TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
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AAS CAMPUS
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LETTER FROM THE LIBRARIAN
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CONSERVATION
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CATALOGING CAMP | THE CLARENCE PROJECT
6
“A NEW NATION VOTES”
7
“PRINTS IN THE PARLOR”
8
FELLOWSHIPS
9
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
13
PROGRAMS FOR K-12 TEACHERS
18
PUBLIC PROGRAMS
20
ENDOWED LECTURES
21
AAS ONLINE
22
ANNUAL & SEMIANNUAL MEETINGS | NEW BOOKS
23
COUNCIL AND STAFF
25
MEMBERS
26
DONORS
40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
47
AAS INDEX
48
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BALDWIN AWARD
Descriptions of recent acquisitions in this report were written by: Vincent L. Golden, Curator of Newspapers and Periodicals Lauren B. Hewes, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Graphic Arts Thomas G. Knoles, Curator of Manuscripts Laura E. Wasowicz, Curator of Children’s Literature David R. Whitesell, Curator of Books
Front cover: NEH chairman Jim Leach and AAS member Jill Lepore’s conversation about American civility, April 14, 2010. Back cover: American Historical Print Collectors’ Society fellow Marie-Stéphanie Delamaire in the reading room.