James Ford Bell Lecture

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The James Ford Bell Lecture has been delivered annually since 1964 in the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota on a topic relating to the collections of the Library: the history of global trade before ca. 1800 CE.

List of the published James Ford Bell Lectures[]

  • 5. Saints and sinners at sea by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1968.
  • 6. On book collecting: the story of my Drake library by Hans P. Kraus. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1969.
  • 7. Pehr Kalm and the image of North America by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1970.
  • 8 All the peoples of the world are men by Lewis Hanke. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1970.
  • 9 The exploration of Canada: some geographical considerations by Eric W. Morse. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1971.
  • 10 The Barbary pirates: victims and the scourage of Christendom by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1972.
  • 12 The economy and society of colonial Brazil: a brief overview by Stuart B. Schwartz. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1974.
  • 13 The European presence in West Africa before 1800 by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1975.
  • 14 The Minnesota Vincent of Beauvais manuscript and Cistercian thirteenth-century book decoration by Alison Stones. Minneapolis: The Association of The James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1977.
  • 15 The orderly landscape: landscape tastes and the United States survey by Hildegard Binder Johnson. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1977.
  • 16 The efficient plantation and the inefficient hacienda by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1979.
  • 17 The bay where Hudson did winter by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1980.
  • 18 Reversing the telescope: Louis Hennepin and three hundred years of historical perspective by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1981.
  • 19 By inch of candle: a sale at East-India-House, 21 September 1675 by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1982.
  • 20 In search of silk: Adam Olearius’ mission to Russia and Persia by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1983.
  • 21 Technology transfer and cultural subversion: tensions in the early Jesuit mission to China by . Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1983.
  • 22 Sir Joseph Banks and the origins of science policy by A. Hunter Dupree. Minneapolis: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1984.
  • 23 Pirates: myths and realities by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1986.
  • 24 Life at sea in the sixteenth century: the landlubber’s lament of Eugenio de Salazar [translated] by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1987.
  • 25 Goods, ideas, and values: the East Indies trade as an agent of change in eighteenth-century Sweden by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1988.
  • 26 Representations of slavery: John Gabriel Stedman’s "Minnesota" manuscripts by Richard Price. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1989.
  • 27 Towards superiority: European and Indian medicine, 1500-1700 by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1989.
  • 28 Disease and imperialism before the nineteenth century by Philip D. Curtin. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1990.
  • 29 Richard Eden, advocate of empire by . [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1991.
  • 30 The making of an elite enterprise: the Jesuits in the Portuguese Assistancy, 16th to 18th centuries by . [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1992.
  • 31 My long journey with National Geographic by . [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1993.
  • 32 Moravian missionaries at work in a Jamaican slave community, 1754-1835 by Richard S. Dunn. [Minneapolis]: The Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1994.
  • 33 The medieval origins of European expansion by [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1996.
  • 34 "The four parts of the world": ’s wall maps by David Woodward. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1997.
  • 35 Thomas Forrest: Renaissance seaman by Joseph E. Schwartzberg. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 1998.
  • 36 An epic American exploration: the friendship of Lewis and Clark by Stephen E. Ambrose. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 1998.
  • 37 Learning from legends on the James Ford Bell Library mappamundi by . [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2000.
  • 38 Emperor Charles V’s crusades against Tunis and Algiers: appearance and reality by James D. Tracy. [Minneapolis, MN]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2001.
  • 39 Continuity and discontinuity in the sixteenth-century New World by Felipe Fernández-Armesto. [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, 2001.
  • 40 Acquisition of rare books, manuscripts and maps: a curator’s commentary by . [Minneapolis]: Associates of the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, 2005.

Sources[]

  • University of Minnesota Library Catalogue
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