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Special Collections & Archives Open House for students, graduating seniors, alumni, family and friends Davison Rare Book Room, Olin Memorial Library Saturday, May 27, 2017 — 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Drop in at the University’s Special Collections & Archives to show your friends and family the impressive Davison Rare Book Room. If you … Read more
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Friends of the Wesleyan Library Undergraduate Research Prize! The prize recognizes students who have used library resources creatively and productively to complete fascinating projects. Criteria: The research project, widely conceived, could be from any undergraduate course taken in Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Winter 2017 from currently … Read more
Wesleyan students from the course FREN 325, “Museums, Objects and Empire,” are proud to present their exhibition “Uncovering Wesleyan’s Treasures.” This exhibition, using objects from the Archaeology and Anthropology collections and documents from Special Collections & Archives, presents the history of Wesleyan’s former museum, which occupied Judd Hall from 1871 to 1957. It also displays the students’ … Read more
You are invited to a pop-up exhibition, “From Amate to Artists’ Books: Crafting Community through Media in Latin America,” organized by students in Corinna Zeltsman’s HIST321 course “Media and Power in Latin America,” with help from a team of campus collaborators. It brings together materials from Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives, general library collections, the … Read more
Speaking up for the Earth: Artists’ books on the environment An open house exhibit at Special Collections & Archives Time: Friday, April 14, 2017, 3:30-5:00 pm Location: Davison Rare Book Room, Special Collections & Archives 1st floor Olin Memorial Library View artists’ books from Wesleyan’s collection inspired by the beauty of the earth and addressing … Read more
All Your Reading Habits Belong To Us: Digital Privacy and our Government —Catching up with the Connecticut Four A discussion with Barbara Bailey and Peter Chase in honor of National Library Week Wesleyan University’s Olin Memorial Library (252 Church St, Middletown, CT) Tuesday, April 11th from 7-8:30pm in the Smith Reading Room with a reception … Read more
Queer Past, Queer Future A talk by alumni authors Jennifer Boylan ’80 and Alexander Chee ’89 Friday, March 3, 2017 — 5:00-6:30 pm Smith Reading Room, 1st floor Olin Memorial Library 252 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Reception and book signing to follow Alumni Jennifer Boylan ’80 and Alexander Chee ’89 read recent work, discuss … Read more
The Friends of the Wesleyan Library are happy to announce the launch of an undergraduate research prize. The research project, widely conceived, can be from any undergraduate course taken in Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016, or Winter 2017 from currently enrolled Wesleyan students. Honors theses are not eligible. Projects will be evaluated based … Read more
ArtFarm, a Middletown theater organization which produces an annual summer Shakespeare festival among other programs, asked the library to assist with a community-based theater project, Where Are We Now? Race, Pride, Class and Inequity. They are placing books in various community spaces to invite people to write about their experiences of discrimination or hopes, dreams, … Read more
