Scholar Series, Kimberly Downing Robinson, D.A.

 The Scholar Series is an initiative by UA Fort Smith’s Center for Lifelong Learning to provide learning opportunities for the general public free of charge. UA Fort Smith faculty members will present a topic that draws broadly on the faculty member’s research and experience. 

The Scholar series will be held at lunch two Thursdays in March and two Thursdays in April 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Echols Conference Center on the UA Fort Smith campus. Admission is free.

For more information about our Scholar Series, contact the center at (479) 788-7220 or by email: [email protected]

March 3, 2011
Kimberly Downing Robinson, D.A.

Assistant Professor, English and Rhetoric

A. Edward Newton as Literacy Coach

Edward Newton, an early twentieth century American industrialist, wrote popular essays about book collecting, a practice which placed him in the company of Henry E. Huntington, Henry Clay Folger, Henry Elkins Widener, and many others. This talk explains how Newton “advertised” the literary canon to America and, in the process, coached a generation of readers into becoming rare book collectors.