Collaborators and Contributors
The early decades of European printing were of deep interest to John H. Scheide (1875–1942, Princeton 1896) who brought the Gutenberg Bible into his private library; and the same decades became a passion for the Bach scholar William H. Scheide (1914–2014, Princeton 1936), who built on his father’s collection, and himself made a significant contribution to our knowledge of the influence of the Gutenberg Bibles.
As a result, through “Bill” Scheide’s spectacular bequest, Princeton University owns one of the world’s great collections of earliest European printing. The present exhibition, surveying this period, highlights the century-long collecting program of the two Scheides, father and son. But no single collection, anywhere, is fully comprehensive. Through the generosity of other great libraries, the exhibition has been immeasurably widened and enriched. The loans from England in particular include treasures of early printing that have never before been seen in America, and many of the loans from American libraries have never before gone beyond their walls.
Our lenders are:
Exhibition contributors:
Anne Jarvis, Robert H. Taylor 1930 University Librarian
Curators: Paul Needham, Scheide Librarian, and Eric White, Curator of Rare Books
Brenna Campbell, Preservation Librarian
Esmé Cowles, Software Development Manager, and the Digital Repository and Discovery Services team
Emily Judd, Communications Coordinator
Kimberly Leaman, IT Project Manager; online exhibition design
Mick LeTourneaux, Rare Books Conservator
Dan Linke, Interim Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC)
David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Collections & Research Services
Jennifer Meyer, Curatorial Assistant, RBSC
Roel Muñoz, Library Digital Imaging Manager, and the Digital Imaging Studio team
Stephanie Ramírez, Communications Specialist & Staff Writer
Ted Stanley, Special Collections Paper Conservator
Barbara Valenza, Director, Library Communications; graphic designer (publicity materials, exhibition booklet)
John Walako, Coordinator of Exhibition Services
Stephanie Wiener, Exhibitions Registrar and Gallery Operations Manager; exhibition project manager
Exhibition design firm: C&G Partners, New York, NY
Exhibition fabricator: ImageKing Visuals, Carlstadt, NJ