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7 women and 1 man pose for the camera in front of decorative wood moulding in Sterling Library Nave.

Clark Sisters add their stories to library’s collection of interviews with gospel greats

April 14, 2023
The First Ladies of Gospel add their voices to the Oral History of American Music Collection and the interdisciplinary program Music and the Black Church.
Hand-written sheet music titled "Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing"; at right a small metal sculpture of a harp made up of standing figures with crouching boy at front

Connecticut Public Radio features the library's Harlem Renaissance–era materials

March 28, 2023
Melissa Barton, curator at Beinecke Library, discusses the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection with Ray Hardman of Connecticut Public Radio.

April events and online exhibit celebrate lyric poetry in the world

March 10, 2023
The online exhibit and upcoming events add new insights and dimensions to the Model Research Collection in Bass Library.
Woman with long dark hair wearing dark rimmed glasses speaks before microphone.

Photo gallery: Hanke Gallery opens new exhibition "Empire and Resistance"

February 28, 2023
Visitors gathered for the opening of the new Hanke Gallery’s third exhibition, Empire and Resistance: Transisthmian Views of Central America .
Woman with curly dark hair and wire-rimmed glasses poses alongside windows, with hallway and arched entrance behind her. The photo is black and white. She wears a striped turtleneck and plaid coat.

Student curator Nancy Escalante: Finding community in the archives

February 16, 2023
Nancy Escalante—PhD student in American Studies, whose exhibit Empire and Resistance is in the Hanke Gallery—found her passion and a path to her life’s work in the archives.
Closeup of book shelves. Top shelf has sign "The Reading Resilience Project." The shelf below has three standing books: The title of the book at center is "I Am Alfonso Jones" showing a graphic illustration of a young man crying, holding an ipad with the image of a black man giving the peace sign.

Library invites suggestions for new titles for its Reading Resilience Project

February 11, 2023
Submit your recommendations—in person at Bass or online—to help build Yale Library’s growing collection of books by and about people of color.
Interior of library with glass enclosed book stacks and walls made of translucent marble panels

Yale Library restructuring will unify special collections, increase access for researchers and visitors

February 3, 2023
The changes will enhance Beinecke Library’s leadership role for special collections across Yale Library.