FURMAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, HISTORIANS WEIGH IN FOR C-SPAN’S “CITIES TOUR” FEATURING GREENVILLEBy Tina Underwood › February 12th, 2016 Coverage airs on C-SPAN’s “Book TV” and “American History TV” Feb. 20-21 GREENVILLE, S.C.—C-SPAN, a public affairs network with more than 100 million viewers, will feature the City of Greenville as part of its “2016 Cities Tour.” . . .Continue reading Professors on C-SPAN Broadcast
Category: Special Collections
Special Collections Opening Reception 2/18 4pm
“A Return to Normalcy?” Growing Pains, Furmanville, and Life at Post-World War II Furman By Tyler R. Edmond ’17 Exhibition Dates: February 1 – May 31, 2016 Opening Reception: February 18 at 4:00 PM After the United States entered the war in 1941, American colleges and universities experienced a drastic decrease in student attendance. Male . . .Continue reading Special Collections Opening Reception 2/18 4pm
Classics Department Lecture
Color Our Collections!
Do freshly sharpened color pencils make you smile? Do you wish that perfume came in “crayon scent”? Do you feel the need, the need for a felt-tip marker? Then you might have fallen victim to the new coloring craze that’s sweeping the nation. If you’re on the hunt for new coloring sheets, look no further . . .Continue reading Color Our Collections!
Furman’s History in Pictures
The burning of the Furman Bell Tower, the Scarlet fever quarantine of 1906, the May Day pageants of Greenville Woman’s College – all this and more can be found in the new “Furman Historical Images” digital collection. Spanning 150 years, the collection contains nearly 2800 photographs and glass plate negatives of Greenville Woman’s College, Furman’s . . .Continue reading Furman’s History in Pictures
Digital Collections Access Changes
For over a year, the Libraries’ Digital Collections Center has been actively moving Furman’s digital collections into a new website powered by the software CONTENTdm. Nearly 60,000 items have been moved to the new website, and access to the old digital collections website is being phased out. In early January, the digital collections remaining on . . .Continue reading Digital Collections Access Changes
Vamp and Tramp Booksellers
Bill and Vicky Stewart, proprietors of Vamp and Tramp Booksellers, will be visiting Furman on Thursday, January 21st, from 10-11:30 in the Pitts Room on the second floor of James B. Duke Library. Vamp and Tramp is one of a select group of booksellers in this country who specialize in contemporary book art, artists’ books, . . .Continue reading Vamp and Tramp Booksellers
New Addition: Nautical Calculator
While attending the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Boston, Furman’s Special Collections Librarian and Archivist, Jeff Makala, made an exciting purchase for the library. At the Brattle Book Shop near Boston Common, on their outdoor sales tables no less, he found an 1801 nautical calculator for only $5. This fourth edition of Goodfellow’s Merchant’s . . .Continue reading New Addition: Nautical Calculator
January 11, 1963
This morning’s blast of frigid temperatures also brought a sense of déjà vu. A Paladin newspaper article from January 11th, 1963 describes students suffering a walk to the Dining Hall through bitter cold. The article also features a photograph of Ted Willis, a professional skater with the Holiday on Ice Show, skating on the iced . . .Continue reading January 11, 1963
Calling All Bibliophiles!
The Furman University Libraries invites you for a gathering on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 3:00 PM in the Pitts Room (2nd floor of the library). Furman’s Bibliophiles have enjoyed several stimulating presentations and discussions in years past. And now after a hiatus of nearly a year and a half, we are once again extending . . .Continue reading Calling All Bibliophiles!