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2008-02-19T12:50:00.000-08:00

Please check out the new Special Collections blog at http://hill.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/

Comic Conversation

2007-09-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

Graphic novelist James Sturm addressed a standing-room only crowd on Tuesday night in Hill Memorial Library. Sturm discussed the literary works, historical events, and works of art that have inspired him over the years. Audience members were treated to an in-depth description of the creative process Sturm employs as both an artist and story teller.

A mini-exhibition featuring Sturm’s recent work is on display in the lecture hall through October 20.

The talk, titled “James Sturm’s America: Cartooning on the Frontier,” was sponsored by the LSU Libraries, Department of English, the School of Art, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Special Collections would like to thank Professor Brannon Costello, Department of English, for arranging the lecture.

Comic Book Artist to Give Lecture at LSU

2007-08-08T06:18:00.000-07:00

Award-winning comic book artist and graphic novelist James Sturm will speak at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25, in the Hill Memorial Library lecture hall on the LSU campus. His lecture, “James Sturm’s America: Cartooning on the Frontier,” is co-sponsored by the LSU Libraries, the Department of English, the School of Art, and the College of Arts and Sciences, and is presented in association with the exhibition “Super Stories: A Brief History of Comics.” The lecture and exhibition are free and open to the public.

Sturm’s 2001 graphic novel The Golem’s Mighty Swing was selected as a “Best Comic of 2001” by Time Magazine. In it, he uses the story of a barnstorming Jewish baseball team in the 1920s to consider issues such as religion, race, and the American dream. His critically acclaimed, Eisner-award winning 2004 work Unstable Molecules re-examines iconic superheroes the Fantastic Four in the context of Cold War paranoia and 1950s conformity. A collection of his early work, James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems, will be released on August 21st.

A pioneer in the field of comics art education, Sturm is the founder of the National Association of Comics Arts Educators, which provides resources for high school and college teachers seeking to integrate comics into their classrooms, and he currently serves as director of The Center for Cartoon Studies.

On September 25, Sturm will discuss the history, development, and cultural role of comic books as well as his own artistic process and philosophies. A reception and book signing will follow his talk.

The exhibition “Super Stories” will be on display in Hill Memorial Library through October 20. For more information, visit the Special Collections Web site at www.lib.lsu.edu/special.

Super Stories: A Brief History of Comics

2007-06-15T07:35:00.001-07:00

Items from the William Morton Bowlus Comic Book Collection will be on display at Hill Memorial Library beginning June 25.

The Bowlus Collection includes more than 7,000 comic books and related materials, many from the silver age of comic books published during the late 1950s through the 1960s. Bowlus, an LSU alumnus, began collecting comics in grade school and continued until his untimely death in his late 20s, due to Marfan syndrome. The collection was donated to the LSU Libraries by his mother, Martha Bowlus, to honor his memory and preserve a collection he loved. The Bowlus Collection offers a wealth of graphic art and storytelling from a formative period in American cultural history.

The exhibit demonstrates that comic books are a rich popular culture resource. As with all forms of literary and artistic expression, comic books both reflect and influence to a degree the culture out of which they are created. Comics tackle contemporary issues and classic tales, and storylines are fleshed out in a universe with plots and characters ranging from the stereotypical to the fantastic.

Many of the materials that will be on display reflect comics produced from 1960 to 1985, with an emphasis on superhero titles. Loaned materials published in more recent years also supplement the collection. Topics of analysis include censorship, democracy and patriotism, race, gender and alternative and web comics. The exhibition will also include an industry history, with a focus on Marvel Comics, EC Comics and DC Comics.

New View

2007-05-09T13:03:00.000-07:00

View New Orleans in three dimensions! A new map on loan from the Coastal Studies Institute at LSU features the Crescent City in a way you've never seen it before - stop by Hill Memorial Library in the next few weeks to view this addition to our exhibition, An Unnatural Metropolis. The exhibition will remain on display through June 2, 2007.

