Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration
Featured Images on the Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration
The Newman Tower of Collections and Exploration spans four John M. Olin Library floors. The tower’s exterior features several images of materials in the WashU Libraries’ Special Collections.
Exterior Images on Level 3 of the Tower
1. Illustration for The Tunnel, William H. Gass, undated, Manuscript Collections
2. The Avengers #251, 1985, from Dowd Illustration Research Archive, The Center for the Humanities Comics Collection
3. Student Life, 1880, University Archives
4. Blaeu Atlas Maior, 1665, Rare Book Collections
5. Breviary leaf, 1490-1500, Rare Book Collections
6. “Honk!” from Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson, Dowd Illustration Research Archive
7. Ribbon Map of the Father of the Waters, published in 1866, Rare Book Collections
8. Billie Holiday illustration for the album God Bless the Child, by Cliff Condak, 1972, Cliff Condak Collection, Dowd Illustration Research Archive
9. Photo from the Russell Sturgis Photograph Collection, University Archives
10. Book of Hours, George N. Meissner Collection, Rare Book Collections
11. Ship of Fools, Sebastian Brant, 1509, Rare Book Collections
Exterior Images on Level 1 of the Tower
12. Ordo vniversi et hvmanarvm scientiarvm prima monvmenta, 1591, Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection, Rare Book Collections
13. Book of Hours, George N. Meissner Collection, Rare Book Collections
14. Daredevil #214, Dowd Illustration Research Archive
15. Declaration of Independence broadside, 1776, Rare Book Collections
16. Books Wanted, Charles Buckles Falls, 1918,Louis and Jodi Atkin Family Collection, Dowd Illustration Research Archive
17. Student protests in downtown St. Louis, 1969, University Archives
18. Washington University in St. Louis Commencement, 1998, University Archives
19. Ribbon Map of the Father of the Waters, published in 1866, Rare Book Collections
20. Book of Hours, George N. Meissner Collection, Rare Book Collections
21. Ridgley Library, Washington University in St. Louis, circa 1905, University Archives
22. J.S. Bach Manuscript BWV 747, Gaylord Music Library Special Collections
23. Year of the Monkey, by Seymour Chwast, 2004, Dowd Illustration Research Archive