Category: CLP

Mostly Medieval (CLP) Wednesday, March 21,  4:30 to 5:30 pm Pitts Room, Duke Library, 2nd floor Last summer, the James B. Duke Library purchased a Medieval Manuscript Teaching Collection that contains fifteen original manuscript leaves.  Thirteen of the leaves are medieval, one is a nineteenth-century page from the Koran, and one is an early twentieth-century . . .Continue reading TODAY: Mostly Medieval (CLP)

Shell rings on Daws Island, located in Port Royal Sound, Beaufort County, South Carolina  (photo courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources)   Undeniable: Humankind as a Force of Nature (CLP) March 27, 2012     4:30-5:30 Pitts Room, 2nd floor Duke Library Dr. Patrick McMillan, a professional naturalist as well as host and writer of . . .Continue reading Undeniable (CLP)

Ye Olde Debate at Furman College: Civility in Perspective The Furman Debate Society teams up with the Furman Library’s Special Collections to host a debate modeled after the 19th century Philosophian and Adelphian Literary Societies at Furman. Members of the Debate Society will debate a resolution pulled straight from the minute books of these societies. . . .Continue reading Ye Olde Debate

photograph courtesy of Special Collections and Archives  Diversity Endangered, Remnants From A Richer Past CLP and Reception, February 8, 2012 4-6 pm Pitts Room, James B. Duke Library     Diversity Endangered is a natural history exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution with a grant from the National Science Foundation. Twelve colorful panels cover . . .Continue reading CLP and Reception