Events
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LCSNA Fall 2019 Meeting – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 3420 Walnut St., Seminar Room, 6th Floor, PhiladelphiaGeneral Meeting, Sat, Oct 5: Free
Mad Hatter Day Tea Party, Sun, Oct 6: $30
LCSNA Keepsake Printing @ the Common Press, Sun, Oct 6: Free
The Fall LCSNA 2019 meeting is going to be terrific! April Lynn James is the program chairperson for the meeting at the University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, with member Bob Stek supporting the effort. Mark the dates!
The General Meeting is October 5th and 6th. Confirmed speakers include:
- Charlie Lovett. Author, From Little Ruby to Debbie Allen: Alice on Stage in Philadelphia
- Estelle Markel-Joyet. American Philosophical Society, Dr. Wheeler in Wonderland
- Linda Cassady. LCSNA President, “Would you tell me, please which way I ought to go from here?”
- David McKnight. Director of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library of the Kislak Center, A Tribute to Charles Santore
- Riley McGuire. English Department, University of Pennsylvania, No Ending Up: Unfinished Vocal Normalization in Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno.
- Sibylla Benatova. Kislak Center presenting, Alice Translated: A Wonderland of Bulgarian “Alice” Books
Sunday, October 6, 2019 there will be a Mad Hatter Day Tea Party with food, of course, and sharing information about various Carroll collections.
This tea party will be followed by a visit to Penn’s Common Press to letterpress print a Fall 2019 LCSNA Keepsake, compliments of the folks at the press.
LCSNA Board Meeting
Hotel Indigo 509 Ninth Ave.; Nautilus Conference Room, San DiegoAll are invited, but space is limited. Please contact the Secretary. Following the Board Meeting, the Board of Directors and any guests will retire to the Table 509 restaurant in the Indigo Hotel for a no-host, $25 per person, limited menu dinner.
San Diego Central Library Tour
San Diego Central Library 330 Park Blvd., San DiegoThe tour will include the Children’s Library, Rare Book Room, and Alice Exhibit.

