Cathleen A. Baker

Dr. Cathleen A. Baker taught paper conservation at the State University of New York’s Cooperstown/Buffalo graduate program in art conservation from 1978–1993, after which she researched her book, By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter, published in 2000. From the University of Alabama, Cathy has both an MFA in the Book Arts (2000) and a PhD in Communication Studies (2004). From 2005 to 2016, she was a paper and book conservator at the University of Michigan Library, retiring as conservation librarian emerita. Her imprint, The Legacy Press , established in 1997, focuses on the printing, paper, and bookbinding arts.