Friends Event: New Acquisitions in APS Library Collections with David Gary

Come see some of the highlights of recent acquisitions at the APS since Dr. David Gary, Associate Director of Collections, arrived in 2016. On the docket will be rare translations of Charles Darwin's works, physics manuscripts, medical publications, and a journal and scrapbook of a curatorial tour of Peru in the 1920s, among other new treasures. We hope you will mark your calendar and join us!

David Gary is the Associate Director of Collections at the Library and Museum of the American Philosophical Society. Previously, he was the Curator of Printed Materials at the APS. David oversees the cataloging, conservation, reference, and manuscript processing departments and manages the front desk and reading room. He is involved in the entire cycle of collecting, from acquisition to description to public use of material. David holds a PhD in American history from the City University of New York's Graduate Center and an MLS from City University of New York's Queens College. His personal research focuses on the history of the book and print culture in early America.