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50 YEARS: CATCH-22: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JOSEPH HELLER COLLECTION
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Material from the Joseph Heller collection at Brandeis University is on display in the Archives & Special Collections Department to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Heller’s seminal novel Catch-22. The exhibit includes pages of the original autograph manuscript—showing extensive editing—as well as other drafts, planning materials for the novel, photographs, correspondence from other celebrated authors, and more.
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CLOSE LOOKING SERIES
Spring 2011
Close Looking is a new monthly interdisciplinary event offering in-depth discussion of some of our university's greatest treasures from the library's Special Collections and the Rose Art Museum. Each session will include a viewing of a particular work, presentations by two faculty members, thought-provoking conversation, and refreshments. Join us on one Wednesday afternoon a month for this exciting new collaborative project.
Spring 2011 Program:
February 16, 2011: Shakespeare's 1623 Folio
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, 3:30 to 5:30
Discussants: Ramie Targoff (English) and Adrianne Krstansky (Theater Arts)
March 9, 2011: Hartley's Musical Theme
Rose Art Museum, 3:30 to 5:30
Discussants: Nancy Scott (Fine Arts) and Aida Wong (Fine Arts, East Asian Studies)
March 30, 2011: Natalie Frank's The Czech Bride
Rose Art Museum, 3:30 to 5:30
Discussants: Peter Kalb (Fine Arts) and David Sherman (English)
April 27, 2011: Joseph Heller's Catch-22 Manuscript
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library, 3:30 to 5:30
Discussants: Steve Whitfield (American Studies) and Michael Gilmore (English)
Close Looking is a project of the Mandel Center for the Humanities in collaboration with the Rose Art Museum and the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department. The inaugural 2011 series is being funded by Ann Tanenbaum '66.
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SIMON RAWIDOWICZ: THINKER, SCHOLAR, HEBRAIST
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Spring-Fall 2010
Our current exhibit chronicles the life and work of Simon Rawidowicz (1896-1957), noted Jewish scholar, philosopher, Hebraist, and ideologue who founded the graduate program in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University. Born in Grajewo, Russia, Rawidowicz would eventually live in Bialystok, Berlin, London, Leeds, Chicago, and finally, Waltham, Massachusetts. His correspondants included the likes of David Ben-Gurion, Martin Buber, Simon Dubnow, Sigmund Freud, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, and Chaim Weizmann. Materials for the exhibit are drawn from the personal collection of Benjamin Ravid (Class of 1957), professor emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis and the son of the late Simon Rawidowicz.
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THE WORTH OF A BOOK: A LOOK AT RARE-BOOK SELECTION AND APPRAISAL
A New England Archivists Summer Program
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“How much is that book worth?” Special Collections Librarians are frequently asked this question. Rare books have many types of value: scholarly, curricular, historical, artifactual, resale. What criteria do appraisers use to measure the value of an individual book? How can Special Collections Librarians select rare books to create curricular context in an academic library? What strategies are useful in building a historical institution’s rare-book collection on a shoestring? Whether you have been in the rare-book field for years or are starting out, join us for illuminating presentations and interesting discussion.
Speakers:
Ken Gloss, proprietor of The Brattle Book Shop in Boston and past president of the New England Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
Jay Satterfield, Head of Special Collections at Dartmouth College
Maris Humphreys, Special Collections Cataloger at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum in Newport, Rhode Island
For registration and other information, please click here, or contact Sarah Shoemaker, Special Collections Librarian, at 781.736.4641, or sshoemak@brandeis.edu
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE DRED SCOTT DECISION
A Rolde lecture in Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Goldfarb Library, Level 1
November 9, 2009
1:00 p.m.
As part of Library and Technology Services' annual Lillian L. Rolde Memorial Lecture series, The Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department is pleased to present a talk by Brandeis's own John Burt, Professor of English and American Literature and Director of Graduate Studies. The Rolde lecture series is made possible by the Lillian L. Rolde Memorial Lecture Endowment Fund, named after the late Mrs. Lillian Rolde, a one-time active member of the Brandeis National Committee and lifelong lover of books.
Accompanying the lecture in the Treasure Hall will be an exhibit of Special Collections material incorporating Abraham Lincoln's iconic visage. The exhibit considers a period on the cusp of mass distribution of images, before proliferation foreclosed the more imaginative interpretations. Come see the variations on this president's face, from the frankly amateurish to the dashing and heroic.
Please join us for this thought-provoking program.
Refreshments will be served.
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FROM WALTHAM WILDS TO URBAN UNIVERSITY: THE STORY OF BRANDEIS THROUGH MAPS AND AERIALS
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Summer 2009 - Winter 2009
Documenting changes to Brandeis's physical campus is a key element in understanding the school's history. Whether it is an overhead view of the Ullman Amphitheater, Spingold under construction, or the clearing of the apple orchard for the Gerstenzang science complex, these striking aerial images chart major transformations to the Brandeis University campus during its sixty-year existence.
See also "The Mapping Brandeis Project," an interactive, online project created by Brandeis students as part of Prof. Tom King's course Theater/Theory: Investigating Performance (ENG 151b, fall 2009).
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DIRECT CONTACT: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ART EXHIBITION AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
April 29, 2009
Drop in from 11:00am to 1:30pm
Since Brandeis University’s founding, the acquisition and exhibition of artwork—and attitudes toward art—have mirrored the innovative outlook and energy of the institution. This program offers insight into the development and legacy of visual arts at Brandeis, with a focus on the university’s long-term commitment to exhibiting artwork in an accessible, educational, and socially beneficial manner. Curated by Pennie Taylor, graduate student in Cultural Production.
