This spring, the library mounted an exhibition based on two research projects undertaken largely in Special Collections last summer. Curated by Dr. Gretchen Braun (English) and Catherine Davis ’24 with help from Jeffrey Makala, the exhibition traces links between scientific advances in racial science and heredity in the nineteenth century and its reactions, debates, and impact on popular culture, pre- and post-Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species. Exploring the history of science in the United States and Europe, race, gender, and scientific education, including the Furman and Greenville Woman’s College curriculua, the exhibition also included borrowed scientific specimens from the Biology Department. The physical exhibition will be mounted as a digital exhibition on the Libraries’ website later this year.
