A Sheridan Libraries research center mines the rich history of Renaissance books to forge connections with humanities scholars and students. The multiyear project will transform the iconic campus building into an inspiring and welcoming space for 21st-century research and learning.
View All Featured Collections. Explore the treasures of the Sheridan Libraries through highlighted special collections, archival materials, and online exhibitions. Ethel Ennis was an acclaimed jazz artist who graced some of the most prominent stages in the nation while maintaining a commitment to her hometown, Baltimore.
Her husband and partner, Earl Arnett b. This extensive collection linear feet is partially processed and will open for research in The United States holds nearly two million people in its prisons and jails—a larger share of its population than in any other nation on earth.
Yet there remains widespread ignorance of conditions inside. Amid the unprecedented American experiment in mass incarceration, the American Prison Writing Archive APWA hopes to disaggregate this mass into the individual minds, hearts, and voices of incarcerated writers.
By soliciting, preserving, digitizing, and disseminating the work of imprisoned people and volunteers, the APWA aims to ground national debate on mass incarceration in the lived experience of those who know prisons best. The John and Linda Greene Map Collection contains over 2, maps dating from the s to the present. Its multi-century, global focus makes the collection a particularly rich resource for those who study maps used for diplomacy, education, and news. While iconic characters like Batman and Spider-Man were mesmerizing readers, an alternate comic book timeline was booming, featuring the adventures of airline stewardess Bonnie Taylor, tragically unhappy actress Lisa St.
