View the current library exhibit highlighting the John Taggart Poetry Collection to learn more about one of Archives & Special Collections' newest acquisitions. The exhibit will be on display in Ezra Lehman Memorial Library's main gallery from February 16-27, 2015.
Renowned poet John Taggart (Shippensburg University Professor of English 1969-2001), has published widely in literary magazines alongside notable contemporaries such as Allen Ginsberg, Susan Howe, and Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge. The exhibit will feature several poems from selected publications.
Contact Archives & Special Collections via e-mail: specialcollections@ship.edu or phone: 717-477-1516 for more information.
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Monday, February 16, 2015
Monday, November 17, 2014
Exhibit: The Impact of WWI @ Ship
Archives & Special Collections' new exhibit, The Impact of World War I on Shippensburg Campus, is now on display on the upper level of Ezra Lehman Memorial Library. We encourage you to check out the exhibit in the display cases at the top of the stairs the next time you visit the library!
Sheila Joy, Archives & Special Collections Graduate Assistant, curated the exhibit. Below, in a special library blog guest appearance, Sheila describes her experience researching and designing the exhibit. Archives & Special Collections thanks Sheila for her hard work! The exhibit will be on display through the Spring 2015 semester.
The United States' entrance into World War I in 1917 affected colleges and universities in many different ways. Commemoration of the war's centennial is currently underway across the country. Archives & Special Collections has just unveiled a new exhibit that examines the impact of the war on Shippensburg University (then Cumberland Valley State Normal School) and its students.
Early research of secondary sources offered a general atmosphere of the campus upon entrance into WWI: food conservation, a Red Cross chapter, changes in curriculum, and enrollment issues. Further research in the archives led me to excellent primary sources that revealed more intimate details: letters written by soldiers and President Ezra Lehman, newspaper clippings, photographs, and program documents.
From these materials I was able to interpret the impact of the war on different levels. President Lehman created effective recruitment strategies that kept enrollment up despite the loss of students. Letters from former students and newspaper clippings allowed soldiers' voices to tell their personal story and how it contributed to the overall picture of war in America. Photographs, yearbooks, and program documents revealed how students still enrolled at CVSNS maintained their day-to-day lives despite living amidst world war.
My goal with this exhibit was to provide a glance into how life operated for students at Shippensburg during America's involvement in WWI. Some young men enlisted and became soldiers, while other young men and women helped out through the Red Cross or left school to work for the war effort. Student activities such as the Halloween dance and Thanksgiving play went on as scheduled. I hope that my interpretation of the research I have gathered illustrates what life would have been like on campus nearly a century ago.
~Sheila Joy, Archives & Special Collections Graduate Assistant
Sheila Joy, Archives & Special Collections Graduate Assistant, curated the exhibit. Below, in a special library blog guest appearance, Sheila describes her experience researching and designing the exhibit. Archives & Special Collections thanks Sheila for her hard work! The exhibit will be on display through the Spring 2015 semester.
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The United States' entrance into World War I in 1917 affected colleges and universities in many different ways. Commemoration of the war's centennial is currently underway across the country. Archives & Special Collections has just unveiled a new exhibit that examines the impact of the war on Shippensburg University (then Cumberland Valley State Normal School) and its students.
Early research of secondary sources offered a general atmosphere of the campus upon entrance into WWI: food conservation, a Red Cross chapter, changes in curriculum, and enrollment issues. Further research in the archives led me to excellent primary sources that revealed more intimate details: letters written by soldiers and President Ezra Lehman, newspaper clippings, photographs, and program documents.
From these materials I was able to interpret the impact of the war on different levels. President Lehman created effective recruitment strategies that kept enrollment up despite the loss of students. Letters from former students and newspaper clippings allowed soldiers' voices to tell their personal story and how it contributed to the overall picture of war in America. Photographs, yearbooks, and program documents revealed how students still enrolled at CVSNS maintained their day-to-day lives despite living amidst world war.
