Rebecca Rego Barry, the former longtime editor of Fine Books & Collections, now director of communications at The Raab Collection, will discuss her most recent book researched at the Library of Congress, "The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author."
The event is part of the library’s Women’s History Month programming and centers on Barry’s research at the Library of Congress for her recently published biography The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells: Investigations into a Forgotten Mystery Author (2024). The program will consist of a brief illustrated presentation, a Q&A with LC rare book and special collections reference librarian Amanda Zimmerman, and a display of books from Wells’ collection of rare Walt Whitman editions.
In addition to being a famous writer of poems, prose, and mystery novels, Wells was a major book collector in the early decades of the 20th century. Although she collected broadly in American and English literature, she focused on Whitman, and she co-authored with bookseller Alfred Goldsmith, A Concise Bibliography of the Works of Walt Whitman (1922), which served as the standard reference for generations.
5:30pm - 7pm
This event is free, but tickets are required separately from Live! at the Library and there may be special restrictions. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket
Thomas Jefferson Building - LJ 119
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Live! At the Library: Women Collectors and Authors: The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells
