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  • Kristine Greive
With the new semester comes a new slate of special collections meet and greets! These pop-up exhibits bring rare materials out of the library and into Weiser Hall, where we'll be sharing selections from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection. Visitors making their way through Weiser's busy halls will have an opportunity to take a look at books, pamphlets, ephemera, and even LPs while chatting with staff to learn more about our collections.
front cover of The Snowy Day featuring an illustration of a small child walking in snow
  • Kristine Greive
Join us on Tuesday, January 15 for the next Special Collections After Hours event! This month, we're feeling the winter chill and offering up a frosty selection from our collections. Come see materials related to snow and winter, as well as some toasty recipes to take the edge off the Michigan chill.
stack of bills for in-game currency in Pot Luck board game
  • Kristine Greive
Our last Special Collections After Hours event of the semester is today! We'll be viewing and playing radical board games from the Joseph A. Labadie Collection. We're also happy to announce the winter term slate of open houses.
front cover of A Domestic Cook Book
  • Kristine Greive
Join us on Tuesday, November 13 for the next Special Collections After Hours event! Stop by the 6th floor of Hatcher (South) any time between 4–7 p.m. for a taste of some of the highlights from the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive.
Manuscript page with Coptic text in two columns
  • Evyn Kropf
Join the Special Collections Research Center on Monday 12th November at 4.30 in the Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery for the opening of the exhibit "Written Culture of Christian Egypt: Coptic Manuscripts from the University of Michigan Collection" guest curated by Dr. Frank Feder and Dr. Alin Suciu from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
illustration of several skeletons attacking humans with arrows, with a central image of a skeleton wielding a scythe
  • Kristine Greive
The Special Collections Research Center is continuing its new open house series, Special Collections After Hours, and this time we're getting ready for Halloween! Join us to see the Skeletons in Our Closets on Tuesday, October 9.
illustration of an animal-like war machine
  • Kristine Greive
The Special Collections Research Center is excited to announce Special Collections After Hours, a new open house series. Each month we’ll bring out a new group of themed highlights from the many books, documents, and artifacts in our collections.
Promotional still from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory showing Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka
  • Kristine Greive
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit, Quaker Oats Makes a Movie: A Scrumdiddlyumptious Wonka Adventure. This exhibit, curated by students in Matthew Solomon's SAC 335 class, explores the production of the film Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, and Quaker Oats's unexpected involvement in the film industry.
Poster for performance of Arcadia: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Melissa Freilich. April 19-22. Arthur Miller Theatre. Thursday at 7:30. Friday/Saturday at 8:00. Sunday at 2:00. Tickets and info: 734-971-2228. a2ct.org. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre.
  • Juli McLoone
This weekend, Ann Arbor Civic Theatre presents Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Melissa Freilich, April 19-22, 2018, at the University of Michigan’s Arthur Miller Theatre, 1226 Murfin Ave, 48109. Performances are Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Come early to the performance (or catch us during intermission) on Saturday, April 21 for a Rare Book Meet & Greet with the Special Collections Research Center, displaying early 19th century books on landscape architecture, mathematics, dancing, and poetry.
Poster advertising exhibit: Seven Fantasy Classics for Children (April 10-July 31, 2018). Decorated with floral background from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, two line-drawing of Hansel and Gretel's wicked stepmother, and a cartoon version of the Big Bad Wolf character from Little Red Riding Hood
  • Juli McLoone
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce the opening of Seven Fantasy Classics for Children, a new exhibit in the Audubon Room, curated by Lisa Makman's English 313 course, Children's Literature and the Invention of Modern Childhood. Join us for an informal opening today on Tuesday, April 10th, 1:00-2:30pm in the Hatcher Gallery. Light refreshments will be served.