My goal with this exhibit was to provide a glance into how life operated for students at Shippensburg during America's involvement in WWI. Some young men enlisted and became soldiers, while other young men and women helped out through the Red Cross or left school to work for the war effort. Student activities such as the Halloween dance and Thanksgiving play went on as scheduled. I hope that my interpretation of the research I have gathered illustrates what life would have been like on campus nearly a century ago.
~Sheila Joy, Archives & Special Collections Graduate Assistant
Friday, March 30, 2012
Haiti – A Nation’s Persistence
Haiti – A Nation’s Persistence
Photographs by Keely Kernan
An exhibition of photographs taken over a 3 year period on the island nation of Haiti by photographer Keely Kernan will be on display in the Main Gallery of Lehman Library on April 2 - 27, 2012. An artist’s reception will be held on Monday, April 9, 2012 in the Main Gallery, followed by a discussion of her work by the photographer at 7:30 in Old Main Chapel. All events are free and open to the public.
This exhibition is co-sponsored by a Human Understanding grant from the Office of Social Equity, the Communication/Journalism Department, the Lehman Library, the Modern Language department, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Minor.
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Peace Corps Turns 50: What’s It All about?
March 3-31, 2011 - Lehman Library Main Floor Exhibit Area
Lehman Library is hosting an exhibit of various photos, artifacts and memorabilia provided by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPVCs) who are members of our campus and local community. Some countries featured in the exhibit are: Liberia, Philippine Islands, Republic of Zaire, and Western Samoa. Come to the special Peace Corps program on March 29, 2011 to meet some RPCVs and hear about their experiences.
For information, please contact Chantana Charoenpanitkul (chchar@ship.edu or ext. 1634) or Joyce Harding (jyhard@ship.edu or ext. 3289) in Lehman Library.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Rewriting the Book of Nature - Darwin Exhibit
February 14, 2011 – March 26, 2011 - Main Floor Gallery
The exhibit explores Charles Darwin’s vision — “from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved” — a vision that now forms the foundation of the biological sciences. Radical in sweep, Darwin’s idea of naturally innovating and endlessly changing webs of life undercut all previous sciences.
Please bring your classes to view the exhibit or encourage students to visit the exhibit on their own.
To see the online exhibit at the National Library of Medicine, visit: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/darwin/evolutionarytheory.html
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rewriting the Book of Nature - Library Exhibit
Lehman Library presents a National Library of Medicine exhibit “Rewriting the Book of Nature: Charles Darwin and the Rise of Evolutionary Theory”
February 14, 2011 – March 26, 2011 - Main Floor Gallery
The exhibit explores Charles Darwin’s vision — “from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved” — a vision that now forms the foundation of the biological sciences. Radical in sweep, Darwin’s idea of naturally innovating and endlessly changing webs of life undercut all previous sciences.
Please bring your classes to view the exhibit or encourage students to visit the exhibit on their own.
To see the online exhibit at the National Library of Medicine, visit: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/darwin/evolutionarytheory.html
Friday, November 12, 2010
November is Career Awareness Month
To celebrate Career Awareness Month the Ship Career Development Center has created an exhibit on the Library Main Floor. Also visit the CDC in CUB 200 or at www.ship.edu/career to learn about other activities.
The CDC is also presenting a series of workshops
RESUMES - Nov. 15 - 2:00 pm
PROFESSIONALISM - Nov. 16 - 3:30 pm
INTERVIEWING - Nov. 17 - 3:00 pm
JOB SEARCHING - Nov. 18 - 3:30
Monday, October 4, 2010
Fall Student Art Review
UPDATE: The sponsors have withdrawn this exhibit due to lack of submissions :(
ORIGINAL INFO:
Fall Student Art Review
Ezra Lehman Library Gallery Hall
October 13-31, 2010
Opening Reception
Ezra Lehman Library Conference Room, LL106
Thursday, October 14, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
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