Government Documents Highlight Recreation and Preservation The current installment of the Government Documents series “Documents to the People: 100 Years of Keeping You in the Know” consists of two displays covering recreation and historic preservation in the United States. The Get Out and Play display, located in the Hodges Library galleria, gives information about the … Continued
Government Documents Trace Exploration From Lewis and Clark to NASA The latest theme of the UT Libraries government documents exhibit series is about the history of exploration in the United States. Covering everything from the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1805-1806 and the Wright Brothers’ first flight in 1903 to recent NASA undertakings, it promises … Continued
Quilts are more than just bed coverings–they tell stories, document the past, and express a range of emotions, from love to sorrow. In honor of Women’s History Month, the UT Libraries presents an exhibit and film series focused on quilts and the women who made them. Exhibit March 1-April 2: Merikay Waldvogel’s quilts will be … Continued
The Spring 2007 Student Art in the Library Juried Exhibition is on view in the Hodges Library first floor reference room until May. The exhibit features 14 original works of art by UT students. The contest was open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Student Art … Continued
Photograph collection exhibits Victorian-era Smokies images The Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project is pleased to announce the availability of the William Cox Cochran Great Smoky Mountains Photographic Collection. Cochran, an Ohio lawyer and trustee of Oberlin College, captured the 89 images in this collection while on a trip to East Tennessee in August 1886. The … Continued
Exhibit to Celebrate New Jacksonian-Era Collection During the past year, Tennessee businessman and collector William C. Cook donated his impressive collection of rare books and imprints to the University Libraries and the Center for Jacksonian America. To celebrate this significant donation, the Special Collections Library is presenting an exhibit of materials from the Cook Collection. … Continued
Since 1982, he last week of September has been designated as “Banned Books Week.” The annual event reminds Americans not to take our precious democratic freedom for granted. Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) helps compile a list of the most challenged books–titles where there has been an attempt to remove or restrict the … Continued
The sixth floor of Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee campus is the new home for an exhibit of historical photographs–Trailblazers: Jim Thompson and Albert “Dutch” Roth Photographs of the Early Years of the Great Smoky Mountain Park.
An exhibit on Knoxville’s only U.S. Supreme Court Justice opens Monday, October 3rd, in the upper lobby of the Special Collections Library. The exhibit — “Edward Terry Sanford, United States Supreme Court Justice and Trustee of the University of Tennessee” — will run through December.
James Agee: A Celebration of His Work to premier April 1 A new exhibit featuring Knoxville author James Agee will be displayed in the Special Collections of the Hoskins Library on the UT Campus, and opens with a special reception this Friday, April 1. The exhibit features artifacts from the Libraries.