Exhibits

The Department of Special Collections regularly presents thematic exhibits of materials from its holdings in the Special Collections Exhibit Room, 102 Hesburgh Library, and on our Web site. Please follow the links in the menu below for more information about our exhibits and exhibition schedule.

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Current Exhibit

January 21 to July 18, 2008 102 Hesburgh Library, at the west end of the 1st Floor Concourse Open to the public 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

The books in this exhibit, dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, have one thing in common: They were written by Irish people who lived in other countries. They represent a number of groups of exiles, such as Franciscan priests in Europe or rebels who found a home in America in the nineteenth century. They also represent emigrants such as Captain Francis O’Neill, one of the greatest collectors of Irish music, who gave his personal library to this University. Others still worked for the British Crown, as military officers or, as in the case of Richard Robert Madden, as a colonial administrator.

The story of the Irish Diaspora is a vast and complex one — this exhibit touches on a few areas of that story.

This exhibit is curated by Aedin Clements, Irish Studies Librarian.

Inquiries regarding this exhibit or about scheduling a guided class or group tour of the exhibition should be directed to Ben Panciera, Rare Books Librarian and Curator for Special Collections, at (574) 631-6489.

For information on other exhibits currently on display in the University Libraries, please refer to the Libraries exhibits page.