Steven Galbraith
Curator
The Wallace Center - Cary Library
Academic Affairs
Adjunct Faculty
585-475-3961
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Steven Galbraith
Curator
The Wallace Center - Cary Library
Academic Affairs
Adjunct Faculty
Bio
Steven K. Galbraith is Curator of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Ohio State University and an M.L.S. from the University at Buffalo. Prior to coming to RIT, he was the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Books at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, the Curator of Early Modern Books and Manuscripts at The Ohio State University, and a reference librarian at the University of Maine. He is the author of works on early English printing, book conservation and digitization, and English Renaissance literature.
585-475-3961
Areas of Expertise
Book history
History of the Bible
Rare book librarianship
Special collections
Shakespeare and English Renaissance literature
Currently Teaching
MUSE-361
Tablet to Tablet: A History of Books
3 Credits
From ancient clay and wax tablets, to scrolls and medieval manuscripts, to printed books and iPads, this class examines the history of books from 2300 BCE to the present. Students study books not only as vehicles for texts, but also as physical artifacts that carry with them important evidence of the cultures that produced and read them. Using the Cary Graphic Arts Collection as their research laboratory, students investigate the evolution of books through hands-on interaction with artifacts both ancient and modern, while also pondering what forms future books might take.
