In-Person Visit to the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D.

Our Visit IN PERSON to the Steven Lomazow Collection

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By invitation, the RGME visits the varied collections of Dr. Steven Lomazow, at home in West Orange, New Jersey. Assembled over fifty years, they include an extraordinary collection of American magazines, pulp fiction, and other materials. Some of them have been displayed and published, including at The Grolier Club in 2020 (with a catalogue and virtual exhibition) and in other volumes. We have the opportunity to see these original works and others in context and to engage in conversation with them and their erudite collector.

We will assemble at the Lomazow home for an in-person visit on Saturday 16 November 2024 at 11:00 am EST (GMT-5). In welcome, the Lomazows will provide a luncheon repast for attendees.

As an introduction to his collection, Dr. Lomazow will share highlights, impulses, and discoveries in the course of his collecting for over more than fifty years, then describe how his varied collections are arranged in groups and by sizes, each set out alphabetically. With this guide, we might explore the collections, in their various rooms, and have the opportunity to examine selected materials and ask questions for further disussion and enrichment of knowledge.

Our in-person visit will extend to 5:00 pm, with an option to remain until 7:00 pm for attendees wishing to remain for further discussion and engagement with the original materials.

Alternate Format: Virtual Visit

For those unable to journey for the in-person visit, we offer a Zoom option to join the visit virtually, starting with Dr. Lomazow's Introduction at 1:00 pm. This curated virtual visit will form a complement to our Episodes of the RGME online series "The Research Group Speaks". It may, like them, last for one-and-one-half hours or extend (by request) to a longer span. The Zoom meeting format will allow out audience to participate in the discussion with questions and feedback.

Hybrd Visit for Access both In-Person and Online

The visit to Dr. Lomazow's collection, in person with a virtual component, can allow the wider audience of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, both based in Princeton and located elsewhere, to shape the event collaboratively. It marks a significant occasion in the history of the RGME, as it continues to pursue the exploration of original materials as resources for study, teaching, and learing, both in person and at a distance through interconnected means.

We are grateful for the opportunity in this landmark Anniversary Year of our Section 501(c)(3) organization, by the generous invitation of Dr. Steven Lomazow, to extend our tradition of visiting special collections, with special masterclasses, workshops, and interviews, into the realms of the history of American magazines and other traditions of creativity in the arts and written word.

Background

Publications about the collection include:

• https://www.americanmagazinecollection.com
• https://magazinehistory.blogspot.com
• Magazines and the American Experience: Highlights from the Collection of Steven Lomazow, M.D. (New York: The Grolier Club, 2020)
• The Great American Magazine: Adventures in History. Selections from The Steven Lomazow Collection of American Periodicals (20214)
• American Periodicals: A Collector's Guide and Reference Manual (1995)

Note on the Image: Front Cover of "St. Nicholas: Scribner's Illustrated Magazine for Girls and Boys", conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge, Volume I, Number I (November, 1873).
Collection of Steve Lomazow, M.D.

Host or Publisher Research Group on Manuscript Evidence