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Hélène Huet, European Studies Librarian, was recently elected membership to the Advisory Committee on the MLA International Bibliography. The Modern Language Association of America International Bibliography is one of the most used databases in the Humanities, for anyone studying literature or linguistics. This committee examines and assesses the direction…
Special Area & Studies Collection’s Florence M. Turcotte received the Rembert Patrick Award for a scholarly book on a Florida History topic for their book, Marge and Julia, The Correspondence Between Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Julia Scribner from the Florida Historical Society. Named in honor of the late…
Curator of Rare Books, Neil Weijer, received the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography from the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia/ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This highly selective national fellowship draws together early career scholars, curators and librarians around the study of…
Holland-America Line 1937 promotional album of photographs of the West Indies taken by photographer Robert Smith Mathews with text written by his brother, Richard B. Mathews. This photo shows passengers on their way to the Port of Havana. MSS 0538 SS…
On April 26, 2023, 21 Dance majors enrolled in Dr. Rachel Carrico’s Dance History course performed “Dancing in the Archives,” a site-specific suite of dances staged in the Smathers Special Collections’ Judaica Suite. The students’ choreographies were inspired by their archival research in the Belknap and Hurston collections, where they…
Regional Government Documents Librarian for the George A. Smathers Libraries, Sarah Erekson, was recently appointed a member of the Depository Library Council (DLC). Members of the council work in libraries all over the country, promoting access to U.S. government information through the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) of the U.S.
