Colgate University Libraries News and Events

 The new exhibit on Level 2 of Case-Geyer includes books, photographs, letters, and illustrations from the Victorian age. There are some Aubrey Beardsley illustrations, and Oscar Wilde letters, a 1st edition copy of On the Origin of the Species with a photogravure of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron, and many fine examples of the book arts.  
There are two new movies coming out this Spring about this time period, Creation (about Darwin and the theory of evolution) and The Young Victoria. If you're interested in them, you might check out the exhibit to immerse yourself a little further in Victoriana.

Photographs, cartoons, and other ephemera of George Bernard Shaw, all taken from the Richard S. Weiner Shaw Collection.  The exhibit features photographs taken by Shaw, one of his many photographic diaries, photographs by noted photographers such as Steichen and Karsh, cartoons by Max Beerbohm, and other amusing items, including a photograph of Shaw and William Crawshaw, former Colgate dean and professor of English.  It will be on view at Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology from October 15th until December 1.
 
A corresponding article on Shaw appears in the Colgate Scene, Summer 2009,  based on materials from Special Collections along with an interview with Carl Peterson, Head of Special Collections and University Archivist.
 
The attached photograph is Shaw and Sir Robert Ho Tung (right), the Hong Kong industrialist and philanthropist, and grandfather of Colgate alumnus and benefactor Robert H.N. Ho ’56.

Mrs. James C. Colgate was one of the original 500 subscribers who helped finance Curtis' decade-long expedition in the American west and northwest.  She gave this collection to Colgate in the 1950's.  The set consists of 20 encyclopedia volumes, all on display, along with 20 portfolio volumes of larger photogravures.  A selection of these larger images is currently on display at the Picker Gallery.
 

 
Carl Peterson, Special Collections Librarian, has created a display in the cases outside of Special Collections on Level 2 of Case-Geyer of election materials over the years with a particular look at the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns.

A web page describing the art from the collection of Paul Schupf on exhibit in Case-Geyer has been created.
date: Thursday, May 29, 2008

The exhibition "All the Way: Colgate's Class of 1943 & World War II." includes newspapers, posters, obituaries, and other materials that chronicle the class of 1943 and its service during the Second World War.

"Friends -- One Day, One Wrong Turn”
Exhibit sponsored by President Rebecca Chopp along with Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and organized by Jane Jones (Counseling and Psychological Services). October 16- November 16, 2007, Hieber Commons, Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology
The opening of the exhibit will be on Monday, October 22nd at 5:30 p. m. in the Theriot Flexible Room (rm 565) by President Rebecca Chopp and Dean of College Charlotte Johnson.
It has been almost seven years since a tragic car crash in our community claimed the lives of four college students, Katie Almeter, Emily Collins, Kevin King, and Rachel Nargiso.
The accident serves as a difficult reminder of the significant perils of drinking and driving.
The loss of four young people that night will be forever felt in the Colgate and Norwich communities. These lives are honored and remembered in The Friends Exhibit, a memorial whose existence is a testament to the courage and unselfishness of the Almeter, Collins, King, and Nargiso families.