4-9-08
All are invited to visit our newest Library exhibit which honors both faculty who have been awarded tenure in the past two years (or have been promoted to full professor) and those full-time faculty who are new to Adelphi. This exhibit, which is held every two years, is in the Hay Periodicals Lounge on the first floor of Swirbul Library.
Newly tenured/promoted faculty who participated have selected titles for the Library's collection that have been important to their professional or personal development, while newly appointed faculty were invited to suggest new titles for the Library in their respective fields of study.
Please also visit the nearby exhibit cases containing selections from our Panama Canal Collection which is part of Special Collections. Donated by prominent alumnus Robert R. McMillan, this collection of monographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, brochures, photographs, maps, audio tapes, and memorabilia focuses on the history of Panama, the Panama Canal, and especially the Panama Canal Commission.
Both exhibits will be up until the end of the semester.
3-27-08
University Archives and Special Collections (UASC), a department of the Adelphi
University Libraries, is located in the Lower level of New Hall and is composed
of two distinct collections: University Archives and Special Collections.
Both collections hold research and primary resource materials and include
materials in various formats, including manuscripts, books, graphic materials,
audio-visual materials, photographs, electronic records, and artifacts, which
are separately housed in a secure environment to protect and preserve rare,
valuable, or fragile materials.
Our 28 Special Collections and the University Archives offer an opportunity for
researchers and scholars-faculty and students alike-to conduct research using
primary resources and rare and unique materials.
* Researchers in literature use our Blake, Expatriate, Whitman, and Rare
Book Collections.
* The Cuala Press, Small Press, and DePol Collections, which contain
finely-printed, illustrated, and often literary materials, are valuable to both
art and literature scholars.
* Studio art classes regularly stop by to see the Josef Albers Interaction
of Color.
* Art history and education researchers are interested in the Children*s
Illustrated Literature Collection while educators draw upon the resources in the
Kraus-Boelte Early Education Collection.
* Dance researchers understand the importance of the Ruth St. Denis
Collection, which contains photos, papers, and ephemera that document the life
of St. Denis, founder of the Adelphi Dance Department and one of the originators
of modern dance.
* Journalists and historians find a wealth of material about the English
radical press in our Cobbett and Hone Collections.
* The Long Island, New York City, and New York State collections have a
general appeal and are used by scholars in a number of fields.
* The Panama Canal and Americana Collections fascinate historians while
the first stop for those interested in Adelphi*s history is University
Archives.
These are only a few of our special collections.
Faculty, we invite you to bring your classes for a special presentation and
consider using these collections for your own research. Students, please keep
our collections in mind for your research, especially in planning your capstone
project. Visit our website at http://libraries.adelphi.edu/special/ to find out more
about using our collections.
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