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 Silverman Library2nd Floor "History of Technology in Western New York" A new exhibit in Silverman Library offers a fascinating and informative glimpse into Western New York’s rich industrial heritage. Researched and written by Nancy Schiller, Engineering Librarian, and produced by Rose Orcutt, Architecture & Planning Librarian, History of Technology in Western New York pays homage to Buffalo’s iconic grain elevators, to Pierce-Arrow and its sleek automobiles and even sleeker advertising, to the region’s contributions to early aviation, and to the massive steel mills in Lackawanna, and the men and women who labored in them. Photographs, text and images featured in the exhibit recall an era when 50 percent of Buffalo’s population was engaged in industrial endeavors of one sort or another, and factories, grain elevators, blast furnaces and steel refineries dotted the local landscape. Inspiration for the exhibit came from a recent Honors Seminar taught by Professor John Van Benschoten, UB Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering. The course explored the role of Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Western New York in our nation’s history, and provided students with an opportunity to consider the history of Western New York and its future through an understanding of technology, and the benefits and costs that come with it. The exhibit is open during regular library hours and runs through May 31, 2012. |
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 Music Library"Rediscovering Pieces of the Past: The Manusript Scores of Ferdinand Praeger" The Music Library holds the largest collection in the world of music manuscripts of composer Ferdinand Praeger (1815-1891). Praeger was born in Leipzig but emigrated to London in 1834. He spent the rest of his life there, working as a composer, pianist, teacher, and music critic. He is perhaps best known today for his book, Wagner, As I Knew Him (London, 1885). The Music Library's collection consists of approximately 480 scores. Exhibit curated by Jessica Nay. |
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 Health Sciences Library1st Floor Reading Area "Progress and Prospects: Black Americans and the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo of 1901" November 16, 2011 – January 1, 2012 This exhibition brings together the collections of the University at Buffalo’s Libraries and Archives as well as those of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library with the research of Mabel O. Wilson on her forthcoming book, Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums. Focusing on black Americans’ participation in world’s fairs, Emancipation expositions, and early black grassroots museums, Wilson’s book traces the evolution of black public history from the Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Wilson uses the visual culture and the social and architectural spaces of expositions and museums as a unique lens through which to assess African Americans’ narratives of collective uplift and self-determination. Using Buffalo’s Pan American Exposition as one example, she explains how black Americans joined together to commemorate their hard fought freedom from enslavement, imagine their future roles as citizens in an industrializing modern society, and craft historical narratives that forged connections to Africa. |
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 Lockwood Memorial Library2nd Floor Lobby "Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women" UB's Lockwood Library is one of 30 libraries nationwide to be awarded NEH grant funding to support programs that explore Louisa May Alcott's life and literary significance. The programs are sponsored by the American Library Association Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities to encourage a deeper look into the historical and cultural context that inspired Alcott's work and reexamine the author's place in American literary and cultural history. While most readers know Louisa May Alcott as the author of the perennially popular Little Women and other books for girls, she was a far more complicated person—and writer—than many people realize. During her lifetime, Alcott published over two hundred works in all, rising from abject poverty to extraordinary wealth and fame and becoming a prominent spokesperson for progressive ideas. This exhibit showcases works by Louisa May Alcott, aspects of nineteenth-century American print culture, and contemporary interpretations of Alcott’s works. For more information about Alcott and special programs, go to library.buffalo.edu/Alcott or contact Laura Taddeo. |
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Health Sciences Library This exhibit tells the history of midwifery from the 2nd century CE to the present. Focusing on the dramatically changed role of midwives, the exhibit displays photos of traditional midwives practicing throughout history as well as statistics, definitions, and information about the current struggle for birth options in America and abroad. Curated by Jessica Lewis |
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Health Sciences Library "The Rockefeller Foundation: Philanthropy and the Rise of Modern Healthcare" Exhibit cases, Reference Area, first floor Traces the support provided by the wealth of John D. Rockefeller for research into areas such as yellow fever and the development of penicillin, and other endeavors such as saving Jewish scientists from Nazi extermination. The exhibit panels showcase the following themes:
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