Drawing upon the unique materials under their care, the staff of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives organize two to three exhibits a year in their reading room and work regularly with their colleagues in the general library to prepare other exhibits for display on the Lower Level of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library.
Current and Upcoming Exhibits
Visibility for Disability: A Look at the History of Disability
Feb. 10, 2020-Fall 2021
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
Lower Level and Floor 25
An Exhibit on Daniel Ellsberg
Postponed
W. E. B. Du Bois Library
Lower Level and Floor 25
Exhibits online | |
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Upton Bell: In the huddle of football history |
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Class of 1967 Memorial and Monuments Tour |
![]() The premise of this exhibition is simple: to select one image each from fifty collections in SCUA both as an effort to explore the growth of these holdings and the range of “social feelings” embedded in them. For many collections, it is a challenge to select just one “favorite” image, and many of our favorites and some of our best photographic collections have been edged out. But the beauty of photography is that it will always be there to remind us of our lapses. |
100 photos: Arthur Mange |
![]() Photographs taken by Henry along with a rich array of related materials—speeches, press releases, brochures, and her personal notes—collected over the years, which document the political and cultural scene of the second half of the twentieth century |
![]() Photographer: Diana Mara Henry |
![]() An examination of social reform and antislavery in Antebellum New England. An exhibit by Charles Weisenberger. |
Rhetoric or Research |
A digital curriculum for teaching U.S. history using archival resources. An exhibit by Emily Oswald (ETHIR recipient, 2011). |
Behold And See As You Pass By |
Science fiction readership in the Cold War and beyond. An exhibit by Morgan Hubbard. |
Fifteen letters |
An online exhibit on the life and legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois based on his papers. |
Herbals and Insects |
Books on bees and beekeeping. An exhibit by Richard A. Steinmetz. |