http://www.gelman.gwu.edu daily 1 2008-12-17T16:22:13Z http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/announcing-the-new-nea-project-blog The Special Collections Research Center recently launched a new blog, "NEA Project News," to keep patrons up to date on the status of the National Education Association collection. No publisher kinniff 2009-10-23T19:21:18Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/copy_of_exhibit-opening-hebrew-printing-in-ukraine Now online: A panorama of Hebrew texts and typography from an historic bastion of Hebrew printing. No publisher praino 2009-10-23T20:17:00Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/middle-east-rare-books-collection-featured-in-gw-today The SCRC's collection of rare books from and about the Middle East was featured this week in an article in GW Today. No publisher kinniff 2009-10-21T14:17:30Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/special-collections-takes-part-in-colonials-weekend GW parents and friends of the university flocked to Foggy Bottom from October 16-18 to take part in Colonials Weekend, including some very special activities sponsored by the SCRC! No publisher kinniff 2009-10-19T15:37:39Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/gelman-honors-class-of-2004-with-alumni-weekend-reception-and-exhibit On October 3, 2009, a Thank You Reception for the Class of 2004 will be taking place from 3-5 p.m. in room 300 of the Gelman Library. An exhibit on the class of 2004, featuring materials from the Special Collections Research Center, will also be displayed on the third floor. No publisher kinniff 2009-11-18T22:09:44Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/light-of-day-truckers-dockworkers-and-me-by-tim Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections. No publisher kinniff 2009-08-28T16:46:12Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/a-bit-of-the-white-city-at-gwu-the-worlds-columbian-exposition-ticket-collection Fantastic exhibitions. Stunning architecture. The world debut of the Ferris Wheel. And, as chronicled in Erik Larson's book The Devil in the White City, even a serial killer on the loose. One of the SCRC's newest collections brings a bit of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair history to Gelman Library! No publisher kinniff 2009-08-11T15:25:39Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/special-collections-research-center-launches-im-service Whether you're in a coffeeshop in Shanghai or your Foggy Bottom dorm room, you can now reach Special Collections librarians and archivists via our instant messaging (IM) service! No publisher kinniff 2009-08-10T17:10:04Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/light-of-day-what-i-did-on-my-summer-vacation-by-dave Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections. No publisher kinniff Light of Day 2009-08-10T16:57:26Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/presidential-presence-in-gelman-library-an-exhibit The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce the opening of our new exhibit, Presidential Presence in Gelman Library. No publisher kinniff 2009-07-30T14:42:40Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/buck-downs-literary-papers-now-available-for-research-1 The correspondence files for local poet and publisher Buck Downs were recently acquired by the SCRC and are now available for research. No publisher kinniff 2009-07-20T15:33:22Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/update-three-new-portions-of-the-jack-anderson-papers-now-open-for-research We are excited to announce that we have opened three more series of investigative journalist Jack Anderson's papers to researchers. Jack Northman Anderson (1922-2005) was an investigative journalist, author, television personality, and for over 50 years the columnist behind the syndicated column "Washington Merry-Go-Round." No publisher kinniff 2009-07-13T18:38:38Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/visit-us-on-flickr The Special Collections Research Center is now on Flickr! We are contributing images from our archives to the popular image and video sharing website. In doing so, we hope to expose our collections to a wider audience, provide access to meaningful digital content, and open productive dialogue between the SCRC and you, our web-savvy patrons. No publisher kinniff what's new 2009-06-29T18:32:22Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/special-collections-closed-friday-july-3 The Special Collections Research Center will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. The rest of the library will also be closed that day. No publisher kinniff 2009-06-22T20:26:41Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/2018such-beneficent-ghosts2019-homes-of-dc2019s-literary-notables Kim Roberts and Dan Vera, both local poets and publishers, spent two years gathering the history of the houses in the District of Columbia where writers lived either while writing or as children. No publisher kinniff 2009-06-03T14:21:43Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/special-collections-closed-monday-may-25 The Special Collections Research Center will be closed on Monday, May 25 for the Memorial Day holiday. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, May 26. No publisher kinniff 2009-05-22T14:21:20Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/new-primary-source-database-arab-israeli-relations-1917-1970 Gelman Library now subscribes to the database "Arab-Israeli Relations 1917-1970," which provides access to primary sources held by the British National Archives. No publisher kinniff 2009-05-08T16:50:23Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/new-labor-journal-books-strengthen-labor-studies-resources Gelman Library now provides access for GW patrons to the journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, published by Duke University Press. The journal complements a growing body of materials on labor history in Special Collections. No publisher kinniff what's new 2009-05-05T16:13:53Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/mass-transit-take-a-trip-through-dc2019s-1970s-avant-garde-poetry-scene The Special Collections Research Center holds a complete run of Mass Transit, an avant-garde poetry publication from 1973-74 that