Category: Special Collections

Faculty-Student Collaborative Exhibition: “Mice and Men: Evolutionary Thought and Heredity in Nineteenth Century America”

Faculty-Student Collaborative Exhibition: “Mice and Men: Evolutionary Thought and Heredity in Nineteenth Century America”

By Madeline Eastergard

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 . . .Continue reading Faculty-Student Collaborative Exhibition: “Mice and Men: Evolutionary Thought and Heredity in Nineteenth Century America”

Furman’s Legacy of Slavery Digital Exhibition

Furman’s Legacy of Slavery Digital Exhibition

By Miles Dame

  Furman University Libraries’ Archivist Dr. Nashieli Marcano has completed work on a digital exhibition related to the university’s connection with slavery. This exhibition is designed to serve as the digital equivalent of a physical exhibition that was curated by Dr. Jeff Makala and Dr. Stephen O’Neill and displayed in 2018. That exhibit included artifacts . . .Continue reading Furman’s Legacy of Slavery Digital Exhibition

Visit the Exhibition!

Visit the Exhibition!

By Christy Allen

Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition Furman University. James B. Duke Library Atrium March 22 – April 25, 2023 The Furman University Libraries proudly present Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association. Americans and the Holocaust examines the motives, pressures . . .Continue reading Visit the Exhibition!

Pathways to Diversity: Documenting Racial Desegregation

Pathways to Diversity: Documenting Racial Desegregation

By Christy Allen

About In 2018, Centre College, Furman University, Rollins College, and Washington and Lee University collaboratively began to collect documents, images, stories, and artifacts related to the desegregation of their campuses. This effort was funded by three generous grants from the Associated Colleges of the South and led by librarians, in collaboration with faculty, students, and . . .Continue reading Pathways to Diversity: Documenting Racial Desegregation

Statements on Potentially Harmful Content and on Accessibility

Statements on Potentially Harmful Content and on Accessibility

By Nashieli

As we embark on our efforts to review our digital collections and finding aids (see our first blog post in the series), FUL Special Collections & Archives and the Digital Collections Center are self-reflecting on how we can better address representational gaps and improve user experience when interacting with our digital collections. At this stage . . .Continue reading Statements on Potentially Harmful Content and on Accessibility

Auditing Furman Libraries Digital Collections and Finding Aids: A Self-Reflection of our Archival Practices

By Nashieli

Furman Libraries has been documenting life at Furman through its digital archival collections. The Digital Collections Center, in partnership with the Special Collections & Archives, brings together unique digital reproductions and descriptions of over 130,000 records—from ancient and modern artifacts, photographs, music recordings, and oral histories, to manuscripts, diaries, correspondence, yearbooks, newspapers, and ephemera. With . . .Continue reading Auditing Furman Libraries Digital Collections and Finding Aids: A Self-Reflection of our Archival Practices