Eberly Family Special Collections Library
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Libraries opens collaborative exhibition on history of textile, paper dyes
September 05, 2023
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Libraries’ virtual exhibit celebrates Title IX, women in athletics
December 06, 2022
![Great Rare Books Bake-Off](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/7942DFCC-2521-4BC2-A7AE-9EC90DD8CA9C.jpeg?h=12bd51b7&itok=SJKAvYeW)
Libraries, Monash University team up for third Great Rare Books Bake-Off
September 26, 2022
![Melissa Leaym-Fernandez](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Picture1_16.png?h=e841f2e3&itok=lZbd79qf)
Judy Chicago Art Education Award invites submissions
December 05, 2018
![horizontal silhouette of several Amish horse-drawn buggies against a sun, cloud and blue sky background](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/amish-photo-for-poster.jpg?h=5b2b9426&itok=ihCEkbyW)
Libraries exhibit explores the Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites
February 02, 2016
![Sister Joan Chittister standing at a podium speaking to an audience](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Chittister10-15-15_6271-300.jpg?h=ac27f93f&itok=QpjADQH6)
Heard on Campus: Distinguished Alumna Sister Joan Chittister
October 16, 2015
![The Smallest Dictionary in the World](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Exhibit%2016b.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=emZyO89R)
Exhibition features ornate book covers, bindings
May 28, 2015
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![dyed yarns displayed in many colors](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/09/psnews_sc_dyedwool_1200x900_0.jpg?h=5ca4ce74&itok=oSdM5gHK)
Libraries opens collaborative exhibition on history of textile, paper dyes
September 05, 2023
![woman standing next to large multimedia art piece on wall](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/lhpoling-stein_43-crop.jpg?h=d08f423e&itok=Q0ygJYzO)
![Special Collections Library exhibition room, Paterno Library](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/08/img_1942_0.jpeg?h=71976bb4&itok=WjBsfPPH)
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![graphic of manual clock with words library hours and Penn State University Libraries brand mark](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2023/01/UL_Hours_1280x960.jpg?h=c6e64135&itok=2ZCfPmn4)
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Libraries’ virtual exhibit celebrates Title IX, women in athletics
December 06, 2022
![six image collage of smiling student faces as seen on videoconferencing software](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/10/Latino-a-x_Collection_collage_900x1200_0.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=hnkigS_U)
![Great Rare Books Bake-Off](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/7942DFCC-2521-4BC2-A7AE-9EC90DD8CA9C.jpeg?h=12bd51b7&itok=SJKAvYeW)
Libraries, Monash University team up for third Great Rare Books Bake-Off
September 26, 2022
![white father and young son standing on dock by large hanging fish](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/09/00-EH%20%26%20Patrick%20w%20record%20sailfish%201934%20%28Chelsea%20KIC%20Image%2033%29.jpg?h=21f7f95b&itok=OZiiRx2z)
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![The words "Research Coffee Hour, We Are Penn State: 2022 Student Oral History Projects Preview" against a green and white background with an illustration of a copy cup and books and a photo inset of a gloved hand setting out black and white photos](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/Libraries%20Resesarch%20Coffee%20Hour.png?h=6eb229a4&itok=tNiolkhj)
![Map of Hispaniola or Saint Domingo](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2022/04/Map%20of%20Hispaniola%20or%20Saint%20Domingo.jpeg?h=14fb13b0&itok=K0dEgMOK)
![Indigenous Archives Special Collections](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/2021/12/E1C21CF1-A518-46F7-876F-1B3FB378AF64.jpeg?h=d048d717&itok=K3xrEPUi)
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![Earth Archives: Stories of Human Impact exhibition poster](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Earth%20Archives%20Instagram%201080x1080.jpg?h=6660d6c8&itok=6Cbl_VtH)
![archival photos of student studying and a Civil War diary page](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/COVID19%20Experience%20Project.jpg?h=c9f93661&itok=Uw4w0ID_)
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Judy Chicago Art Education Award invites submissions
December 05, 2018
![Eclectic collections](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/DSC_0015_1.jpg?h=7ce2418b&itok=2TgZM3Pl)
![image of woman standing in front of glass-topped exhibit cases in library exhibition room of rare and special collections](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/AthenaJackson-DSC_4945-SteveTressler-VistaProStudios.jpg?h=a49d782d&itok=Rvpqfz14)
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![pencil sketch of Josephine Baker](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Josephine%20Baker%20Sketch%20by%20Yang.jpg?h=f674cffd&itok=yqPz7rRV)
![Kurt Oppelt and Sissy Schwartz - Olympic figure skating](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Oppelt%2C%20Kurt%20skating%20at%20Olympics%20with%20Sissy%20Schwarz%20%28Figure%20Skating%29.jpg?h=a19103c9&itok=QTNmI5Pc)
![partial image scan of handwritten letter dated February 24 1940](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Kirschner%20Holocaust-Era%20Collection%20letter%20excerpt.jpg?h=3387d114&itok=i_G12dt9)
![scanned color cover of children's movable book showing big bad wolf with movable tongue and girl wearing red hiding behind tree](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/TN33985_Sliding%20Book%20with%20Big%20Eyes.jpg?h=b0cf4f99&itok=n7dic2_U)
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![illustration with exhibit title and images of painted photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Henisch_1200x630.jpg?h=ec041e41&itok=829Ya-4S)
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![World War I soldiers standing in battlefield trenches](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/trenches_09531_278.jpg?h=a1d638ea&itok=bXVwAZRn)
![horizontal photo of glass exhibit case interior showing Arts Festival 9th annual red program covers and other artifacts with colorful banners hanging in background on wall](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/IMG_5638.jpg?h=a5eb5da0&itok=QTpcOdxO)
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![horizontal silhouette of several Amish horse-drawn buggies against a sun, cloud and blue sky background](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/amish-photo-for-poster.jpg?h=5b2b9426&itok=ihCEkbyW)
Libraries exhibit explores the Amish, Mennonites and Hutterites
February 02, 2016
![Portrait of Ernest Hemingway, Paris, 1928](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/eh07314p_horizontal.jpg?h=511fdb50&itok=oRksDhrk)
![Sister Joan Chittister standing at a podium speaking to an audience](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Chittister10-15-15_6271-300.jpg?h=ac27f93f&itok=QpjADQH6)
Heard on Campus: Distinguished Alumna Sister Joan Chittister
October 16, 2015
![Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, standing and speaking at podium](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Sister%20Simone%20Campbell_0.jpg?h=673e9715&itok=kCErQoka)
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![black-and-white photo of three young men cheering and standing on football field sidelines wearing sweaters that when combined spell out "Beat Army!"](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/1964BeatArmyCheerleadersWeb.jpg?h=4d1c0665&itok=aUjGuuUk)
![The Smallest Dictionary in the World](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/Exhibit%2016b.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=emZyO89R)
Exhibition features ornate book covers, bindings
May 28, 2015
![Page of one of Brent Wilson's journals](https://sc-api.psu.edu/s3/files/styles/4_3_1000w/public/BrentWilsonExhibit.jpg?h=f01795aa&itok=wtKUqcOB)
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