Be sure and stop by the lobby level of Mullins Library this summer to see a selection of new acquisitions on display from the Special Collections department….Continue Reading New Acquisitions in Special Collections
Joshua Youngblood, rare books librarian and head of the Special Collections Instruction and Outreach Unit, has been elected president of the Society of Southwest Archivists….Continue Reading Special Collections Librarian Elected President of Society of Southwest Archivists
While researching and gathering sources for his exhibit in the University of Arkansas Libraries’ Special Collections about missionary activity in territorial Arkansas, intern Patrick Angyal couldn’t help but come face to face continually with stereotypes and tropes of Native Americans perpetuated by white publications….Continue Reading Challenging Popular Perceptions of Native Americans: Lessons from Researching in Special Collections
Janine Parry, professor of political science at the U of A, will present “The Nice Lady of Arkansas Politics: Virginia Johnson and the 1968 Governor’s Race” at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the Winslow Branch Library, located at 351 Highway 71. The Libraries will provide a display of materials from our Special Collections. …Continue Reading Libraries to Provide Display for Arkansas Women in Politics Event Sunday
Join our Special Collections department for a panel discussion titled “Through the Looking Glass: The Art of Creating Books” from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 25. This event is open to the public and offered at no cost to attendees. …Continue Reading Libraries to Host Panel Discussion of Artists’ Books and Graphic Novels April 25
Special Collections will celebrate National Poetry Month 2019 with an exhibit honoring Arkansas’s own Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, curated by Hannah Bradley, a candidate for an MFA in poetry and Special Collections intern.
Materials in connection with Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, the longtime Fayetteville resident, will be on display in Special Collections this April. …Continue Reading Rosa Marinoni and Lew Ney: the Local Poet and Greenwich Village Publisher