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Historic News Photographs from the San Francisco ExaminerThe 1934 San Francisco Longshoremen’s Strike October 5, 2009 - TBA This exhibit profiles the Bancroft Library's efforts to preserve the 3.6 million negatives of the Fang Family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive. It highlights forty-nine of the newspaper's dramatic images of the 1934 Longshoremen's Strike that closed down San Francisco’s waterfront seventy-five years ago. It also offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of archival work funded by the Save America’s Treasures grant program and the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2006 the Bancroft Library received the San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive from the Fang family and the Anschutz Corporation. It is a priceless visual record of the Bay Area throughout the 20th century and is the largest single gift of visual materials to the library. Its receipt more than doubled Bancroft’s photographic holdings. Since receiving the archive, staff have been working to stabilize and preserve this irreplaceable historical record. All 3.6 million negatives have now been re-housed and placed in a cold vault maintained at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Work continues with support from the Save America’s Treasures grant program, and the collection will be open to researchers in 2010. The exhibit is open during the operating hours of The Bancroft Library.
An exhibition of rare books, manuscripts, images and scientific specimens drawn from the collections of UC Berkeley's libraries and museumsAugust 13 - December 23, 2009 | Monday - Friday, 10AM - 4PM UC Berkeley has one of the most magnificent library collections, and the greatest natural history museums, of any university in the world. So it seemed only fitting to honor the greatest biologist of all time, Charles Darwin, with an exhibition of rare books and images from Bancroft and other UC libraries. These are complemented by a selection of artifacts and natural history specimens from the Museum of Paleontology, the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, the University and Jepson Herbaria, the Essig Museum of Entomology, and the Hearst Museum of Anthropology. The occasion for honoring Darwin, of course, is the 200th anniversary of his birth on February 12, 1809, and the 150th anniversary of his great work, on the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, published on November 24, 1859, in London by John Murray. But this exhibition is not just about the Origin. It also encompasses the books that influenced Darwin in developing his great ideas, including the narratives of great explorers, the natural histories of Britain and elsewhere, and the treatises on geology and classification. It also celebrates the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle not only with published accounts from the voyage, but with specimens of plants, animals, and fossils just like those that Darwin collected — topped off with a scale-model of the vessel herself. The catalog for the exhibit is available for download: Darwin and the Evolution of a Theory Catalog.
Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus IconMay 18 - December 23, 2009 When a close inspection revealed that Sather Gate had sustained substantial damage from rust and corrosion, the campus launched a major restoration effort for the century-old landmark. In an exhibition co-sponsored by the University History Museum Project and The University Archives, "Amazing Gate" looks at the history of Sather Gate, gives details of the restoration process, and displays actual pieces of the original gate showing how it had deteriorated over the years. The exhibition also tells the story of the eight nudes featured on the controversial bas-relief panels, from censorship to celebration. The exhibit is open during the operating hours of the Doe Library. |
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