Acknowledgments

Every book has a cast of supporting players; I am thankful to mine for their assistance. My deepest thanks go to Sidney E. Berger, my helpmeet in every way. He is my biggest supporter, and a wonderful editor. I also owe continuing thanks to my aunt, Marguerite Bouvard, political scientist and human rights advocate extraordinaire. She encouraged (even pushed) me to take courses in political philosophy while I was in college. While I ultimately majored in English, readings by such thinkers as Raymond Aron and John Rawls remained with me, and their link to preservation came to me when I discovered Raphael Lemkin. Linda M. Chan, a former colleague at the Newberry Library—and friend—has provided assistance with almost every research project that I have undertaken. Thanks to Elmar W. Seibel of Ars Libri, a visionary builder of great research collections of art historical materials. He led me to the work of Yang Yueluan.

Thanks also to the following:

Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science

These graduate assistants and students:

Patsy Baudoin, who assisted me in the early phase of the research

Joel DeMelo

Anne Holmer Deschaine

Jennifer Gray

Andra Langoussis Pham

Tricia Patterson

Vanessa Reyes

Erica Ruscio

American Library Association Archives, University Library, University of Illinois

Cara Setsu Bertram

American Library Association

Leonard Kniffel, for the photo “Russians Tearing Down Yakov Sverdlov Monument”

Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson and Burnham Archives

Nathaniel Parks

Getty Research Institute

Marcia Reed

Mary Sackett

The Grolier Club

Eric J. Holtzenberg

Newberry Library

Linda M. Chan

Simmons College Library

Linda Schuller

Linda Watkins

& the Inter-library loan staff

University Library, University of Illinois

Robert L. Howerton

Daniel Tracy

Sandra L. Wolf

Harvard University Library

András J. Riedlmayer

Jeff Spurr (now retired)

Institute of Museum and Library Services

IMLS and the Salzburg Global Seminar for inviting me to participate in two seminars: “Connecting to the World’s Collections: Making the Case for the Conservation and Preservation of Our Cultural Heritage” (2009), and “Libraries and Museums in an Era of Participatory Culture” (2011), which I co-chaired

Mary Chute (now State Librarian of New Jersey)

Nancy E. Rogers (now a consultant)

Marsha L. Semmel (now a consultant)

Salzburg Global Seminar

Susanna Seidl-Fox

MIT Press

Marguerite Avery

Gita Devi Manaktala

Jesus J. Hernandez

Kyle Gipson

Virginia Crossman

The securing of permissions seemed to take almost as long as the writing of this book. My deepest thanks to my friends, friends of friends, family, and colleagues who provided me with images: Sidney E. Berger, Suzy Steele Born, Jonathan Brown, Linda M. Chan, Leonard Kniffel, Kathy Brendel Morse, Anna Okulist, Zaher Omareen, Jane Penner, Barbara G. Preece, Vanessa Reyes, Erica Ruscio, Elmar Seibel, Robert Smith, Bob Thall, and Alexa Zellentin.

Many colleagues have inspired me. In particular, my thanks to Jeannette Bastian, Anne Gilliland, Ross Harvey, and Rachel Salmond.

Finally, thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions.