February 12, 2009, marks the two hundredth anniversary
of Lincoln’s
birth. The bicentennial is being celebrated throughout the nation. Butler Libraries’ Special
Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives department of Irwin Library is
celebrating with an exhibit entitled “Here I Grew Up.” Lincoln lived in Indiana from age seven to
twenty-one.
Special Collections is home to “Lincolniana,” a
collection of pamphlets, booklets, manuscripts, and newspaper articles, mostly
from the collection of Charles W. Moores, an Indianapolis lawyer. It also houses the Donald
C. Durman Files: Lincoln Portraits in Stone, Wood, and Bronze, and a collection
of newspapers covering the assassination of Lincoln. The exhibit presents just a few items
from the rich variety of research materials on Lincoln available in the department. The
exhibit is on the third floor of Irwin Library; drop by and wish Abe a happy
200th birthday!
For further information about Butler Libraries’ Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, go to: http://www.butler.edu/library/?pg=718
All faculty and staff are invited to the Opening Reception of the 8th annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activity.
The Reception will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in the Irwin Library atrium. Hors d’ouevres, wine, music, and conversation will begin at 5:00pm, followed at about 6:30pm by a featured lecture by Paul Valliere on his current research: “Called Together? Decision-Making in Church and University.” Altogether an excellent way to spend the early part of an evening. You can even still go out to another event or activity later in the evening.
Please note the new time, which is an hour earlier than in previous years.
During the month of February, Irwin Library will be host to the eighth annual Celebration of Scholarship and
Creative Activity. We will be
exhibiting works by Butler University staff and faculty throughout the
month of February and we would like to include you! If you are a Butler employee and have
published, created, performed, or presented anything during the last
year, your materials are welcome in this exhibit. Deadline for
submission is Thursday, January 29, 2009.
Visit http://www.butler.edu/library/celebration for more details.
The Butler Libraries will be closing at Noon on Christmas Eve (Wednesday) and will remain closed until 8:00am on Monday, January 5, 2009.
We wish everyone a peaceful and restful holiday season.
Irwin Library E-Reserves may experience intermittent outages from 12 noon Saturday,Nov. 22 until 12 noon on Sunday, Nov. 23.
This is due to routine server maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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