The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

This lovely gem of a poster, recently unearthed by Mansfield’s Special Collections librarian Jordan Goffin, is now proudly displayed on the wall of our conservation department. I’m all for education through humor, and I squealed when this was given to me. It’s of an early 80’s vintage, as far as I can tell, produced by the Illinois Cooperative Conservation Program. I’ve found some mention of them on the conservation dist-list, but they seem to be defunct now. Anybody know more about this program? Recognize any of your old pals? Looks like the photographer, Daniel V. Overturf, is a fairly famous photographer and photography professor at Southern Illinois University.