The Fan and Stephen J. Parker Library and the Joseph L. Conrad Collection

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The Fan and Stephen J. Parker Library and the
Joseph L. Conrad Collection

• Construction December 2005
• Dedication 7 April 2006

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The first elements go in early December 2005.
The units were designed and built by Jack Hope
Design and Build, Lawrence.
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The before pictures were taken by Marc L.
Greenberg.
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You can almost smell the lacquer.
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Dedication day, 7 April 2006

• The following pictures were mostly taken by
  Marie-Luce Parker, who kindly gave permission to
  use them for this display.

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The Conrad family came to help dedicate the
Conrad Collection and to announce the Joseph L.
Conrad Memorial Scholarship.
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L-R Josephs widow, Galina Josephs daughters,
Karla and Belinda.
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Eminent scholar and Professor Emerita Jadwiga
Maurer has the new Library all to herself shortly
before the dedication.
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Perusing the Collection are Wallace Johnson,
Malgorzata Stamm, Eve Levin, Jon Giullian, and
Brian Rosenblum.
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Three generations of Parkers were on hand to
honor the memory of the their mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother, Fan Parker.
Left to right Benjamin Parker, Richard Parker,
Marie-Luce and Stephen Parker.
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Benjamin Parker steals the show.
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L R Kerry Sabbag, William Comer, Lena Tsiovkh,
Edith Clowes, Yaroslava Tsiovkh, Geoff Husic, Ray
Finch, Stephen Dickey, Brian Rosenblum, Wallace
Johnson.
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Stephen J. Parker and Marc L. Greenberg
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Stephen Parker, Galina Conrad, Karla Conrad, and
William Comer.
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Display of books written and edited by Fan and
Stephen J. Parker and an autographed photo from
Vladimir Nabokov. Below autographed volumes from
contemporary Russian writers (Chukovsky, Leonov,
Kataev)
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The reception, which featured a memorable
chocolate ganache torte from Wheatfields. Right
to left Olena Chervonik-Bearden, Sidney Dement,
Karla Conrad, Rae Ann Brown, Yana Grigortchouk,
Belinda Conrad. Back to camera Yaroslava
Tsiovkh, Galina Conrad.
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Benjamin Parker, Stephen J. Parker, and Marc L.
Greenberg.