serves as a written record of an open reading series that met weekly in the Community Book Shop in Dupont Circle. No publisher kinniff 2009-04-24T14:56:58Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/light-of-day-stephen-on-why-he-has-the-best-job-in-the-world Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections. No publisher kinniff Light of Day 2009-08-05T14:41:10Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/light-of-day-emma-on-bossy-antique-travel-guides Light of Day is a regular feature in which our student workers share some of the cool, strange, or interesting things they have found when working in Special Collections. No publisher kinniff Light of Day 2009-08-05T14:40:33Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/kwame-alexander-poetry-reading-live-music-april-9 On April 9 from 7 PM to 9 PM, the Special Collections Research Center of the Gelman Library invites the community to a poetry reading and reception celebrating the publication of Washington poet Kwame Alexander's And Then You Know: New and Selected Poems with special guest Deanna Nikaido, author of A Voice Like Water: Love Poems. No publisher kinniff Events 2009-03-24T20:57:55Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/new-exhibit-a-kind-of-map-of-life-the-fiction-of-edward-p.-jones Stop by Café G on the first floor of Gelman Library to see “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones, a new exhibit that explores the connections between Jones’ work and the history of African Americans in Washington, DC. No publisher kinniff Exhibits 2009-03-24T20:58:24Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/who-is-essex-hemphill Visit the Special Collections Research Center and listen to recordings of a local poet reading his work and describing his creative process. Known for his writings, Essex Hemphill was also known for his activism on behalf of the rights of gay men. No publisher kinniff Poetry 2009-03-24T20:59:23Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/primary-source-databases-bringing-original-historical-material-to-a-computer-screen-near-you Having trouble finding primary sources for your research that you can view in person? Gelman Library has an impressive array of primary source databases available to GW patrons. No publisher kinniff 2009-02-17T15:52:19Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/pnc-riggs-bank-collection-opens-to-researchers The Special Collections Research Center of the Gelman Library has completed its processing of the PNC-Riggs Bank Collection (1809-2004). With the exception of a group of ledgers currently undergoing conservation treatment, all records not subject to restriction are now open to researchers. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T15:43:36Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/kiev-collection-curator-to-lecture-at-harvard2019s-lily-center-dec.-7 On December 7, Brad Sabin Hill, Curator of the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection of the Special Collections Research Center at The George Washington University, will present a lecture on printed and manuscript texts in Urdu written in Hebrew characters at Harvard University’s Lily Center for Jewish Languages and Literatures. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T15:47:09Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/exhibit-opening-hebrew-printing-in-ukraine The Special Collections Research Center is pleased to announce that Hebrew Printing in Ukraine, an exhibition of rare books from the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection, opens to the public on Monday, November 17, 2008 on the seventh floor of Gelman Library. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T15:53:00Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/kiev-film-series-begins-october-25-the-jews-of-eastern-europe-1895-1945 October 25 marks the beginning of the Kiev Film Series "The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1895-1945" at Gelman Library. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:12:39Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/portion-of-jack-anderson-collection-now-open-for-research The first portion of the Jack Anderson Collection is now open and available for research at the Special Collections Research Center. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:13:08Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/new-collection-gay-pulp-fiction-from-guild-press The Special Collections Resesarch Center recently acquired an important collection of 1960s and 1970s gay pulp fiction novels issued by local publisher Guild Press. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:13:35Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/september-18-poetry-event-201cvoices-from-the-city201d-featuring-dc-based-poets On September 18 the Special Collections Research Center at the Gelman Library at The George Washington University and poet Grace Cavalieri will host “Voices from the City,” an evening program of poetry readings and jazz performances. No publisher dbietila Poetry 2009-03-24T20:59:42Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/new-collection-political-advertisement-videocassette-collection-1970-2005 Political advertisements. Debates. Twenty-four hour political news coverage. With election season in full swing, these types of television coverage can be summoned anytime with just a click of the remote. The Special Collections Research Center has an exciting new collection that documents the evolution of political advertising on television from 1970 to 2005. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:25:29Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/announcing-teamster-labor-archivist-thomas-connors Mr. Thomas James Connors has begun his role as the Teamsters Labor Archivist. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:26:14Z Blog Entry http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/collections/SCRC/current-events/special-collections-name-changed-to-special-collections-research-center On March 19, 2008, the Special Collections and University Archives Department of the Gelman Library System at The George Washington University has been renamed the Special Collections Research Center. No publisher dbietila 2009-02-17T16:40:01Z Blog Entry