The 3-D image of New Orleans is termed an Analyph, which is a composite picture consisting of two slightly different perspectives of the same subject in contrasting colors that are superimposed on each other, producing a three-dimensional effect when viewed through two correspondingly colored filters. The 3-D relief observed in the image viewed through the appropriate glasses reveals the "bowl" shape of New Orleans. The relief in the image is greatly exaggerated to obtain the effect. The elevation data used to create the relief was derived from airborne Lidar (LIght Detection and Ranging), which is a highly accurate remote sensing technology that measures distances using lasers. The relief was overlaid with a 30-meter resolution Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite image obtained in 2005 after Katrina landfall. The colors in the image are created primarily from infrared light.

Special thanks to DeWitt Braud, Coastal Studies Institute, LSU, for facilitating the loan and providing interpretive text.

Mini-exhibition and events in Hill

2007-03-01T07:09:00.000-08:00

On March 12 and 13, the internationally celebrated poet Rosanna Warren will be speaking in Hill Memorial Library. Ms Warren's awards include the Witter Bynner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the May Sarton Prize, the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, a Lila Wallace Readers Digest Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. She is the daughter of Robert Penn Warren.

Athena's Visit from 'Orbiana Oliveto'

Ms Warren is here as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, and her visit includes several events listed below. Each of these promises to be a unique and exciting experience; you are cordially invited to attend all.

Monday March 12

4:30 p.m., Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall. "Collaboration: Poets and Painters, Rosanna Warren and James McGarrell." Exhibition and presentation on "Orbiana Oliveto," 19 pairs of poems and monotypes by Warren and McGarrell. Exhibition dates March 5 -15, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa and the School of Art, in collaboration with the LSU Libraries.

James McGarrell has taught at Indiana University and Washington University, and his work appears in museums and private collections throughout America and Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum, and Hirshhorn Museum. A Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, he has also received awards from the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts Grants, a National Institute of Arts and Letters Citation and Grant, and a Tamarind Lithography Workshop Fellowship.

"Orbiana Oliveto" (on display in the lecture hall) is a suite of 19 drawings, each 22 x 30 inches, made and printed in the monotype medium on the intaglio press of the Ligurian Study Center for the Arts and Humanities at Bogliasco, Italy, in March and April of 2003. Rosanna Warren wrote 19 short prose poems (also displayed) to accompany them.

Tuesday March 13

4:00 p.m. James McGarrell speaks about his art, Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall. Co-Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa and the School of Art, in collaboration with the LSU Libraries.

5:30 p.m., Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall. Reading by Rosanna Warren. Co-Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa and Readers & Writers. Readers & Writers reception and book signing follows. Donations to Readers & Writers welcome to support future events.

Free Lecture on March 18

2007-03-01T06:19:00.000-08:00

Join us for a lecture by Craig E. Colten, award-winning author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature, on Sunday, March 18 at 3 pm in the Lecture Hall of Hill Memorial Library at LSU. The lecture is free and open to the public; a reception and book signing will follow. The exhibition "An Unnatural Metropolis" will be open for viewing from 3 - 5 pm.

About the speaker:

Craig E. Colten is the Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at LSU. His book An Unnatural Metropolis has been heralded by the Journal of American History as “an evocative hybrid of environmental history, urban ecology, social struggle.” It has garnered national praise and was named the winner of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Prize by the Association of American Geographers, the same association that honored Colten with the Media Achievement Award in 2006 for his work with the media, particularly following hurricane Katrina. In addition, the Pioneer American Society recently named Colten as the recipient of the Fred B. Kniffen Book Award.

For more information on the exhibition "An Unnatural Metropolis," click here.

Oral History Workshop at Bluebonnet Public Library

2007-02-16T12:52:00.000-08:00

LSU Libraries' T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History Director, Jennifer Abraham, is conducting an afternoon oral history workshop at Bluebonnet Library on Saturday, February 24, from 2-4pm.

The workshop is part of the One Book/One Community program, sponsored by the East Baton Rouge Parish Library and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber. It is free and open to the public. The One Book/One Community Program’s Spring 2007 book, is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. For more details, click here.

The workshop will feature an audio/digital presentation on the desegregation activities of Baton Rouge citizens as told through oral history narratives housed by the Center. The workshop will introduce participants to the field of oral history and prepare them to conduct interviews through a variety of instruction and exercises. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Abraham at jabrah1@lsu.edu or 225-578-7439.

