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Illustrated dustjacket of the first edition of Mrs. Dalloway. Abstract yellow and white design on black. Possibly illustrating curtains and flowers on a table, but abstract enough not to be certain
  • Juli McLoone
Join us on Nov. 20th for an informal conversation with Professors John Whittier-Ferguson and Andrea Zemgulys about Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, and the novel's historical context. This event is in conjunction with the exhibit Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front on display in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room until Dec. 13.
lines of stylized text "Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf" framed by swirls and columns
  • Jamie Lausch Vander Broek
  • Juli McLoone
Join the library's Book Arts Studio on the Diag (or in the Shapiro Gallery if it rains!) next Thursday, 12 September at 5p to print your own copy of the first page of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway!
view of a seated woman staring off with head in hand
  • Juli McLoone
Join curators Sigrid Anderson and Juli McLoone this Thursday 5 September 10-11 for an informal conversation about the newly-installed exhibit Mrs. Dalloway and WWI: Home Front and War Front!
view of a seated woman staring off with head in hand
  • Juli McLoone
  • Sigrid Michelle Anderson
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring Virginia Woolf's most famous novel, Mrs. Dalloway. This display will open next week in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room and will be available from September 3 to December 13.
Historiated initial letter from Valerius Maximus' Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX. Italy. 15th c. Parchment, 126 fols. Fol. 5r
  • Pablo Alvarez
You are all cordially invited to the upcoming exhibit of a selection of manuscripts and early printed books from the 15th to the 17th centuries that were illustrated with illuminations and woodcuts. The display will open in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (Hatcher Library North) on September 6, 2023.
Dark green leather book cover, with title stamped in gold: Dr. Chase's Recipes or Information for Everybody. Gold border also stamped around the edges, with patent medicine bottles in corners
  • Juli McLoone
We are excited to announce a special collaboration between the Special Collections Research Center, the William L. Clements Library, and the students of ALA 264 Much Depends on Dinner. From April 17 to May 8th, you will be able to find culinary history across campus on Diag Boards and Campus Bus Signs. To see all five selected items together, scroll through this blog post or visit the Shapiro Screens (April 16-May 7) on the first floor of the Shapiro Library.
printed page of latin text with large initial A and border of vines and leaves in black with green and gold accents
  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Shannon Zachary
Join us this Wednesday, 8 March, at 4 pm for refreshments, viewing, and casual conversation with the student curators of "Openings: Title Pages in the History of Printed Books"!
printed page of latin text with large initial A and border of vines and leaves in black with green and gold accents
  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Shannon Zachary
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring the title page. Students in a Fall 2022 History Lab class researched and created the exhibit.
Two yellow goldfinches perched on a thistle plant with purple flowers
  • Juli McLoone
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce the installation of new labels contextualizing John James Audubon’s The Birds of America, which is on display in the newly-renamed Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room. the new labels acknowledge Audubon's role as an enslaver and vocal opponent of abolition, and further contextualize both The Birds and its author within the social and scientific landscape of the 19th century.
three circular views of greek manuscript text on papyrus, persian manuscript text with astronomical diagram on paper, engraved frontispiece showing European astronomers at work
  • Pablo Alvarez
  • Evyn Kropf
The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce a new exhibit featuring a selection of manuscripts, early printed books, and artifacts illustrating Mesopotamian, Greek, Islamic, and Western European astronomies. Join the curators on Thursday, 12 January, 4-6p in the Hatcher Gallery for a reception celebrating the opening of the exhibit followed by an exhibit tour.