Join the Special Collections Library for fascinating talks this semester led by librarians, archivists, and curators. Topics this fall will range from cookbook collections to the 1969 Moon Walk. The talks take place monthly in the Special Collections Reading Room on the second floor of the Central & Divinity Libraries building on the first Thursday… Keep reading
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Curator’s Talk 9/5: Food for Wealth and Health: Five Centuries of Cookbooks and Recipes
Curator’s Talks: Fall 2019
Join the Special Collections Library for fascinating talks this semester led by librarians, archivists, and curators. Topics this fall will range from cookbook collections to the 1969 Moon Walk. The talks take place monthly in the Special Collections Reading Room on the second floor of the Central & Divinity Libraries building on the first Thursday… Keep reading
Nikki Giovanni Pop Up Exhibit
Nikki Giovanni: Black Feeling, Black Talk Central Library Lobby August 2019 Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943) is one of America’s most respected African American poets. A poet, essayist, activist and educator, she graduated with honors from Fisk University with a B.A. in history in 1967. She was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman… Keep reading
143 Years of Commencement Exhibit
April 2019 Central Library Lobby The first Vanderbilt University Commencement took place in the chapel of the Main building, now known as Kirkland Hall, on June 20, 1877. The fledgling university granted 10 degrees in the Arts & Sciences and 52 in Medicine. The week of Commencement included Founder’s Day festivities, the annual debates of… Keep reading
The Ides of March: Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” Exhibit
March-April 2019 Central Library Lobby William Shakespeare (c. 1564-1616) was an English actor, playwright and poet. Born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare became one of the foremost dramatists of his age, producing over thirty plays and nearly 200 poems. Shakespeare’s plays have been staged regularly for over 400 years. His works have been… Keep reading
Happy Birthday Wikipedia and Creative Commons! Join the celebration of free information January 15th
January 2019 is a great month for free information. Public Domain Day on January 1st marked the first time in 20 years that films, books, artworks and more created in 1923 came into the Public Domain. Studies have shown that public domain books are less expensive, available in more editions and formats, and more likely… Keep reading
Passover Exhibit in the Library
Vanderbilt Libraries welcome a new acquisition: The first edition of the Amsterdam Haggadah (1695) A special exhibition at the Central Library titled “Why is this Book different from any other?” celebrates the recent acquisition of a rare guide to the Passover Seder. The Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695 is the first Haggadah illustrated with engravings instead… Keep reading