Saturday, February 11, 2012 Through Sunday, March 11, 2012
Feb 11 2012
Windows to the World: The Immortal Works of Charles Dickens
With the possible exception of Shakespeare, no English author is better known than Charles Dickens. Dickens was a household name during his lifetime, and his reputation has not dimmed with the passage of time. This exhibit, which includes twelve of his most popular books—the majority represented in first editions—illustrations from his works, and an assortment of ephemera, celebrates the bicentennial of his birth on February 7, 1812.
More information: http://uncgspecial.blogspot.com/2012/01/windows-to-world-immortal-works-of.html
Feb 11 2012
See the World in Postcards: Selections from the Anna Gove Collection
Dr. Anna Maria Gove was born July 6, 1867, in Whitefield, New Hampshire. After her education at MIT and Woman's Medical College of New York Infirmary, from which she graduated in 1892, Dr. Gove served for a year in the New York Infant Asylum. In 1893 she came to the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) where she served as resident physician, professor of hygiene, and director of the Department of Health until her retirement in 1937. More information: http://library.uncg.edu/info/depts/scua/exhibits/current_exhibits.aspx#postcards
Feb 11 2012
What They Were Wearing While They Were Reading: 1930s
Highlights from the 1930s featuring campus history, materials from Special Collections and University Archives, and period dresses generously loaned from Dr. James V. Carmichael.