New Exhibition - Unnatural Metropolis:Wresting New Orleans from Nature

2007-01-16T06:29:00.000-08:00

LSU Libraries presents An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature, an exhibition based on the award-winning book by Craig E. Colten, Carl O. Sauer Professor of Geography at LSU. The exhibition opens on Monday, February 5, and runs through June 5, 2007, in Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus.

The catastrophic flooding accompanying hurricanes Katrina and Rita is only the latest episode in the ongoing struggle between the Crescent City and nature. An Unnatural Metropolis outlines the history of this battle between people and place, illustrating the many obstacles faced by founders and citizens over two centuries. The exhibition documents yellow fever epidemics, flooding, drainage, sewage and sanitation issues that have challenged New Orleanians since 1718. The exhibition also explores the 20th century push to “reclaim” lands from the surrounding swamp for commercial and residential use, which proved to be a major factor in the magnitude of destruction suffered by New Orleans in 2005.

A reception and talk by Professor Colten will take place on Sunday, March 18 at 3 pm in the lecture hall in Hill Memorial Library. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. The library is open 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, and 9 to 1 on Saturdays. When classes are in session the library is open Tuesday evenings till 8 p.m.

Visit Current Exhibitions for more information, or call (225) 578-6544.

Image: View of Lake Ponchartrain, Charles C. Titcomb Collection; Titcomb Picture Collection, Mss. 1795, 2532, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.

Gallery Talk on October 26

2006-10-19T07:10:00.000-07:00

Join us in the first floor gallery at Hill Memorial Library for a gallery talk by artist Charles Hobson at 1 pm on Thursday, October 26. The event is held in conjunction with the current exhibition, "Why I Love Books: The Artworks of Charles Hobson."

We put the "Boo" in Book Festival

2006-09-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

Join us at the LSU Libraries booth at the Louisiana Book Festival on Saturday, October 28th. Staff will be on hand to answer questions about Special Collections, provide handouts on our programs, and talk about the many unique resources that are available for research. Our display includes Halloween-inspired examples of materials from a variety of collections.

A special free drawing will be held – enter for your chance to win one of several prizes, including a framed photograph of Huey Long from LSU Libraries Special Collections.

We hope to see you there!

Bountiful Book Arts!

2006-09-13T09:21:00.000-07:00

September 18, 2006 - January 13, 2007

"Why I Love Books: The Artworks of Charles Hobson" is a traveling exhibition organized by the Bolinas Museum in San Francisco. The exhibition features a collection of Hobson's beautifully executed limited edition art books covering subjects as varied as constellations, maritime adventure, and baseball.

LSU Libraries' Special Collections counts many of Charles Hobsons' books among its holdings. "We are thrilled to host this exhibition, and look forward to Charles Hobson's visit to the LSU campus in October," said Elaine Smyth, Curator of LSU Libraries' Special Collections. Hobson will participate as a guest speaker at the Louisiana Book Festival in downtown Baton Rouge on October 28, 2006. Visit the web site www.louisianabookfestival.org for details.

Complementing the art book display is "Bruce Rogers, Man of Letters: Typography and Texts from the Bruce Rogers Collection," an exhibition featuring books in the Rare Book Collection at Hill Memorial Library. Selected books showcase the elegant type styles and ornamentation that earned Rogers international renown for his book design.

For more information, visit these links: Exhibitions & Location/Hours

Database of folklife tapes now available

2006-06-12T12:28:00.000-07:00

A database of folklife recordings made under the auspices of the Louisiana Folklife Program and housed at LSU Special Collections as part of the Program's archives, is now available. Topics include foodways, traditional crafts, folktales, social life and customs, music, and others. Researchers will find a link to the database of over 1700 recordings in the inventory for the entire collection at http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/findaid/folklife.htm.

