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Mondays at Beinecke: The Black Condemned: Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain...Executed at New Haven in the Era of Gallows Literature with Patricia Lott

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Dr. Patricia Ann Lott will discuss the story of Joseph Mountain, executed in New Haven in 1790, and the text published at the time of his execution, “Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain …”

Mondays at Beinecke: Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Yale and in New Haven, with Latif Legend, Albert Lucas, Charles Warner, Jr., and Paul Whyte

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Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek-letter fraternity established by African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University on December 4, 1906.

The Zeta Chapter of ΑΦΑ was founded at Yale on April 10th, 1909 and re-activated on March 29th, 1913 by A.J. Allen, J.W. Anderson, Charles H. Wesley, E.E. Caple, John M. Ross, Beale Elliott, Nimrod Allen, William N. Bishop, Frank Adams, John H. Lewis, Aiken A. Pope and Charles W. Burton.

Invention and Investigations: Printing Photography and the Photo Book

Thomas Palmer and Paul Messier will discuss the printing of the photograph in photo books from the perspective of their remarkable careers in the field—pushing the boundaries of what is possible in printing books while preserving the history of the photographic medium. Thomas Palmer’s extraordinary work printing photography began with his many projects with printer and artist Richard Benson and continues to his current work making digital separations of photographs. We will hear from Thomas stories about printing as it has changed and developed throughout his career.

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