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Artists' Books: A Selection from The Bancroft Library On display are a selection of works by Donna Sue Thomas, Scott Williams, and Fred Hagstrom.
April 9 - December 1, 2012 Over the course of more than 120 years, Presidents of the United States — past, present, and future — have visited the University of California, Berkeley campus for commencements, Charter Day celebrations, and other notable campus occasions. From 1891 when Benjamin Harrison offered brief remarks from a carriage in front of South Hall, to 1962 when John F. Kennedy energized tens of thousands at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley has welcomed these chief executives. At least five sitting Presidents — Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy spoke at the Berkeley campus during their presidential terms. Others — including William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton — visited Berkeley either before or after their term(s) in office. One president, William McKinley, was scheduled to visit, but had to cancel in the same day. In the Presidential election year of 2012, we look back at these visits, the pomp and circumstance, politics and poignancy, of the occasions when the University of California played host to "Mr. President." We also commemorate fifty years since the last official visit by a sitting President, John F. Kennedy in 1962.
April - July 2012 You have been invited to a grand party. Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas are your hosts. Gathered in one room are over 150 years of Americans embodying a rainbow of diversity who have one thing in common: a non-normative sexual orientation. Here you will encounter lesbians and bisexuals and gay men. You will find individuals who self-identify as transgender, queer, polyamorous, questioning — and none of the above. Here are the old and the young of many races and ethnicities. In text, image and voice these Americans have taken their unique and often difficult life experiences and have transmuted them into beautiful and fierce art. In 1919 a Crow Indian named Woman Jim explained life as a berdache in four words: "That is my road." For the LGBT guests at this party — the poets and the novelists, the cartoonists and the classical composers, the drag queens and the blues singers, the starving artists and the superstars — this is their road. Visit the companion online exhibit:
August 22, 2011 - May 11, 2012 On October 10, 1911, a special election was held in California. Appearing on the ballot was Proposition 4, a measure that would grant women the right to vote within the Golden State. The final tally was 125,037 to 121,450, giving woman suffrage a narrow victory of just 3,587 votes. With material drawn from collections held in The Bancroft Library, this exhibit celebrates the centennial anniversary of woman suffrage in California. Brought to light are the faces of the state's suffragists, many from the Bay Area, along with those of the movement's support and opposition. This exhibit also illustrates the suffragists' vigorous campaign to rally votes for their cause, as well as the media frenzy to predict the election’s final outcome. This exhibit can also be viewed online at: |
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