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Upcoming Event
The new Student Voices collection, Working/Out/Gender, curated by Elias McEaneney '27, invites us to explore the relationship between gender, identity, and labor.
Friday, September 18, 4 PM
Collection Highlights, H-L First Floor
Featured Collection
Media scholar David Gauntlett argues that making is connecting, that creativity binds us to materials, to history, and to one another. Browse books about printmaking and collage, embroidery and quilting, jigsaw puzzles and board games, film photography and vinyl records, clay, bread, birdsong, and more.
H-L First Floor, Fall '26
Featured Exhibit
W.A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design
An innovative and influential designer, William Addison Dwiggins (1880-1956) played a singular and influential role in early 20th century book design. Through the recent gift of the Bruce Kennett Collection of W. A. Dwiggins, this exhibit explores the broad scope of Dwiggins creative life as a calligrapher, type designer, illustrator, writer, and printer (among his many other endeavors).
H-L Second Floor