Exhibit: Richard McLeod Papers

View the current library exhibit highlighting the Richard McLeod Papers 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 March 16-27, 2015. A reception with light refreshments will be held from 3:00-5:00pm on March 16th to celebrate the opening of the exhibit.

The collection predominantly contains materials related to Richard McLeod's unfinished manuscript, Working With Their Hands: Artisans in Philadelphia 1800-1850. In this manuscript, McLeod, a former professor in the History Dept. at Shippensburg University from 1969-1996, sought to clarify the distinction between "artisans" and members of the "working class." The exhibit will highlight McLeod's unfinished work.

Contact Archives & Special Collections via e-mail: specialcollections@ship.edu or phone: 717-477-1516 for more information.

Library Newsletter Spring 2014

In years past, the library has issued a biannual newsletter. This semester, we'd like to revive the tradition!

Have you been wondering what's been going on down on the lower level this semester?
Want to know what exhibits you missed?
Desire to join the Library Student Advisory Committee?
Want to wish our retirees farewell?

Check out the Spring 2014 library newsletter for all this and more!

We hope you've had a great spring semester. The library will be open during the summer if you need research assistance, a place to study for summer classes, or just want to check out a book. Refer to the library calendar for information regarding our summer hours.

Good luck on finals, and have a wonderful summer!

Woods: Patterns of Light

Local artist Lynn Uhlmann will display her art in Lehman Library Gallery at Shippensburg University from September 20 to October 20, 2011. A reception with Uhlmann is set for 4:00 p.m. on September 21, 2011 in the gallery.

Uhlmann is an accomplished artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the nation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Alfred University in New York State and her masters of fine arts from the University of Kansas.

She has extensive professional and teaching experience. She was an adjunct faculty member in Shippensburg’s art department from 2002 to 2005 and was a faculty member in fine arts at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado. She was also an art teacher in Lancaster County and does custom art work.

Her work has been shown in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Kansas, Wisconsin, New York and Indiana.

She has received numerous awards for her work and is the 2011 artist-in-residence with the Glen Arbor Art Association in Glen Arbor, Mich.

Lynn says of her paintings: “I wanted to bring back my experience with [the use of] art, tapping into it. Some of the forms showing up in my paintings, especially this past year – my trees are starting to get more expressive. To me, they look like they’re pouting, or flaunting, or in a dance-like pose – sometimes the branches look like hands on hips! I see rear ends and breasts, a torso often. They could have faces. I don’t consciously try. … Sometimes I think they’re talking to each other through colors, shapes, light.”

Additionally, she remarks: “I love, love, love the trees, always looking at them everyplace I go: ‘Look at that form!’ The possibilities are just limitless, with these living, beautiful shapes. It’s a place I love to be – I might not ever get out of the woods!”

Exhibit - Artifacts of War by Tim Chadwick

Exhibit - Artifacts of War by Tim Chadwick

Main Level Exhibit Case and Lower Level Exhibit Cases

Since age 10 Tim Chadwick has been collecting military items and other historical artifacts.  He maintains a sizable collection in Mechanicsburg PA with artifacts which span from the Civil War to present day.  Special areas of Interest within Tim’s Collection Include WWII divisional painted helmets, and War Bond posters. On the Main Floor Tim has displayed World War II artifacts of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. who unsuccessfly ran for VP of the US in 1960 as the partner of Richard Nixon.  The Lower Level Exhibit includes various artifacts from World War I, including posters, uniforms, medals, etc.

History 201 Student Exhibits in the Library

Dr. Allen Dieterich-Ward has developed an exciting approach for introducing students to Public History through the development of museum-style exhibits as part of his survey course on U.S. History until 1877. Throughout the semester, groups of students are responsible for envisioning, researching, developing and presenting an exhibit related to course themes. Students present their projects in the style of a poster session during the final week of class. These displays are judged by outside experts.  The projects with the highest ranking from the judges are displayed in the Library.

This year the highest ranking projects are:

The Industrial Economy of the South
[Matt Chestnut, TJ Thomas, Luke Zampelli, Jen Filer]

New York City: The Boiling Pot [Carson Glusco, Joseph Malpas, Steph Williams,
Christian Reed, Adam Seidel, Jason Walters]

State's Rights
[Andrew Castles, Faythe Grace,
Caitlin Kant, Nick Sentman and Ali Moats]

Republican Resolution 
[Kelly Volpi, Robert DiCarlo, Wes Ginrich,
Tom Fite, Cody Ditze, Chad Jones]

Threads of the Civil War
[Mitch Dandignac, Alyssa Eaton,
Zach Flaharty, Kasey Ross, Nate Reutlinger]