a journal that the Clark was recently lucky enough to purchase. Typed (with some hand-written…