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American, British, and European rare books, literary and historical manuscripts, printing and graphic arts, and theatre history. Wendorf led the library through its fiftieth anniversary with several
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English department at Northwestern University: as assistant professor (1976–1981), associate professor (1981–1985), and professor (1985–1989). In 1985 he was also made a professor of art history. He served for four years as the associate dean for
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for his contributions to the cultural life of Boston, and at the end of that year an endowed exhibition fund was created in his honor at the Boston
Athenaeum. He delivered the commencement address at
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undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern (1984–1988) and was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Prize in 1978.
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