UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Excursion – Welcome to Members of ASECS
Friday, 20 March 2014
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
UCLA bus departs from the Westin Bonaventure Hotel at 5:00 p.m.
(Free bus transportation is limited to the first 50 people who register for this excursion)
Free for ASECS conference participants and their guests; please register by 6 March as capacity is
limited.
This excursion is hosted by the UCLA William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and Center for 17th- &
18th-Century Studies. It includes a private guided tour of the elegant Clark Library and presentations by
the library staff about the collections. Following the tour, guests will enjoy a special reception. The bus
will depart the Clark Library at 7:00 p.m. and return to the hotel.
For details about bus or rail transportation options, please visit www.metro.net
Free parking is available for those traveling by car or taxi. For directions or a Google map, visit
http://www.clarklibrary.ucla.edu/visit
About the Clark Library
The Clark is an off-campus rare book library specializing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It
also has a renowned collection centering on Oscar Wilde and his era and significant holdings of modern
fine printing and Western Americana. Other collections include French literature, a major collection
devoted to Pietro Aretino, and a recent major gift strengthened considerably the Clark’s holdings of
sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century books. Currently the library has about 110,000 books, as well
as manuscripts, archives, maps, prints, and other material. Bequeathed to UCLA in 1934 by William
Andrews Clark, Jr. (1877-1934), a prominent book collector and philanthropist, this extensive collection
is housed in an historical building standing on the spacious grounds of the old Clark estate in the West
Adams district of Los Angeles (near downtown L.A.).
How to RSVP
To register, please send an email to c1718cs@humnet.ucla.edu with “ASECS-Clark Excursion” in the
subject line, and include the name, email, and phone number for each guest that will attend and
indicate whether you need a bus reservation. The free bus transportation is limited to 50 people and
reservations are provided on a first-come, first-served basis by email. The RSVP deadline is 6 March.