 | This image of Moslem school girls is from the Claude L. Pickens Jr. Papers at the Yale Divinity Library. Taken in the 1930s, the photograph is among the highlights of the Yale University Library's Special Collections Fair. |
The Yale University Library will host an exhibition of its Special Collections noon-4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, in the mezzanine of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall St.
The Special Collections Fair offers the public an opportunity to see the diversity of Yale's special collections under one roof. It will feature an array of artifacts, maps, manuscripts and recorded media covering more than 5,000 years of human endeavor. Some highlights will include photographs of the Moslem population of Northwest China in the 1930s and an artist's book about Marie Curie made with lead pages.
Curators and collection staff will be available throughout the afternoon to answer questions about exhibits and the use of their collections. Representatives will be at hand from the Arts Library, which includes the Arts of the Book Collection and Drama; the Babylonian Collection; the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; the Yale Center for British Art; the Divinity Library; the Historical Medical Library; the Lewis Walpole Library; Manuscripts and Archives including the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies; the Map Collection; the Music Library including Historical Sound Recordings, Oral History American Music; and the Conservation and Preservation Departments.
This event is free and open to the public.
Yale offers a spectrum of library resources, including 11 million volumes, and information in all media -- from ancient papyri to electronic databases. The Yale University Library is an international research library, visited by scholars from all over the world, and a partner in teaching and research at the University. The library is engaged in numerous projects to expand access to its collections. Housed in 22 buildings including the Sterling Memorial and Beinecke Libraries, it employs a staff of nearly 600. For additional information on the Yale University Library, including digitized versions of some of its unique collections, visit the website at www.library.yale.edu.
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