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John Garcia

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AAS Director: Program in the History of the Book in American Culture/Center for Historic American Visual Culture. studies Early American Book Trade & C19 Asylums. plays Modular Synths. loves Chihuahuas. Providence RI.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · 29d

Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · 29d

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Folks in the U of Miami area—I’ll be giving a lecture on Tuesday, Sept 9 about Black participation in early American print shops, paper mills, and libraries at the Kislak Center.

Slavery and the Making of the Early American Book

events.miami.edu

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Interesting. Fun fact: the Huntington has a Magnalia that belonged to Samuel Taylor Coleridge—with a little mss poem inside dissing Cotton lol

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Wow! Any IT marginalia going on in there???

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Revisiting Jonathan Edwards and the "Bad Books" Controversy | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jun 2

Next week! Christopher Looby delivers the James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in American Culture. Register to attend in-person at AAS or virtually.
#bookhistory #C19

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Apr 8

Link: www.americanantiquarian.org/nineteenth-c...

Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Apr 8

Next Tuesday 4/15 is the deadline to apply for this summer’s CHAViC seminar on Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World. Don’t miss it!

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Apr 2

Leaving this without comment.

John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 24

Sex, Gender, and Print | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 24

Next week is the deadline to apply for the AAS seminar on “Sex, Gender, and Print”—led by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Stein, with guest speakers Emily A. Owens, Kathryn Walkiewicz, and Christopher Looby. Apply by April 4. Link in comments!

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 19

Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early United States with Ben Bascom | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 19

Next week! Virtual Book Talk featuring Ben Bascom’s Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early U.S. Thurs. March 27 at 2pm EST. Link in comments to register.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 12

We’ll be here!

John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 12

Preview of the AAS summer seminar on 19th-cent. American Photography. Applications due next month—and tuition scholarships are available for junior scholars.

Summer Seminar Preview: CHAViC 2025

YouTube video by AmericanAntiquarian

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Mar 10

Catalog record with that info: catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdin...

AAS Catalog Record

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Feb 27

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jan 27

www.americanantiquarian.org/nineteenth-c...

Nineteenth-Century American Photography in the World | American Antiquarian Society

www.americanantiquarian.org

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jan 27

Interested in early photography? Consider taking the 2025 Summer Seminar in Historic American Visual Culture, July 27-Aug. 1, at the American Antiquarian Society.

Link with more info in comments.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jan 23

That’s the one and only M.A. Gannon, performing in the role of “Little Pickle” c.a. 1843!

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AAS Catalog Record

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jan 23

www.americanantiquarian.org/sex-gender-p...

Sex, Gender, and Print | American Antiquarian Society

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Jan 23

This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein.

Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.

Link in comments.

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Dec 13

No actually it’s just in storage at the library I work at. The painting is an early 20th century copy LOL

John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · Dec 13

Because it’s a bad painting!

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