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14th C Manuscript Acquisition to Engage Scholars and New Graduate Courses
Library’s acquisition reunites two manuscripts once bound together By Julia Morse News Office From left to right: “The Queen conversing with a Doctor.” Reproduced from: Jacobus de Cessolis. “Le Jeu des...
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University Library houses physical treasures in a digital age The University of Chicago Library houses treasured volumes that carry the very essence of history in their pages. Take, for example, a 1623...
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Gift to support new library building A $25 million gift from alumni Joe and Rika Mansueto will support construction of a new library at the University of Chicago. Joe Mansueto is Chairman and CEO of...
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The University of Chicago Chronicle reports that the Special Collections Research Center is presenting a new exhibit at the Regenstein Library: “Integrating the Life of the Mind: African Americans at...
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Special Collections exhibit tells stories of Georgiana Simpson, African...
Photograph of Georgiana Simpson, 1921. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives. Nobody knows if Georgiana Simpson realized she was becoming a part of history when she was kicked...
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Center for Gender Studies organizes exhibit on University of Chicago women
The University of Chicago Magazine reports on a new exhibit at Regenstein LIbrary on the history of female students at the University of Chicago. From the article: The 1960s and ’70s marked a shift in...
View ArticleTibetan Buddhist Resource Center Adds to Collection
The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center recently secured the purchase of the first three core collections of scanned Tibetan literature, adding to their already impressive collection of over four million...
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Chopin Scholar Jeffrey Kallberg, AM’78, PhD’82, Returns to Chicago Campus
Jeffrey Kallberg, AM’78, PhD’82, returned to campus to deliver a lecture on “Chopin’s Pencil” during the University of Chicago’s 500th Convocation on October 9, 2009. Kallberg is currently chair of...
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Quinn Dombrowski, AM’06, Publishes Celebration of UChicago Graffiti
Quinn Dombrowski, AM’06, recently published a book detailing the graffiti that adorn the desks, walls, and whiteboards of the Regenstein Library and other spaces on campus. Crescat Graffiti, Vita...
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UNCAP Catalogues Chicago’s African-American Historic Treasures
On December 10 The University of Chicago Library celebrated the completion of UNCAP (Uncovering New Chicago Archives Project), a cross-disciplinary initiative aimed at improving access to archival...
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