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.
Currently on Display | Online Exhibits |
Previous Exhibits: 1974-2000
1974-2000 | 2000-2005 | 2005-2010 | 2010-2012
Inter Folia Fructus: Recent Acquisitions in Medieval British Studies
August – December 1999
For more information about this exhibit, please visit its Web site.
Text and Image: 19th Century British Book Illustration
June 1998 – May 1999
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 and Edmund Burke and the Concept of Revolution
January – May 1998
Access to the Middle Ages: Medieval Manuscripts in Facsimile
June – December 1997
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This exhibit highlighted the historical development of facsimile technology, as well as the central place of facsimiles in the study of the Middle Ages.
Medieval manuscripts that survive to this day are precious because of the mere fact of being old; they are witnesses to a culture which prevailed a long time ago and strongly influenced the world in which we now live. Because of the rarity, expense, and importance of preservation, libraries must often restrict the access of scholars to these precious artifacts.
Much of the work that needs to be done—studying the layout, comparing scripts, etc.—can be done with an accurate facsimile without the risk of damage to the original. And, of course, facsimiles also appeal to those who love beautiful books for their own sake.
For more information about this exhibit, please visit its Web site.
Familia Praedicatoria at the University of Notre Dame Library: An Exhibition of Manuscripts, Incunables, and Sixteenth-Century Printed Books containing Texts and Images of the Order of Preachers
August – December 1995
For more information about this exhibit, please visit its Web site.
Eighteenth-Century Women in Print
February 15 – March 31, 1995 and June 12 – August 15, 1995
Sor Juana and Her World
April 17 – June 16, 1995
Renaissance Dante in Print, 1472-1629
October 15 - December 15, 1993
For more information about this exhibit, please visit its Web site.
Early Printed Books and the Columbian Encounter
February 15 – April 30, 1992
Music Mad: Captain Francis O'Neill and Traditional Irish Music
March – August 1990
For more information about this exhibit, please consult the PDF of the exhibition catalog (17 MB).
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966): Novelist and Satirist
May – August 1982
The Private Press of the Indiana Kid: James Lamar Weygand, Pioneer of Private Press Printing in Indiana
February – December 1981
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939): Poet of the Gael and The Yeats Family Contribution to Literature and the Art of the Book
May – September 1980
Lafcadio Hearn [Yakumo Koizumi] (1850-1904): Prose Stylist and Interpreter of Oriental Legend
November 1979 – May 1980
G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936): Literary Giant of Wit and Paradox — Selections from the John Bennett Shaw Collection on G.K. Chesterton
March – August 1979
Eric Gill (1882-1940): Artistic Craftsman of Line and Form — Selections from the John Bennett Shaw Collection on Eric Gill
February – June 1978
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
October – December 1974
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