Re: Stella Patri

[turtle <serendip3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Betty, for sharing this with 'us'.  Heartwarming and
inspirational!  Wish I had had the pleasure and privilege of knowing this
woman...

K*

> From: Guild of Book Workers <gbw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "Guild of Book Workers Discussion Group." <GBW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:10:39 -0400
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> Subject: Stella Patri
>
> Subject:      Stella Patri
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> I have just learned of the death of Stella Patri on March 31. A year or
> more ago, when listmembers were naming people who had inspired them to
> become bookbinders, I wrote that Stella was my inspiration.
>
> Here is the obituary from the Los Angeles Times:
>
> Stella Nicole Patri, who became a leader in the art of bookbinding and
> manuscript restoration after taking an interest in the field at an age when
> most people are approaching retirement, has died. She was 104.
>
> Patri died March 31 at the home of her son, architect Remo Patri, in
> Sonoma, Calif.
>
> In an uncommon life, the Montreal-born Patri survived the San Francisco
> earthquake of 1906, became a journeyman welder on liberty ships during
> Worle War II, and, at the end of the war, worked for the American Red Cross
> helping service personnel find family members.
>
> But it was while working in a San Francisco bookstore, when she was well
> into her 60s, that she became interested in bookbinding and manuscript
> restoration.
>
> Patri studied the craft and, in 1962, traveled to Rome to study document
> restoration. She continued her studies in Paris, where she focused on fancy
> book finishing, and in London, where she honed her techniques.
>
> After rhe Arno River flooded Florence, Italy, in 1966, damaging countless
> document of historical significance, Patri was among the volunteers who
> helped salvage the priceless ancient manuscripts which had been buried in mud.
>
> Always curious and thirsty for knowledge, Patri returned to night school
> when she was in her 70s and took chemistry classes to understand advances
> in papermaking. Her  clients included the San Francisco Public Library and
> the University of California Center Library. She was also a founder of the
> Hand Bookbinders of California.  ...
>
> Betty
> Betty Storz   storz@xxxxxxx
> Mendocino, CA
> Book repair and restoration
>
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