Category: Exhibits
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Exhibit: Leslie Scalapino ’66 – Experimental Poet
February 4 – April 1, 2011 in the library flat and wall cases Leslie Scalapino ’66 is acclaimed as one of America’s most innovative poets who has more than 40 published works to her name that span poetry, prose, prose-poems, and plays from the mid-1970s through 2011. Forty of her works along with her Reed…
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New exhibit: Reed Faculty Publications 2005+
Reed Faculty Publications 2005+ October 12, 2010 – January 10, 2011 Library flat cases and casework displays An amazing number of books—and one sound recording—have been produced by Reed faculty members of the last six years: 40 faculty and nearly 50 of their books are now on display in the library. A few are new…
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New exhibit: Eccentric Books
Eccentric Books: At the Fore-Edge July 30 – September 30, 2010 Colors, movement, shapes, objects, popups—the brilliant world of eccentric books is on display in the library’s flat and wall cases. Cleverly constructed and totally entertaining book structures mingle with objects that are debatable as to whether they are books. Taken largely from the gathering…
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New exhibit: Reed’s Vanished Buildings
Library exhibit: Reed’s Vanished Buildings April 23 – July 15, 2010 Library’s flat and wall exhibit cases Numerous buildings have come and some have gone on the Reed campus. Here are the images and some of the stories of those buildings including the old gymnasium, the outdoor swimming pool, the Faculty Office Building, war barracks,…
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Eddings exhibit
January 5 – April 20, 2010 DAVID EDDINGS- Creator of Fantasy Worlds David Eddings presented his papers to Reed in early 2009. Upon his death several months later, his bequest of $18 million dollars also came to Reed. Eddings’ immense popularity as a fantasy writer was earned by the 24 fantasy titles published between 1982…
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Measure for Measure exhibit
A new theatre exhibit, constructed by Rosa Schneider ’10, explores the inspirations for the production (in partial fulfillment of a thesis project by Allison Rangel) of William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. The exhibit includes pictures from other productions, costume renderings and a set model, constructed by faculty members Darrin Pufall and Kristeen Crosser. The play…
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New Library Exhibit
Ink in Hand: Early Manuscript Documents 11th – 18th Centuries August – November 2009 This exhibit displays early handwritten forms in documents and books that help illuminate the development of writing in Europe. From the pens of scribes, religious men, and commercial paymasters, these documents demonstrate the broad variety of topics now available for study…
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New Library Exhibit
April 1 – June 30, 2009 The library of Professor David French and his wife Kathrine came to Reed upon her death in 2006. Their collections contained thousands of volumes from their anthropological studies over six decades on the Warm Spring Indians of Oregon, the linguistics of native peoples worldwide, medical status of cultures, exploration…
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Science Treasures in the Reed Library
January 16th – March 31, 2009 Library flat and wall cases Come see the science treasures from Reed library’s special collections. Early scientific texts that look simple today may have been seminal for their time, and many are accompanied by strange and wonderful illustrations. Reed owns numerous examples documenting significant milestones in science. The exhibit…
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A. E. Doyle’s Architectural Library
May 12 – August 2008 Library flat cases A. E. Doyle, an important Oregon architect, designed the iconic first buildings at Reed: Eliot Hall and the Old Dorm Block. His architectural library, acquired by Reed in the 1990s, is now accessible to all in the library’s special collections; selections from it are on display in…