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Union's Schaffer Library holds the rare and beautiful Trianon
Press Editions of William Blake's
illuminated works. Together, Ellen Fladger and Betty Allen maintain Schaffer
Library's Special
Collections and Archives section located on the fourth floor. Please refer
to the "Schaffer Library"
section below for more information not only on Union's Trianon collection,
but other shelved
William Blake holdings.
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Union's last connection with
scholarly and artistic Blake appreciation occurred in conjunction
with Skidmore College on May 9 and 10 of 1980. As the Preface to the original
exhibit catalog
tells us, "Both the exhibition and symposium are designed to explore
the range and versatility of Blake's
achievements as a writer and artist. (McCord, 5)" The exhibit, containing
materials from Union's
Schaffer Library and Skidmore's Scribner Library, was divided into eight
sections, each with a different
focus toward Blake.
A first section centered around
Blake's life, followed by the next containing four figures who
influenced Blake the most. Section three emphasized "the popularity
of songs and ballads in the
late eighteenth century (McCord, 7)," and served as an introduction
to a talk by Karl Kroeber on
"Blake and the Tradition of Song." The next two sections centered
upon Blake's life as a designer,
illustrator, and engraver to support a conference by Joseph Viscomi on "Blake's
Printing Methods."
The sixth and seventh segments of the exhibit focused upon the interrelationships
between design
and text in Blake's illuminated books and served as a background for a talk
by Edward J. Rose called,
"Blake's Windows Into Eden." The eighth and final section of the
exhibit focused on Blake's watercolors
for the Book of Job and on "the tradition of the English bard (McCord,
7)." A final discussion
surrounded this last section as Robert Gleckner offered his talk on Blake's
"Voice of the
Ancient Bard."
The memory of Blake continues
at the college through classes, seminars, and occasional
discussions. This exhibit, now long since passed, has now faded from the
college's memory but
surely, more of the same desire and commitment to appreciate Blake's works
will once again surface,
in the near future, at Union College.
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