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Research from the second year of the Gwillim Project. Explore the project website here: thegwillimproject.com
Anna Winterbottom: Introductions
0:50 - Hana Nikčević (Assistant Registrar, Art Museum, University of Toronto) - Topic: “Mary Symonds' perspective views”
18:11 - Saraphina Masters (Assistant Curator of Engagement, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) - "Indian Expertise on the Natural World in the Gwillim Archive."
Research from the second year of the Gwillim Project. Explore the project website here: thegwillimproject.com
Anna Winterbottom: Introductions
0:50 - Hana Nikčević (Assistant Registrar, Art Museum, University of Toronto) - Topic: “Mary Symonds' perspective views”
18:11 - Saraphina Masters (Assistant Curator of Engagement, Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) - "Indian Expertise on the Natural World in the Gwillim Archive."










![McGill Conversations with Alberto Manguel: A Bibliophiles Bucket List
In this featurette, bibliophile and acclaimed author Alberto Manguel reveals his personal library wish list and explores some of the most precious items found in McGills collections, highlighting, in particular, McGills one-of-a-kind 1618 Feather Book from Milan.
For more information about McGills rare and special collections visit https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/roaar
With thanks to Alberto Manguel for his participation in this video series related and on-site conversation series in the fall of 2019 https://www.mcgill.ca/library/branches/roaar/events/mcgill-conversations-alberto-manguel
Production & Video Editing
For McGill Multimedia Services:
- Elena Petkovic, Associate Multimedia Producer
- Frank Roop, Video Producer
Produced by McGill Library staff members from ROAAr, Digital Initiatives and Communications units.
Additional materials featured (in order of appearance):
Carroll, Lewis. Alices Adventures in Wonderland. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1897. Children’s Literature Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections
Shakespeares sonnets. Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head, 1921.
Colgate History of Printing Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections Colgate 6 S53 S53 S66 1921
Mr. William Shakespears comedies, histories, and tragedies. London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, 1685.
Shakespeare Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections folio PR2751 A4 1685
Woolf, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1925.
Rare Books and Special Collections
Minaggio, Dionisio. [The Feather Book]. Milan, 1618.
Blacker-Wood Collection, Rare Books and Special Collections
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