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Dr. Casey Wood helped to build two of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ's major library collections, the Osler and the Blacker Wood, among the finest collections of their kind in the world. Join scholars from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ, UQAM and Queens to explore Wood's own important research in bird vision and ornithology, and his stunning legacy of rare books, Islamic manuscripts, materia medica of Sri Lanka, and original works of art by the greatest natural history artists, from Edward Lear and John Gould to Lady Elizabeth Gwillim.

Explore the Library's digital exhibit on Dr. Casey Wood .

Light reception to follow.

Presented byÌýROAAr (Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives)

RSVP required. RSVP here.

Schedule

1. Casey Wood: Enriching the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Library,ÌýChristopher Lyons, Rare Books and Special Collections, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
2. Building the Osler,ÌýMary Hague Yearl, Osler Library of the History of Medicine, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
3. Casey Wood and the Fundus Oculi,ÌýRobert Montgomerie, Evolutionary Biology, Queens University
4. Lime, areca, palm: Casey Wood’s South Asian collections Anna Winterbottom, Indian Ocean World Centre, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ & Soma Hewa, School of Policy Studies, Queens
5. Islamic manuscripts: The Ivanov Collection, Anaïs Salamon, Islamic Studies Library, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
6. Building the Blacker Wood, Eleanor MacLean, Blacker Wood Librarian (retired), ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
7. Casey Wood’s Introduction to the Literature of Vertebrate Zoology andÌýDe Arte Venandi cum avibus: The Wood and Fyfe translation, Mauricio Ruiz, UQAM (en français)
8. The Feather Book of Dionisio Minaggio,ÌýCarla Benzan, Italian Studies, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ
9. Taylor White’s Paper Museum, Victoria Dickenson, Library and Collections, ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ

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