Please join us for the lecture “Seeing Slavery in Children’s Literature” November 2 – 4:00 PM DUC 276 Join us for a lecture by Paula Connolly, Professor of English, UNC-Charlotte, and author of Slavery in American Children’s Literature, 1790-2010. Once a significant ...
Washington University Libraries’ Special Collections contain exciting historical materials that are available to everyone. Join us on September 13 at Noon for this Research Studio session, where students will learn how to find and access these materials as well as get an overview of Special...
The WU Libraries recently acquired a number of rare works by John Updike that were printed by the Lord John Press, a limited-edition publisher based in California. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) founded the press in 1976. Over the years, it published work by esteemed American writers such as John Cheeve...
Shakespeare in Miniature, an exhibit of Bard-inspired mini books, is now on view in the display cases near Olin Library’s Ginkgo Room. Featuring miniature books from the collection of longtime library friend and donor Julian Edison, the exhibit includes a wonderfully broad range of creative respo...
Every year numerous Washington University undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members conduct research using rare or unique materials held in the Film & Media Archive, Manuscripts, Modern Graphic History Library, Rare Books, or University Archives. These units comprise the Departme...
