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2025 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts flyer

Queer history through book arts is subject of Libraries’ 2025 Mann Lecture

April 03, 2025

Harriman Recollected: New Views of an 1899 Expedition to Alaska, graphic

Libraries launches digital project highlighting 1899 Alaska expedition materials

March 06, 2025

cover art from Gay Sunshine periodical, face encircled with sunshine rays

Queer history on view in new Libraries' Special Collections exhibition

February 12, 2025

The Nittany Lion mascot points to the camera with both hands

Sending a 'We Are!' to these Penn Staters — Dec. 20

December 20, 2024

woman holding a small child, citation "The New Negro: An Interpretation"

Harlem Renaissance is focus of new Libraries exhibition

December 09, 2024

Special Collections Exhibition Space

Special Collections Library offering six $4,000 research travel grant awards

November 12, 2024

Book cover for Into the Cold Blue

Libraries to host World War II memoirist and his co-author for Veterans Day talk

October 15, 2024

Great Rare Books Bake-Off photo of 2 pies

Libraries and Monash University team up for final 'Great Rare Books Bake-Off'

September 23, 2024

rows of black images on tan background

Latin American collections focus of new University Libraries exhibition

September 20, 2024

Picture of people on a boat admiring a large fish.

Hemingway Letters Project produces new volume of iconic writer’s correspondence

July 01, 2024

2024 Libraries Outstanding Student Employee Award Winners

University Libraries’ Student Showcase celebrates outstanding student work

May 14, 2024

Books Unbound digital exhibition screenshot

Students launch digital exhibit highlighting library’s distinctive collections

May 10, 2024

IBe' Crawley, 11033

Book artist and educator IBe’ Crawley to deliver Libraries' 2024 Mann Lecture

April 15, 2024

black and white photo of Orca Inlet, AK

Libraries hosts talk on Eyak language revitalization and 1899 Alaska expedition

March 11, 2024

Judy Chicago Art Education Award submission deadline extended to March 31

February 21, 2024

“’Where Beauty’s At’: Expressions of Black Visual Culture” exhibition graphic

Penn State Special Collections Library opens exhibit on Black visual culture

January 25, 2024

historical marker birthplace of penn state

‘Birthplace of Penn State’ historical marker dedicated at Centre Furnace Mansion

January 11, 2024

Great Rare Books Bake Off

Libraries, Monash University team up for fourth annual Great Rare Books Bake-Off

September 14, 2023

dyed yarns displayed in many colors

Libraries opens collaborative exhibition on history of textile, paper dyes

September 05, 2023

woman standing next to large multimedia art piece on wall

Upstander Award-winner to speak Sept. 7 on K-12 social-justice art curriculum

August 28, 2023

Special Collections Library exhibition room, Paterno Library

Special Collections Library offers five $3,000 research travel grant awards

August 01, 2023

photo collage of room filled with books and sculptures, man with hand on stack of books

Penn State mourns death of distinguished alumnus, donor Charles Blockson

June 27, 2023

booklet with child's handwriting and color drawing of ship

University Libraries hosts Hemingway pop-up exhibit June 16

June 12, 2023

Collecting the Andes 2 artists

Three-part project probes, celebrates art, culture and history of Andean peoples

May 07, 2023

group of people standing outside, black and white photo

Libraries amplifies 'Black History and Visual Culture' with digital collection

April 27, 2023

2023 Mann Lecture explores liminal space between ink, paper and storytelling

April 03, 2023

display titles, cover art: But Some of Us Are Brave; The Black Woman; Sister Outsider; Home Girls

