Ward Miller, UNESCO Skyscrapers, Preservation Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jon Voils of Celebrate Libraries® interviews Ward Miller, The Richard H. Driehaus Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, about land development and preserving Chicago’s historic building stock. Foremost in the conversation is an application to add nine significant early skyscrapers representing the Chicago School of architecture to UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list.
Miller coauthored The Complete Architecture of Adler & Sullivan which is available to the public for study in the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.
Useful Links:
https://www.preservationchicago.org/early-chicago-skyscrapers-for-unesco-world-heritage-site-designation-by-aia-chicago-and-preservation-chicago-2 (https://www.preservationchicago.org/early-chicago-skyscrapers-for-unesco-world-heritage-site-designation-by-aia-chicago-and-preservation-chicago-2/)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6235 (https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6235)
https://www.artic.edu/library/discover-our-collections (https://www.artic.edu/library/discover-our-collections)
https://www.preservationchicago.org/long-format-ward-miller-interview-regarding-chicago-school-skyscraper-unesco-nomination/ (https://www.preservationchicago.org/long-format-ward-miller-interview-regarding-chicago-school-skyscraper-unesco-nomination/)
25 Jun 2023
Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Pop-Up Books, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Dr. Karr Schmidt talks with Robin and Jon Voils of Celebrate Libraries® about curating Pop-Up Books through the Ages at Newberry Library in Chicago. The interview was recorded remotely on June 22, 2023.
Useful Links:
https://www.newberry.org/blog/pop-up-books-history-that-jumps-off-the-page-literally (https://www.newberry.org/blog/pop-up-books-history-that-jumps-off-the-page-literally)
https://www.newberry.org/blog/five-self-guided-tours-of-pop-up-books-through-the-ages (https://www.newberry.org/blog/five-self-guided-tours-of-pop-up-books-through-the-ages)
27 Apr 2023
Marie-Célie Agnant, Maison de la littérature, Québec City, Canada
Jon and Robin Voils of Celebrate Libraries® talk with 10th Parliamentary Poet Marie-Célie Agnant about the word “home” and her book A Knife in the Sky. This is one of four interviews featuring writers and visual artists associated with the Maison de la littérature in Québec City, Canada. Recorded in February 2023.
Useful Links:
https://guides.loc.gov/quebec/contemporary-cultural-figures (https://guides.loc.gov/quebec/contemporary-cultural-figures)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Hakim-Rimpel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Hakim-Rimpel)
https://www.facebook.com/DevoirDeMemoireHT/photos/a.1541593826112397/2005705776367864/?type=3 (https://www.facebook.com/DevoirDeMemoireHT/photos/a.1541593826112397/2005705776367864/?type=3)
https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/English_poems/Agnant/TimeToGoBackInTime_MCAgnant.pdf (https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/English_poems/Agnant/TimeToGoBackInTime_MCAgnant.pdf)
https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/current-poet-laureate-e.html (https://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/Poet/current-poet-laureate-e.html)
https://lop.parl.ca/about/parliament/poet/pdfs/Appointment-10th-Parliamentary-Poet.pdf (https://lop.parl.ca/about/parliament/poet/pdfs/Appointment-10th-Parliamentary-Poet.pdf)
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