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VOICE OF THE VICTIMS: AN INTEGRATED HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
46th Annual Simon Rawidowicz Memorial Lecture, with a view of selected materials from the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
March 16, 2009
7:30pm to 9:00pm
Saul Friedländer, the Pulitzer-prize winning historian and Holocaust scholar, is this year's Rawidowicz lecturer. He will speak about the need for a more integrated approach to the study of the Holocaust, one that included the voices of its victims. The talk will be accompanied by an exhibit of materials from the Archives & Special Collections Department, including items from the Helmut Hirsch Collection, the Jewish Resistance Collection, and the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp Documents Collection.
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RADICAL! MATERIALS DRAWN FROM THE HALL-HOAG
COLLECTION OF EXTREMIST LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
March 5, 2009
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Come take a look at newspapers, pamphlets, fliers, and broadsides from some of the most divisive right- and left-wing organizations from the postwar period. Collected by Gordon Hall and Grace Hoag, this invaluable collection includes subjects such as the Black Panther Party, the American Nazi Party, the Weathermen, Three Mile Island, McCarthyism, and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Drop in and see the one-day exhibit, curated by Katie Hargrave, graduate student in Cultural Production.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR: A COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
February 2009 - June 2009
This exhibit includes a wide array of photographs, documents, artifacts, and ephemera documenting Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, including letters written by Lincoln and a sash worn by a horse in Lincoln's funeral parade. The collection is on loan from Brian D. Caplan '82.
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A SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CONCERT AND EVENT
A presentation and concert of the Walter F. and Alice Gorham Collection of Early Music Imprints, 1501-1650
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Goldfarb Library
January 16, 2009, at noon
The Brandeis Early Music Ensemble will perform works from the Walter F. and Alice Gorham Collection of Early Music Imprints in a presentation at the Rapaporte Treasure Hall in the Goldfarb Library at noon on Friday, January 16th, 2009, where audience members will have the opportunity to see some of these books in person and read from facsimiles of the original notation. For more information on the Gorham collection, see Special Collections Spotlight at brandeisspecialcollections.blogspot.com.
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PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS:
A VIEW FROM ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
October 30, 2008
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Come see photographs, documents, letters, and ephemera from presidents and presidential hopefuls, including a miniature book of Abraham Lincoln's speeches, a document signed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, a letter written in Lincoln's hand, and a video of an interview between Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy.
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SIXTY YEARS AND COUNTING: A CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF THE BRANDEIS NATIONAL COMMITTEE & THE BRANDEIS LIBRARIES
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
October 2008 - January 2009
This exhibit celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of two interlocking institutions at Brandeis University. The Brandeis National Committee--still the largest friends of a library group in the country--and the Brandeis Libraries were founded in 1948, the same year that Brandeis was established.
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LEAVES OF GRASS, THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS:
WHITMANIA 1855-1955
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
September 25, 2008
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Come see Brandeis's rare collection of early editions of Leaves of Grass, the major work in verse of America's "Good Gray Poet," Walt Whitman! Other fascinating items documenting Whitman's publication and reception over the hundred years following this book's first publication will be on display as well.
Drop in and see the one-day exhibit, curated by Daniel V. Donatacci, PhD candidate in English and American literature.
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BOOKS YOU WON'T SEE IN THE STACKS:
A VIEW OF UNUSUAL BINDINGS & FORMATS
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
April 10, 2008
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
You can't judge a book by its cover: come see an assortment of books and other publications in unusual formats. You might never look at a bookshelf the same way again!
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BRANDEIS IN LIGHTS: LEGENDS OF STAGE, SCREEN, & SONG
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
2008
This exhibit highlights notable aspects of Brandeis's early music and theater programs; it also showcases the personal collections of important figures in theater, film, and musical composition. Come for a glimpse of the artistic impresarios associated with Brandeis ... and for a close look at Oscar.
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BANNED, BURNED, AND BLACKLISTED
An LTS Show and Tell event at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
October 26, 2007
Between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Come see books that have provoked controversy since 1564. Join us to celebrate your freedom to read banned literature. What you find will surprise you!
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LOUIS D. BRANDEIS: CELEBRATING A LIFE
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Spring 2007 - Winter 2008
This exhibit is part of the Justice Brandeis Jubilee, the University's year-long celebration commemorating the 150th birthday of Louis D. Brandeis. It goes beyond the stately portrait of Brandeis as lawyer and Supreme Court justice to focus on his personal and family life, and on the profound admiration he garnered throughout his career and after.
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THE CRIMEAN WAR IN THE FRENCH & BRITISH SATIRICAL PRESS
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives
& Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Summer 2006 - Winter 2006
This exhibit thematically explores how the satirical press of France and Britain represented the Crimean War, which involved the world superpowers of Russia, Turkey, France, and Great Britain and is considered to be the first media war. Stop by and learn about this fascinating chapter in world history through the lens of humorous outrage at the bungled diplomacy, explosive personalities, and incompetent administration that characterized this war.
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BUILDING BRANDEIS: STYLE & FUNCTION OF A UNIVERSITY
An exhibit at the Robert D. Farber University Archives & Special Collections Department
Goldfarb Library, Level 2
Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
This exhibit examines two early master planning projects that greatly influenced the physical character and development of Brandeis University. It highlights the work of two prominent architects (Saarinen and Abramovitz) and addresses their impact at Brandeis and beyond. The exhibit also explores the campus's physical transformation over time, and the origins of its distinctive architectural "style."
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