Black feminism is focus of new exhibition curated from Blockson Collection

March 22, 2023

woman by desk with organized piles of old photographs and boxes of files

University Libraries hosts virtual Hemingway collection Discovery Hour March 28

March 22, 2023

University Libraries spring 2023 hours include holiday, spring break changes

January 09, 2023

Ink making supplies

Student-curated exhibit offers perspective on global histories of the book

December 08, 2022

Libraries’ virtual exhibit celebrates Title IX, women in athletics

December 06, 2022

six image collage of smiling student faces as seen on videoconferencing software

Libraries’ digital preservation policy ensures future academic, research access

October 20, 2022

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

Libraries’ Hemingway research potential grows through new Bruce Collection

September 23, 2022

exterior photo of library building entrance

Libraries exhibitions, collections, services offer summer enrichment activities

June 08, 2022

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

Special Collections' Research Coffee Hour previews Student Oral History Project

April 04, 2022

Map of Hispaniola or Saint Domingo

Libraries’ Blockson graduate assistant curates Haitian history exhibit

April 01, 2022

Indigenous Archives Special Collections

Libraries launches Library Guide for Indigenous Peoples in Pennsylvania History

December 02, 2021

Inaugural Linda Stein Upstander Award recipient honors Indian artist

July 19, 2021

Inaugural Linda Stein Upstander Award seeks pro-justice artists, researchers

December 11, 2020

Photo from Penn State Eco Action Records, 9835, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University

Students persevere to produce film on environmental activism at Penn State

June 11, 2020

Earth Archives: Stories of Human Impact exhibition poster

Libraries virtual exhibition highlights human impact on our planet

April 21, 2020

archival photos of student studying and a Civil War diary page

University Archives’ COVID-19 Experience Project seeks community engagement

April 07, 2020

Libraries' exhibit highlights Indigenous Peoples' roots/routes in the Americas

September 17, 2019

Seven scholars selected for 2019 summer research travel awards

June 18, 2019

Books, coffee cup, research photo

Libraries’ Special Collections to offer genealogy-themed Research Coffee Hour

May 16, 2019

Pop-up exhibit and discussion: 'From Draft to Design: The Making of a Book'

March 04, 2019

woman standing next to shelves of old books

Meehan, Special Collections Library head, aims to connect visitors with stories

February 22, 2019

black and white vintage advertisement, two women in coats and gloves, whispering

Libraries' 'Secret Lives of Girls and Women' exhibit reveals hidden history

January 29, 2019

Melissa Leaym-Fernandez

Judy Chicago Art Education Award invites submissions

December 05, 2018

Eclectic collections

'Eclectic Collections' exhibit features mix of Penn State museum offerings

November 29, 2018

image of woman standing in front of glass-topped exhibit cases in library exhibition room of rare and special collections

Jackson named among 17 Library Senior Fellows at UCLA 2018 residential program

May 31, 2018

Penn State activism in 1968 is focus of student-curated exhibit

March 28, 2018

2018 Mann Lecture considers relationship between humans, wolves in literature

March 01, 2018

pencil sketch of Josephine Baker

University Libraries exhibit highlights the African experience in Americas

February 15, 2018

Kurt Oppelt and Sissy Schwartz - Olympic figure skating

Pop-up exhibit highlights Olympic Games in Libraries’ Special Collections

January 31, 2018

partial image scan of handwritten letter dated February 24 1940

Kirschner brothers donate Holocaust-era, immigration correspondence to Libraries

January 24, 2018

scanned color cover of children's movable book showing big bad wolf with movable tongue and girl wearing red hiding behind tree

Fairy tale wolf is focus of new Libraries Special Collections exhibition

January 09, 2018

promotional graphic with brightly colored

Five scholars selected for 2017 summer research travel awards

June 19, 2017

promotional graphic using the elaborately decorated letters "A","B" and "C"

Unique abecedarium showcased in University Libraries’ new exhibit

June 18, 2017

illustration with exhibit title and images of painted photographs from the 19th and early 20th centuries

Libraries’ ‘Painted Photograph’ exhibit reveals unique treatment of images

May 15, 2017

2017 Mann Lecture focuses on the art and information of dance notation

March 08, 2017

World War I soldiers standing in battlefield trenches

Libraries presents exhibit 'From the Trenches: The Great War in Sepia'

January 13, 2017

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

Libraries' Special Collections exhibit honors Arts Festival history

June 07, 2016

Unwind with vintage game board play days through May 6

May 02, 2016

Jackson named Libraries’ Huck Chair, head of Special Collections Library

March 21, 2016

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