On this day in 1969, humankind first set foot on the Moon. Friend of the Library Jim Phillips and Special Collections reveal a unique connection to that momentous event. On an … Read More
Library Archives For Friends of the Library
Dear Friends, Like many of you, the Libraries are diligently monitoring local developments regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Out of an abundance of caution for the health and safety of our students, … Read More
The 2020 Faculty Lecture Series presents “Humanity in the 21st Century” by Dr. Brian Bossak, School of Education, Health, and Human Performance Humanity in the 21st century faces novel and … Read More
E pluribus unum and the national unity it promised has been haunted throughout American history by its twin, E pluribus pluria. Dr. Michael Lee, Associate Professor of Communications and Director … Read More
Join TheWashington Post‘s Peter Finn for a look at the dramatic story of Gertrude Legendre, a South Carolina heiress who joined the OSS and became the first American woman in … Read More
Three sisters from the South wrestle with orthodoxies of race, sexuality, and privilege. Join National Humanities Award–winning historian Jacquelyn Dowd Hall on October 2nd as she discusses her new book, … Read More
Who wrote the pseudonymous slave narrative, Before the War and After the Union (1914) and why does it matter Most of all, how does learning about the author’s true identity unfold a … Read More
Wednesday, May 15 | 6:00 p.m. | Gibbes Museum of Art In 2009, the Gibbes collaborated with artists Juan Logan and Susan Harbage Page to examine the Gibbes collection and … Read More
Join Assistant Professor Nathaniel Walker on April 9 for the final program in the Spring 2019 Faculty Lecture Series. The design of architecture and urban design are often imagined as … Read More
The Slave-Trader’s Letter-Book: Charles Lamar, the Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade Tuesday, March 5 | 6:00 p.m. Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library Rm. 227. | FREE … Read More