Women's History Month Display at Blackwell

To celebrate Women's History Month, the University Archivist curated an exhibit in support of the numerous activities planned throughout the month. Highlighted are three Eastern Shore women from the Civil War Era, Clara Gunby Huffington, Harriet Ross Tubman and Anna Ella Carroll, along with mid to late 19th century publications, clothing, accessories and facsimiles of letters, journals and tintypes from the Wicomico Historical Society, Benjamin Lankford and Gunby Collections of the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture at Salisbury University. The display case is located next to the Leisure Collection on the first floor.

Displays in the Library

Hope everyone is enjoying summer! If you haven't been in the library lately, we invite you to stop by and see our current displays. While you're in, you could pick up a book from our Leisure Reading Collection so you have something great to read on the beach on one of these sweltering days!

Here are the current displays:
1. History of Blackwell Library with narrative texts taken from Kathryn Kalmanson's "Looking Back: Blackwell Library From the Beginning" article
2. "An Ever-changing Landscape" (various construction and aerial views of the campus from 1930s to 1970s)
3. "Rat Week" (Freshmen Orientation Rules from the 1940s and 1950s with assorted memorabilia)
4. "Successful Athletic teams" (plaques from the Alumni House)
5. "History of Salisbury" (a Nabb Research Center exhibit)

In addition to the exhibits in the display cases, there is also a 6-panel wall exhibit pertaining to the origins of the School Seal.

Library Purchase of Student Art Work

The library is pleased to announce our acquisition of the following painting:
Artist: Jessica Hessler
Format: Oil on canvas
Title: Filling the Void
Size: 30" x 40"
Year of Creation: 2009

The library selects either one or two works per year from the two senior art shows to receive a prize. The purpose of the Library Prize is to create a permanent display in the library of the best SU student art work. This will showcase excellent work, continue the University's tradition of displaying art not just in galleries but throughout the campus, and give students weary from study an opportunity to integrate the aesthetic with the scholarly.

Eligibility information:

● The art work must have been created by an SU student while enrolled at Salisbury University.
● Eligible works must be in a finished and stable state.
● The format is restricted to 2-dimensional fine art works, such as painting, drawing and photography.
● Because of wall space limitations, the scale, or size, of the work will be considered in deliberations.
● Eligible works should integrate well with the architecture of and environment in the library building. The Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources reserves the right to make final decisions regarding this matter.
● Not For Sale (NFS) works will be excluded from consideration.

If the criteria are not met there may be years when no prize is awarded.

The funding for this comes largely from the Middendorf Foundation, Inc., which gave the library $20,000 in December, 2007, to establish an endowment for this purpose.

This year's winning art is being displayed temporarily in Dean Alice Bahr's office until it is cataloged and mounted in a public area.