Affleck Papers on Display

2006-06-12T07:23:00.000-07:00

"A Gentleman of Fine Talents and Extensive Experience"
Thomas Affleck of Washington, Mississippi

Nineteenth-century planter, scientist, inventor, nurseryman, agricultural writer, and entrepreneur of Washington, Mississippi, Thomas Affleck is the subject of a small exhibition in the lecture hall at Hill Memorial Library through August 31, 2006. Items on display are digital reproductions from the Thomas Affleck Papers, housed in LSU Libraries Special Collections.

Affleck enjoyed a national reputation as an expert in horticulture and agriculture, and among his correspondents were Edmund Ruffin, James Dunwoody Brownson DeBow, and John Deere. He established one of the first commercial nurseries in the South and advocated scientific agriculture to his fellow plantation owners. He wrote extensively and is most noted for his Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar and the Plantation Journal and Account Book, which provided a standardized method for recordkeeping on plantations. He creatively leveraged his influence to his own financial advantage, capitalizing on every entrepreneurial opportunity that presented itself. The Thomas Affleck Papers provide researchers with a unique perspective on Southern agriculture and business in the 19th century.

MayDay 2006 – Be Prepared!

2006-05-26T07:50:00.000-07:00

On Monday, May 1, the LSU Libraries observed MayDay by providing staff with training in how to use a fire extinguisher. The training was in support of the Society of American Archivists' effort to encourage archivists and other cultural heritage professionals take personal and professional responsibility for doing something simple – something that can be accomplished in one day but that can have a significant impact on an individual’s or a repository’s ability to respond to an emergency or disaster.

Patrick West, of LSU's Office of Occupational and Environmental Safety, led the training exercise, which included hands-on experience with putting out a fire. Staff had a blast (!) and came away with a good feeling that they'd be more comfortable using a fire extinguisher should the need arise.

For more about MayDay, see the SAA website at http://www.archivists.org/mayday/index.asp.

Special Collections Acquires First Edition of Donne's Poems

2006-05-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

The LSU Libraries’ Special Collections division has acquired a first edition of John Donne’s Poems. Donne’s poetry was largely unpublished during his lifetime, but hundreds of hand-written copies of his works were passed among his admiring readers. Numerous editions of his poems were published in the decades after his death, but his work fell out of fashion during the Restoration. Most readers and critics in the 18th and 19th centuries ignored his work or derided his poems for being (as Samuel Johnson opined) frigidly ingenious and metrically uncouth. The 20th century brought a reappraisal of Donne’s poetry, and today he is widely recognized as a literary giant of his period. His poems, which range from erotic to devotional, display a complexity of thought and beauty of expression that continue to engage and challenger readers.

The first published collection of Donne’s poems was probably based on one or more manuscripts owned by a close friend. It appeared in 1633, two years after his death. LSU’s newly acquired copy is bound in early paneled sheepskin. An early owner, John Winboult, has written his name several times and made a few neat jottings in the text.

The funds used for the acquisition were generated by the Hauer Rare Book Endowment, bequeathed by Dr. Mary Garrett Hauer and administered by the LSU Foundation.

NOTICE: Williams Center for Oral History and the Civil War Review

2006-05-19T05:52:00.000-07:00

Offices for the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History and the Civil War Book Review will be closed from Monday the 22nd of May through Wednesday the 24th. For reference questions regarding materials managed at these offices, please direct inquiries to the Special Collections webform or call (225) 578-6568.

Audubon's Birthday

2006-04-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

On April 26, 1785, John James Audubon was born on the island of Hispaniola in what is now Haiti. You can offer best birthday wishes and enjoy a handful of his works -- including two "elephant folio" prints from Birds of America, plus an original drawing and one print from the octavo edition -- currently on display on the second floor of Hill Memorial Library.

Special Collections Receives Newspaper Preservation Grant

2006-04-25T05:45:00.000-07:00

The LSU Libraries has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents for the project, "Louisiana Historical Newspapers: Preservation and Access." Our partners in this project are the libraries at McNeese State University and Louisiana State University -Shreveport. Faye Phillips and Elaine Smyth are the Project Investigators.

