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Highlights from the University Library System's Distinctive Collections showcases original archival materials and high-quality reproductions from ULS Distinctive Collection areas Archives & Special Collections, Center for American Music, Theodore M. Finney Music Library, and Frick Fine Arts Library. Visitors can examine Japanese woodblock prints by artists such as Tsukioka Kōgyo, view early recording devices such as an Edison tinfoil cylinder, and learn about Dr. Jean Hamilton Walls, the first African American woman to graduate from the University. Other materials on display include items from horror director George A. Romero's archives, artists' books, political pamphlets and campaign ephemera, records of Pittsburgh's theatre history, selections from New York Times best-selling author Bebe Moore Campbell's Papers, rare books, selections from the August Wilson Archive, and work from locally born pianists and composers Erroll Garner and Ethelbert Nevin.

To view a more detailed description of exhibits currently on display, visit our Archives & Special Collections Exhibits webpage

Date:
Monday, October 24, 2022
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Hillman Library, 3rd Floor Exhibit Cases
Campus:
Pittsburgh

Event Organizer

Megan Massanelli