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Come out and see an exhibit on the Civil War in Missouri! A short history of the war is provided alongside relevant books, manuscripts, photographs, and artifacts. Attention is also given to Missouri Civil War Historic Sites. Materials on display have come from the University’s holdings, the State Historical Society of Missouri, The Library of Congress’s American Memories Project and private collections. The exhibit has been curated by Amy C. Nickless, Graduate Reference Assistant at Ellis Library and Historian.

The exhibit is free and located on the main floor’s Colonnade.

Choose Privacy Week will take place May 1-7, 2011 and is an ongoing program of the American Library Association.

Choose Privacy Week is an initiative that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.

The American Library Association (ALA) has developed a variety of resources to help libraries reach out to their communities. You can find out more information at http://www.privacyrevolution.org/index.php/privacy_week/.

At Ellis Library, we will have several posters and an exhibit on display to educate our users about privacy.

 

The Controlling Heredity Exhibit will be on display in Ellis Library from March 4 – 30.  The exhibit will be officially opened by a talk from Professor of German Stefani Engelstein entitled “Visions of Transparency: The Human Body and Social Order.”  The talk will be in the Ellis Library Colonnade on Tuesday March 8^th at 3:00 PM.

This exhibit displays and interprets some of the seminal texts that embody the eugenics movement in the United States, detailing the response of the privileged to accelerated and chaotic social change. The exhibit explores two campaigns central to the eugenics movement: restriction of the immigration of the “unfit” into the United States and the forced sterilization of so-called degenerates who were American citizens. In all, over 60,000 American citizens were sterilized.

The exhibit and lecture are part of the Life Sciences & Society Symposium series, which can be found at:  http://muconf.missouri.edu/sciencessocietysymposium/AffiliatedEvents.html.

What happened to the built-in cases in the colonnade?
The built-in cases in the colonnade are being renovated. The exhibit interior will be repainted, new backing boards will be installed (with black covering) and lighter shelves will be installed. The project is to be completed by the end of the year.

Food and Society Exhibit
The Food and Society Series of lectures and films is highlighted in this exhibit. Displayed are books on food policy, history and culture.  The exhibit is in the west oak case in the colonnade. See http://maa.missouri.edu/classes-tours/foodseries.html for more information.

Antebellum Gift Books Exhibit
Early nineteenth-century gift books were promoted by publishers as tokens of friendship, indicators of good taste, and instruments of refinement. Elaborately bound, and enhanced with engravings, these books provided a means of demonstrating American culture and ingenuity. View some on display in the east oak case in the colonnade. The exhibit was created by Anne Barker.

Check out the exhibits in the colonnade for October:

• When bad things happen to good books. View the scary critters that can destroy books and the horrors wrought upon them by human hands. Not for the weak at heart! Presented by the Preservation Committee and Physical Processing.

• Support the MU Libraries: An exhibit highlighting our major Development programs, Adopt-a-Book, Honor with Books, the Library Society and Friends of the Libraries. Prepared by Sheila Voss and Shannon Cary.

• View the personal side of World War II. Read first-hand accounts of soldiers in the field, those held in prison camps and the lives of those left behind at home. Prepared by Amy Nickless, Graduate Research Assistant.

• Looking for something to read? The library staff has recommended books of all genres. Take a look and get some ideas.

The theme for summer is Travel. The new exhibits in the Colonnade highlight the history and variety of National Parks, present personal narratives of travel in the United States, provide examples of travel destinations in Missouri, and display a selection of travel guides from Special Collections.

Artist books are displayed in the east free-standing case. Our new artist in the Bookmark Café is Carla McElroy, with a variety of portraits and colorful drawings.

–Sandy Schiefer, Chair of Exhibits Committee

This exhibit explores the lives of African Americans in small towns. From schools to churches to homes, Blacks built their own community within the larger community. They had to, since they were often shut out by “whites only” attitudes and laws. With the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling in 1954 that mandated school desegregation and The Voting Rights Act of 1965, integration wended its way across the state, but the Black experience remains singular.

These images are selected from the archive of The Missouri Photo Workshop, which was founded in 1949 by Clifton Edom of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, MPW has recorded rural life for six decades. Over the years, more than 2000 photographers have documented 43 Missouri communities. The towns are a laboratory for photographers to hone their visual storytelling skills under the guidance of a demanding faculty, some of the nation’s top picture editors and photographers. It’s a rigorous week for the photographers, who are expected to follow Edom’s prescription for making meaningful pictures: intensive research, followed by intent observation and judicious timing.
Workshop photographers study lives of individuals, structure of families, issues of the day. By investing significant amounts of time getting to know their subjects and building a trusting relationship, photographers’ portrayals provide intimate insight and savor a slice of time. Often, an image transcends a single moment and represents a universal experience. Cumulatively, the photographs provide a visual record of Missouri’s small towns.

The Missouri Photo Workshop is sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism, with educational grants from the Missouri Press Association Foundation and Nikon Professional Services. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.mophotoworkshop.org.

The judging is complete and we are pleased to announce the winners of the All Things Librarial Contest. Kris Anstine of Archives takes first place, winning the $25 bookstore gift certificate. Katie Carr of Special Collections places second, winning a set of University Concert Series tickets. Additionally the names of all who loaned games for the July exhibit were entered in a drawing. Sandy Schiefer’s name was picked; she will receive a set of concert tickets as well.

The MU Libraries Exhibits Committee thanks those who loaned items for the Games People Play Exhibit, including Karla Geerlings, Sandy Schiefer, Anne Barker, Karen Darling, Ruthie Morse, Rachel Brekhus and Colleen Smith. Numerous kindnesses and courtesies were extended to those of us involved with the exhibit and the contest, and we would like to express our sincere gratitude for all of these demonstrations of thoughtfulness.

The answers for All Things Librarial are available on the staff Web site.
This experience was both educational and enjoyable. We look forward to doing something comparable in the future.
Yours truly,

Gwen Gray Paula Roper Bette Stuart