In October 1941 the Louisiana Historical Records Survey of the United States Works Projects Administration (WPA) surveyed extant newspapers in Louisiana's libraries, newspaper offices, museums, and courthouses and recommended that the newspapers be microfilmed for preservation purposes. This was the impetus for the LSU Library to begin its Louisiana newspaper microfilming program in 1945, when it started producing archival microfilm of all extant Louisiana newspapers. Today the LSU Libraries continues to create archival microfilm of current Louisiana newspapers, which in 2004 included 94 titles and totaled 69,870 feet of microfilm, thus providing a vital information resource for the study of Louisiana and its history. The funds requested in this proposal will provide the equipment necessary to 1) continue the indispensable archival microfilming work of the Louisiana Newspaper Project; 2) develop enhanced Internet access to Louisiana newspapers via the Louisiana Newspaper Access Program (LaNeAP); and 3) enhance significantly the ability of the LSU Libraries and its partners, McNeese and LSU-S, to provide on-demand, user-driven digital and physical access to existing microfilm of newspapers through the use of both digital and standard microfilm reading technology.

"A Short History of Prints" Exhbition Opens April 20

2006-04-20T06:30:00.000-07:00

Exhibition Opening with Talk by the Director of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Thursday, April 20, marks the opening of the student-curated exhibition, "A Short History of Prints." The exhibition is curated by students enrolled in Dr. Darius Spieth's class on the "History of Prints" working in collaboration with Special Collections staff. It features a cross-section of outstanding examples of historical prints from the Renaissance to the present day, ranging from Albrecht Durer to Jim Dine.

Prior to the exhibition opening, Dr. James Cuno, Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, will present a lecture entitled "Whose Patrimony? Encyclopedic Museums in an Age of Resurgent Nationalism" from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in room 103 of the Design Building. The lecture will be followed by a reception at Hill Memorial Library, where "A Short History of Prints" will be on view.

A distinguished scholar, Cuno is President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. Previously, he served as Professor and Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London from 2002-2004, and as Professor and Director of the Harvard University Art Museums from 1991-2002. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, Cuno has written and lectured widely on topics ranging from French caricature of the 18th and 19th centuries to contemporary American art, as well as on the role of art museums in contemporary American cultural policy. Dr. Cuno recently edited and co-authored Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust (Princeton University Press, 2004).

The lecture at LSU will focus on Dr. Cuno’s concern with ethical issues involving the mission and governance of art museums at the turn of the twenty-first century. Hosted by the Art History program in the School of Art and the College of Art and Design, Dr. Cuno’s visit is part of the Edwin N. Weisl, Jr. Lectureship in Art History, supported by a grant from Robert Lehman Foundation in New York.

The lecture, reception and exhibition are all free and open to the public.

Freehling to Lecture on Lincoln, April 26-27

2006-04-12T09:11:00.000-07:00

On April 26 and 27, William W. Freehling will deliver the Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History in the Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. Dr. Freehling's lectures are entitled "Lincoln's Room for Growth: A Great President's Early Presidential Falterings."

A dynamic lecturer and leading historian of the 19th-century South, Dr. Freehling has written several books on the sectional crisis and the Civil War, including The Road to Disunion and The South Versus the South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War. Dr. Freehling's books have received many awards, including the Bancroft Prize, the Frank L. Owlsey Award, and the Jefferson Davis Prize.

Dr. Freehling will deliver three lectures in the Hill Lecture Hall:

Wednesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., "Lincoln and Fort Pickens"
Thursday, April 27, 10:30 a.m., "Lincoln and Prewar Compromise"
Thursday, April 27, 2:00 p.m., "Lincoln's Three Thirteenth Amendments"

The Fleming Lecture series was established in 1936 and is named in memory of Walter Lynwood Fleming, a former professor of history at LSU who distinguished himself as a scholar of the Reconstruction period. In the more than half century since their founding, the Fleming Lectures have helped revise many of the interpretations held by historians in the 1930s, including those of Professor Fleming, on the evils of the Reconstruction era. Not without irony, then, the lectures named in his memory have come to testify to the changing nature of the southern past and southern history. The Fleming lectures are free and the public is invited.

Paper Conservator to Speak, Feb. 21

2006-02-13T13:16:00.000-08:00

Paper conservator Susan Filter will give an illustrated slide lecture on "The Conservator’s Work: Treating Artifacts at the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts" in the Lecture Hall of Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 21. She will talk about and show examples of the kinds of conservation treatments she has done during her 20-year career, including her work on wall maps and other large-format paper artifacts. This free event is sponsored by the LSU Libraries and is open to the public.

