Beginning Monday, May 12, the hours for Special Collections and Archives will change to Monday – Friday, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Please call or email in advance so we can confirm your appointment time and pull materials ahead of your visit. For faculty or students who have research needs and can’t make it during . . .Continue reading Special Collections and Archives – Change in Hours
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National Poetry Month – CLP
Heaven and Earth: A National Poetry Day Celebration With 2013 South Carolina Poetry Archives Book Prize Winners Phebe Davidson and Quitman Marshall April 15 Pitts Room, James B. Duke Library 4:00-5:00p.m. Reception immediately following the reading CLP We hope you will attend!
Visit the SC Poetry Archives at Furman University
April is National Poetry Month, and what would be a better time of year to read some poems than when the sun is finally shining? The Special Collections and Archives of the Furman Library houses the SC Poetry Archives, a unique collection of published works, manuscripts, and ephemeral materials from over one hundred authors. The . . .Continue reading Visit the SC Poetry Archives at Furman University
CLP: “Values of the Game”
Be sure to mark your calendars for “Values of the Game,” a Special Collections and Archives CLP event on February 26 at 4:30pm in the Pitts Room, second floor of the James B. Duke Library! We are excited to host well-known Furman professor and chair of the Health Sciences department , Dr. Bill Pierce, as he . . .Continue reading CLP: “Values of the Game”
Furman University Presidents
The Board of Trustees recently announced the appointment of Dr. Elizabeth Davis as Furman University’s 12th President. See photographs of Furman’s presidents below: Additional Resources: – Presidential items in our digital collections – Presidential information from Special Collections and Archives
Happy New Year!
Furman University Library’s online Postcard Collections contain many treasures such as this New Year’s postcard from 1910. It was sent from a former student at Greenville Female College named Bessie to Stella Rossignol. The reverse of the postcard reads: Miss Stella Rossignol . . .Continue reading Happy New Year!
391 issues of Paladin now online
The Furman Student Newspapers digital collection now contains 391 new issues of The Paladin. The additions to the collection span 17 years from September 1982 – October 1999. With this latest addition, the digital collection now contains over 2,000 items including all issues of the University’s original student newspaper the Hornet (1916-1961) and 30 years . . .Continue reading 391 issues of Paladin now online
Lyles Alley Reception – Nov. 9th
Special Collections and Archives would like to remind you of the opening remarks and reception for our new exhibition, A Coach for Life: the J. Lyles Alley Collection. The event will begin at 9:30 am on November 9, 2013 with remarks by Interim President Carl Kohrt, and a reception will follow until 1:00 pm. For more information about . . .Continue reading Lyles Alley Reception – Nov. 9th
A Coach for Life
A Coach for Life: the Lyles Alley Collection Exhibition Dates: August 23 – June 27, 2014 Opening Remarks by Interim President Carl Kohrt 9:30 am on November 9, 2013Pitts Room, James B. Duke LibraryReception and Open House to follow until 1 pm The son of Spartanburg sharecroppers, J. Lyles Alley is a man whose life . . .Continue reading A Coach for Life
Change in Hours for Special Collections
Beginning Monday, August 5, 2013, Special Collections and Archives will be closed Mondays. The department will maintain its current hours the rest of the week: Tuesday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm If you have any questions, please contact specialcollections@furman.edu