Peace Cries
Revolutionary Aesthetics at Penn Libraries.
John Bence Named University Archivist
John Bence named University Archivist.
The PZ Project
From picture books to The Poet X, Penn Libraries are expanding and diversifying their holdings of books for young readers.
Orchestral Maneuvers
Philadelphia Orchestra archives coming to Penn Libraries.
Book Builder
Ancil George CGS’76 loves libraries—and helping students use them
Libraries Acquire Franklin’s Formative First Publication
Only copy of Franklin’s first printing job acquired by Penn Libraries.
Peeling Back the Vines
An exhibit at the Penn Library is painting a fuller picture of 'Madeline' author Ludwig Bemelmans.
How Swamp Thing Made the Scene at Van Pelt Library
Charles Soule C’96 killed Wolverine, brought Swamp Thing to Van Pelt.
Van Pelt at 50
Five decades on, the University’s central library is still doing the job.
Urban Gardens of Earthly Delight
Renaissance city maps at the Library’s Kamin Gallery.
Crafting Art
A new exhibition celebrates the singular designs of Wharton Esherick.
Makeover for the Rare Book & Manuscript Library
New work by Anon.: $4.25 million for rare book library
Open Treasure
Penn’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a message for students, alumni, and book lovers everywhere. Online or on campus, come up and see us sometime!
America (the Books, the Maps, the Whole Nine Yards)
Rare collector Jay Kislak
Strange Labyrinth
Behind the gift to Penn’s library of a very rare 17th-century book lies the moving story of an alumna scholar’s groundbreaking research and untimely death.
Ornamentally Useful
Window, May|Jun 2004
A Moveable Feast for the Eyes
Rare books from Library’s collection to be shown in Belgium.
The Immeasurable Curiosity of Edward Peters
A colleague calls Peters, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, “one of the great medievalists of his generation.” His own assessment: “I’m like cheap paint—I cover a lot, but not very well.”
Browsing Penn’s Cyber Stacks
Scattered collections, brittle diaries, rare artifacts, handwritten plays, and more are flashing across computer screens worldwide, via the University's groundbreaking digital library project.
Gifts That Speak Volumes
A worldwide windfall of gift books.
The Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
From College Hall | A library transformed for a new century.
Remembering the Maestro in Music, Words, and Cyberspace
Concert and symposium honor Stokowski legacy
Throwing the Book at Dangerous Art
Book lovers beware?
Have You Heard the One About the Traveling Book-Salesman?
Sample books cast light on 19th-century bookselling