{"id":18552,"date":"2024-02-06T00:23:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T00:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?page_id=18552"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T14:33:34","slug":"2024-anniversary-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-anniversary-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Anniversary Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">2024 Anniversary Appeal<br \/>\nfor Donations<br \/>\nto celebrate our<br \/>\n2024 Landmark Anniversary<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rose18-n6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rose18-n6.jpg 212w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rose18-n6-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>We invite you to join the Appeal for our <strong>2024 Anniversary Year<\/strong>, when the Research Group will celebrate 2 landmarks in our history:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>25 years as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation<\/strong> based in Princeton, New Jersey<\/li>\n<li><strong>35 years as an international scholarly organization<\/strong> founded in Cambridge, England, as part of a major research project at the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our 2024 Anniversary Appeal<\/h2>\n<p>We seek your help to continue with our work, maintain our organizational operations, and progress with our activities and their planning.\u00a0 As a nonprofit educational organization &#8220;Without Members&#8221;, we must turn to donations from individuals and institutions, supplemented by grants, where available, and by the pro-bono contributions which power most of what we can do.<\/p>\n<h2>The 2024 Anniversary Appeal Letter<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>2024 Anniversary Appeal Letter<\/strong> gives a collective statement of our needs and goals, as the result of months&#8217;-long consultations. It concisely lists our achievements, progress, aims, wishes, and gaps-to-fill for this Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>1) The<strong> 2024 Appeal Letter<\/strong> is signed by supporters who join in asking for your help.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Richard Emmerson, <em>Trustee<\/em><br \/>\nAdelaide Bennett Hagens, <em>Trustee<\/em><br \/>\nJennifer Larson, <em>Advisory Board<\/em><br \/>\nBarbara Williams Ellertson, <em>The BASIRA Project<br \/>\n<\/em>David Porreca, <em>Department of Classics, University of Waterloo<\/em><br \/>\nCelia Chazelle, <em>Department of History, The College of New Jersey<\/em><br \/>\nMildred Budny, <em>Director, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>2) A one-page<strong> Appendix<\/strong> outlines the <strong>&#8220;Purpose and Plan&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3) A set of <strong>Supplements <\/strong>lists our <strong>2023 Activities and <\/strong><strong>2024 Planned Activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>These <strong>Supplements<\/strong> stand conveniently as a WebPage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2023-and-2024-activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 and 2024 Activities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There, updates might gather as our activities and plans progress.<\/p>\n<h2>For Download Here<\/h2>\n<p>We offer our <strong>Anniversary Appeal Letter<\/strong> for download here with its concise <strong>Appendix<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/18555\/?tmstv=1707174065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Appeal Letter + Appendix<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or, should you wish more details, we offer the set with <strong>Supplements<\/strong> (2023\u20132024 Activities)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/18555\/?tmstv=1707173879\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Appeal, Appendix, and Supplement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, for your convenience, here is our updated <strong>Donation Form<\/strong> if you wish a printout:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/18433\/?tmstv=1707174327\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">New Donation Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ways to Donate Online (or Other Ways)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contributions &amp; Donations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Via Paypal<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"SXL845KTMT8AJ\" \/><br \/>\n<input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate with PayPal button\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Via Mightycause:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightycause.com\/organization\/Research-Group-On-Manuscript-Evidence-A-New-Jersey-Non-Profit-C?embed=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">*****<\/p>\n<\/form>\n<h1>Help us to celebrate our<br \/>\n2024 Anniversary<\/h1>\n<p>As with previous landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/anniversaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Anniversaries<\/a>, we prepare to celebrate this Anniversary with a series of events.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wpme\/2023-and-2024-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 and 2024 Activities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among them (more to come):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Episodes of our online series &#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/the-research-group-speaks-the-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Research Group Speaks&#8221;: The Series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our special Anniversary Symposium, &#8220;MANUSCRIPT (HE)ART&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-anniversary-symposium-in-thanks-to-jesse-hurlbut-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Symposium in Thanks to Jesse Hurlbut: Plan<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-anniversary-symposium-in-thanks-to-jesse-hurlbut-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Symposium in Thanks to Jesse Hurlbut: Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A three-day hybrid <strong>Spring Symposium at Vassar College<\/strong> in April<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-spring-symposium-at-vassar-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Spring Symposium at Vassar College<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Activities at the <strong>International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong> at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in May: three co-sponsored Sessions, our customary Annual Open Business Meeting, and a co-sponsored Anniversary Reception<br \/>\nSee:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An <strong>Inaugural Session<\/strong> at the <strong>International Medieval Congress<\/strong> at Leeds University in July<br \/>\nSee:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2024-international-medieval-congress-at-leeds-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 International Medieval Congress at Leeds: Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Our one-day online <strong>Autumn Symposium<\/strong> in October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And More.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our website (You are Here) and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Research-Group-on-Manuscript-Evidence-259443617456668\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">Facebook Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Would you please help with these aims?<\/p>\n<h3>As You Might Like It<\/h3>\n<p>In sum, we seek funding and other forms of assistance (pro bono expertise, goods, etc.) for our work and the pursuit of our mission.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/18555\/?tmstv=1707174065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Anniversary Appeal Letter + Appendix<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donation Form<\/a>\u00a0describe ways to contribute, as might best suit your wishes and interests.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to join the party and the team!<\/p>\n<h3>As You Like It<\/h3>\n<p>Ways to contribute?\u00a0 There are many ways to help.<\/p>\n<p>Currency, Goods, Expertise, Time.\u00a0 All Good.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contributions &amp; Donations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Via Paypal<\/p>\n<p><input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate with PayPal button\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via Mightycause:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightycause.com\/organization\/Research-Group-On-Manuscript-Evidence-A-New-Jersey-Non-Profit-C?embed=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input title=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" alt=\"Donate with PayPal button\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h2>A Community of Scholars, Teachers, Students, Friends, and Admirers of Books<\/h2>\n<p>We thank you for your support, and we invite you to join our Anniversary Celebrations.\u00a0 There is much to celebrate, recognizing the contributions over many years, and looking forward.<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00a0 join our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/officers-associates-and-volunteers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community<\/a> and join our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cause<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/form>\n<div id=\"attachment_2689\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2689\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2689 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-1024x327.jpg\" alt=\"Floral border on the detached leaf from a 15th-century Book of Hours\" width=\"1024\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-1024x327.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/P9046648-floral-border-lower-150x47.jpg 150w, 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