Please join us for “Florence: Days of Destruction,” a fantastic film 
about the Florence flood!

WHAT: “Florence: Days of Destruction,” a film directed by Franco Zeffirelli

WHEN: Saturday, 17 April 2010 at 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Film to be shown at 2:00 p.m.
Discussion & Fellowship to follow
Dinner in College Park

WHERE: Nonprint Media Room “J”
0300 Hornbake Library, University of Maryland, College Park
http://www.lib.umd.edu/nonprint/information/contact_us.html

Presented by:
UM Libraries’ Non-Print Media Services (301-405-9236)
UM Libraries’ Preservation Department (301-405-9349, -9343)
Guild of Book Workers, Potomac Chapter

Hosted by British actor, Richard Burton, this rare film documents the 
devastation of Florence, Italy, when the Arno River overflowed its banks 
on November 4, 1966. The damage suffered by one of the world’s great 
cultural centers, filled with historic architecture, art, books and 
archives, resulted in an international rescue and salvage effort that 
fundamentally changed approaches to the preservation of cultural 
property. Also on display will be a collection of printed materials 
relating to the Florence Flood and its aftermath.

-- 
Bryan L.W. Draper
Collections Conservator
University of Maryland Libraries
McKeldin Library, Room B0213
College Park, MD 20742
(voice)301-405-9349 (fax)301-314-9971
[log in to unmask]
http://www.lib.umd.edu/TSD/PRES/1Preshp.html