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Julia D. BlakelyRare Book Catalog Librarian Julia Blakely has undergraduate and master's degrees in art history from the George Washington University and a M.S., with a specialization in rare books, from Columbia University. For many years she was a lab instructor at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia (formerly at Columbia) and currently serves on its William T. Buice Scholarship Committee. She is the co-chair of the Smithsonian's Material Culture Forum. Julia wrote the bibliographical descriptions for An Oak Spring Flora (1997) and has worked with several other private collections. Her interests, both active and in reading, include sailing, maritime history, gardening, landscape architecture, cooking and baking, D.C. history, and running. She often blogs about this variety of subjects based on the collections in the Smithsonian Libraries. Julia is a member of the West River Sailing Club in Maryland and is the owner of a Melonseed skiff, Watermelon. LinksLandscape of a Washington Place: A History of the Gardens of the Ambassador's Residence, British Embassy, Washington (website) "Navigating by the Book" Presentation at the 111th Material Culture Forum, 27 February 2019: The Art and Science of Celestial Navigation Across the Smithsonian Universe (link) Some of the blog posts written by Julia: The Wondrous Winter Wonderland that was 16th-Century Sweden (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound Blog) Be Your Own Navigator (Smithsonian Collections Blog) Spotting a First Edition of Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) Her "Diversion": The Gardening and Botanical Pursuits of Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (Biodiversity Heritage Library blog) Joshua Slocum and the Smithsonian (Smithsonian Collections) Beer on Board in the Age of Sail (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) Celebrate the Rhubarb (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) Amaryllis for Christmas (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) "'Tis A Gift To Be Simple" But to Have a Splendid Garden Buy Shaker Seeds (Biodiversity Heritage Library) Did a Cat Help Decorate this Binding? (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) A Pot of Basil in Every Household (Biodiversity Heritage Library) Unearthing an 18th-Century Librarian-Gardener (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) Balancing the Books in Rare Books (Smithsonian Libraries Unbound) |