Book launch and press tour of "If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection"

Description

The official launch of the book "If I Survive: Frederick Douglass and Family in the Walter O. Evans Collection", edited by Celeste-Marie Bernier and Andrew Taylor (with a foreword by Robert S. Levine and an afterword by Kim F. Hall) was accompanied by a number of public talks and readings in Europe and the US, the majority of which were open and free to the public.

In the US, talks were held at:
Reginald Lewis Museum - September 5, 2018
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site - September 6, 2018
MD Historical Archives - September 7, 2018
Frederick Douglass Honor Society, Easton - September 8, 2018
University of Rochester - September 10, 2018
Rochester Public Library - September 10, 2018
North Star Books, Rochester, NY - September 12, 2018
Barnard College - September 14, 2018
Nantucket Atheneum - September 16, 2018
New Bedford Historical Society - September 17, 2018
Massachusetts Historical Society - September 17, 2018

In Europe, talks were held at:
Paris Frederick Douglass Conference (If I Survive Roundtable) - October 12, 2018
Newcastle University - October 18, 2018
Alloway, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum - October 21, 2018
Glasgow City Waterstones - October 25, 2018
Eccles Centre British Library - October 30, 2018
Newcastle Upon Tyne Book Festival - 1 December, 2018
NLS Open Book Session - 4 December, 2018
NLS East Meets West Session - 7 December, 2018
Dalkeith Midlothian Society - 11 December, 2018

Public lectures will continue between April and June 2019 in connection with the exhibit of the W.O. Evans collection at the National Gallery of Art.

Period	5 Sept 2018 → 11 Dec 2018
Held at	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Degree of Recognition	International