Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Says Herman W Liebert librarian emeritus of Yale's Binecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. "He [Bond] inherited a wonderful resource and had a very, very difficult act to follow, but he has lived up to the challenge[Houghton] is one of the finest collections in the world because ofWilliam Bond...
...University operating on a financial system that makes all subdivisions responsible for their own income, has not stepped in to help.If Bond is frustrated by any aspect of his job, it is this situation and thedarkened rooms upstairs...
...fully understand a subject, "you must see the object, the book,itself," insists Bond. "Some things you can only learn from the actual object that cannot be conveyed by printed descriptions orphotographs." Of the elusive Hollis gifts, many of which are on displayin Houghton's main lobby, Bond adds: "I keep pulling them out ofWidener stack all the time: they are specially bound, and at this point I can sight a Hollis at 50 paces...
...kind of tingling feeling" is how Bond describes the pleasure of finding a rate treasure hidden on a dusty shelf. He felt it the firsttime he leafed through the Stationer's Company Register, and it drewhim away from a conventional academic career and into library work whenlegendary Houghton Librarian William A. Jackson offered...
...slight frown passes quickly as he describes the detail on an exactreplica of an 15th century English plaster ceiling in the Hyde Room, which houses a collection emphasizing the work of the Samuel Johnson. James Boswell circle. Books here and elsewhere will stand as Bond's permanent legacy-the brilliant acquisition he has made for Harvard...