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Trove of Gordon Parks “study sets” comes to Yale Library

November 9, 2021
Yale University Library’s Beinecke Library has acquired a collection of more than 200 prints by renowned American photographer Gordon Parks. The prints constitute one of the largest collections of the photographer’s work available for study in an institution.
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Film Archive recommends films to stream for Native American Heritage Month

November 9, 2021
To mark Native American Heritage Month, the Yale Film Archive is recommending six documentary films, available to faculty, students, and staff through the library’s streaming video services.
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Beinecke Library offers tours of “Road Show” Exhibition

November 9, 2021
The Beinecke Library is offering tours of “Road Show: Travel Papers in American Literature” for students, faculty, and staff. Related information, images, and micro-exhibitions are available to all online.
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Slideshow: Students view films, try out animation at Film Archive

October 13, 2021
Slideshow: Students in “Principles of Animation” visited the Film Archive in Sterling Library to view films in the new screening room and get a hands-on lesson in animation techniques.
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Online exhibition views coeducation through a new lens

October 12, 2021
A summer fellowship in Manuscripts and Archives gave Charlotte Keathley ’22 a new view of Yale history, new pathways to primary sources, and the opportunity to co-curate an online exhibition on coeducation.
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For New Yale Book of Quotations, law librarian mined Yale Library collections

September 27, 2021
Fred Shapiro documented 13,000 famous quotations—and a few discoveries: Ben Franklin cribbed the line about death and taxes. Napoleon may not have been the first to say an army marches on its stomach. And yes, men often get the credit for women’s words.
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Register for the Windham-Campbell Virtual Festival

September 20, 2021
A one-time, online registration gives free access to all of the events with 2021 prizewinners including the closing keynote by Joy Harjo, the U.S. poet laureate.