Speakers Bureau
The Fascinating Subject of Ephemera
As an event planner looking for fresh, interesting presentations for your group or conference, you can choose knowledgeable and experienced speakers from The Ephemera Society's roster. Contact a speaker directly to make all further inquiries and arrangements.
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Robert Bogdan
157 Stevens Orchard Road
Orwell, VT 05760
Phone: 802-948-2664
Email: rcbogdan@syr.edu
Presentations & Subjects: Picturing Disability; Adirondack Postcard Photographers; Freak Show Photography; Human-Animal Relations as revealed in real photo postcards and many other topics.
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Larry W. Bowman
P.O. Box 232
Storrs, CT 06268
Phone 860-429-4289
Email: bowmanlarryw@hotmail.com or indianoceanbooks@earthlink.net
Presentations & Subjects: Collecting the Indian Ocean: Tales from the Antiquarian World(s) of Books, Maps. And Prints.
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Guillaume de Syon
347 N West End Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17603
Prof: History Dept.
Albright College
Reading, PA 19612-5234
Phone: 610-921-7822
Email: gdesyon@alb.edu or guillaume.desyon@fandm.edu
Presentations & Subjects: The Flying Machine in Utopia and Reality (using collectibles, caricatures and postcards up to 1920); Introducing Car Culture: The Case of the Postcard, 1890-1914; World War I postcards: Reading new Meanings in Censored media; Airline Maps and Advertising in the Interwar Years
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Frank DeFreitas
P.O. Box 85
Allentown, PA 18105-0085
Phone: 610-770-0341
Email: holoservices@gmail.com
Web: www.holoworld.com
Presentations & Subjects: Into the 21st Century: Antiquarian Holographica; Postcards: Art and Holography; Engaging Youth in Education through Ephemera
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Dolph Gotelli / Father Christmas
PO Box 4707
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
Phone: 916-941-7532
Web: www.dolphgotelli.com
Presentations & Subjects: Holiday Ephemera: The evolution of St. Nicholas into Santa; Victorian rituals; Victorian greeting cards; Santa Claus as super salesman; Fantasy Christmas; Toys and children at play; Easter, Halloween; and many more. . .
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Arthur H. Groten
PO Box 30
Fishkill, NY 12424
Phone: 916-941-7532
Presentations & Subjects: Napoleon at St. Helena; Promotion of Air Mail prior to WWII; Levant Fairs of Palestine; Taxi Mail of Palestine; Philately as a Collector's Paradigm
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David Hall
c/o National Book Auctions
1429 Danby Road,
Ithaca, NY, 14850
Phone 607-269-0101
Presentations & Subjects: The murky world of collectible book and paper valuation. The ins and outs of collecting and investing in books and paper.
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Robert Dalton Harris & Diane DeBlois
P.O. Box 477
West Sand Lake NY 12196
Phone: 518-674-2979
Email: agatherin@yahoo.com
Presentations & Subjects: Ephemera in general; Many postal history subjects; Many transportation subjects;Thoreau's Ephemeral Manuscripts; The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable; Ephemera and Our Concept of the American West.
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Michael Ragsdale
PO 780234
Maspeth, NY 11378
Phone: 646-708-3604
Email: mr390@mindspring.com
Presentations & Subjects: In the Aftermath of 9/11: A New York City Paper Ephemera and Autograph Collector's Journey. An extensive look (with slides and in chronological order) at what I collected at over 200 New York City area public and private occasions that addressed 9/11 aftermath-related issues (recovery, security, health, peace, war, etc.) from September 11, 2001 until September 12, 2008. The entire archive encompasses over 3000 pieces of paper ephemera and 500 autographs of event participants (from New York and throughout the U.S. and the world).
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Nancy Rosin
PO Box 647
Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417
Phone: 201-337-5834
Fax: 201-337-3356
Email: NancyRosin@aol.com
Presentations & Subjects: The Valentine - A Tribute to Love; Valentines: Five hundred years of romantic designs
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Jeremy Rowe
2120 S. Las Palmas Cir.
Mesa, Arizona 85202
Email: jrowe@vintagephoto.com
Web Site: www.vintagephoto.com
Presentations & Subjects: Photographs as Primary Source Research Tools; History of Stereoscopic Photography; 19th Century Arizona through the Stereoscope; "Silver Images and Glass Plates," 19th Century Photography in the Southwest; Copyright, Ownership Issues, and Negotiating with Publishers; Early Photography in New York City (July 2012).
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Ellen G. K. Rubin
66 Lockwood Road
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone: 914-723-6671
Email: popups@popuplady.com
Web: www.popuplady.com
Presentations & Subjects: The History and Art of the Movable Book; The Art and Life of Vojtěch Kubašta; Pop-ups for Grown-ups
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Robert Rust
536 South Ogden Street
Denver, CO 80209-4418
Email: Roycroft.r@comcast.net
Web: rust.r@comcast.net
Presentations & Subjects: The Arts and Crafts Movement UK and US History; The Roycroft Press and its Ephemera 1895-1938
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Gejus van Diggele
71 Rijndijk
2394 AD Hazerswoude
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 713412181
Email: gejusvd@xs4all.nl
Presentations & Subjects: Secondary use of playing cards: about life in the past (1500-present) reflected by reused playing cards; U.S. ball invitations on playing cards: about social balls in New England (c. 1770-1840); World War 2 games and puzzles: about the history of WW2 as 'told' by games and puzzles from 18 countries involved in that war.
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Marty Weil
28 Crabapple Lane
Asheville, NC 28804
Phone: 828-505-1209
Presentations & Subjects: Ephemera - Exploring the World of Old Paper; A Year in Asheville - photographs from Asheville's Year of Bliss
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Speakers on ephemera topics are invited to join the new Ephemera Society Speakers Bureau Service
If you are an experienced speaker, a member of The Ephemera Society of America, and enjoy giving talks on your favorite ephemera topics, the Society's new Speakers Bureau will introduce you to event planners looking for interesting speakers on interesting subjects.
Your speaker listing will provide information about your presentation themes, biography, speaking experience, and your email contact address. You will make all arrangements directly with the event planner.
An announcement of the Bureau formation and the member speakers will be made in Ephemera News and on the Society's web site.
This is an excellent opportunity to share your enthusiasm and knowledge of ephemera. Groups may have heard of ephemera but not appreciated its richness, or they might want to know more about their favorite ephemera.
Download the application (.doc file) >>
Join the excitement of introducing others to the fascinating world of ephemera!
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