Filter has worked as a professional conservator for paper materials, both historic and modern since 1985. She has given numerous lectures on the preservation of paper based artifacts both at professional conferences and for the general public in the U.S., Italy, and Australia. Her special areas of expertise include treating artifacts on parchment, historic wallpaper, and over-sized paper-based artifacts such as wall maps. In 1992 the Delmas Foundation awarded her a grant to study over-sized maps in Venice, which led to the publication of her article "Historic Intent, Lodovico Ughi’s Topographical Map of Venice" in the American Institute of Conservation’s Book and Paper Annual in 1994.

Filter holds a Diploma di Conservazione e Restauro de Materiale Incisorio from the Universita Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, and an M.A. in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Southern California. She joined the Conservation Center for Art and Historical Artifacts (CCAHA) staff in 1989 and served as Senior Conservator. She now maintains a private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a Professional Associate of the American Institute of Conservation.

Why Fine Printing? Peter Koch Answers ... Feb. 21

2006-02-13T13:13:00.000-08:00

Master printer and book designer Peter Rutledge Koch will speak on "Why Fine Printing: Remarks on the Fate of the Art" in the Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 21. This free event is open to the public. It is co-sponsored by the LSU Libraries and the Baton Rouge Bibliophiles.

Koch will discuss how he has used his printing business to create and transmit ideas about language and form, both in his own work and by designing and directing collaborative publishing projects with others. He will explore the role of the fine press in the university setting and how a study of the crafts needed to make books can enlighten and enhance appreciation of books and literature. Examples of his work will be on display and attendees will be able to chat informally with Koch after his presentation.

Koch has been designing and printing books and ephemera since 1974, beginning his career in Missoula, Montana and later settling in the San Francisco Bay area. Following the San Francisco literary tradition of fine press printing, he has acquired an international reputation. His clients range from research libraries to bibliophilic organizations, major publishers, and private collectors. Between commissions, he designs, prints and publishes limited editions of ancient Greek philosophers, the musings of maverick poets, and the images of world-renowned wood engravers and photographers. When not working in his studio, he teaches the history of typographic design and printing on the Albion hand press at the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library Press. Koch has collaborated with writers and artists such as W.S. Merwin, Denise Levertov, Margaret Atwood, Robert Duncan, Jess Collins, Thom Gunn, Robert Creeley, Manuel Neri, Joseph Goldyne, Guy Davenport, Ismail Kadare, Robert Bringhurst, and Toni Morrison. He has won numerous prizes for excellence in design, including the Rounce & Coffin Western Books Exhibition Award of Merit, the American Institute for Graphic Arts Award for Excellence, and most recently, the Book Club of California’s Oscar Lewis Award.

To learn more about Peter Koch and his work, visit his website at http://www.peterkochprinters.com/.

Special Delivery: A Showcase of LSU Libraries Special Collections

2006-02-07T11:34:00.000-08:00

A new exhibition, "Special Delivery: A Showcase of LSU Libraries Special Collections," will be on display in Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus January 30 - April 3, 2006. Materials from all major collections will be on display, illustrating the great variety and range of documents, books, photographs, and artwork that the LSU Libraries preserve and make available to the public for research.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Exhibition viewing hours are 8 am to 5 pm Monday and Wednesday through Friday, 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. Tuesdays, and 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays.

Special Collections Staff on panel at Louisiana Historical Association Meeting

2006-02-06T12:06:00.000-08:00

Faye Phillips, Associate Dean of Libraries for Special Collections, and Elaine Smyth, Curator of Special Collections, willl serve on a panel at the 2006 Louisiana Historical Association meeting in Lafayette, Louisiana, March 24, 2006. L. Bruce Turner of ULL will serve as moderator for the panel discussing "The 2005 Hurricanes and Louisiana's Historical Archive."

Welcome!

2006-02-03T05:58:00.000-08:00

Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections welcomes you to its newest online resource: The Special Collections Blog.