"Imposing Sentence:  The Balance Between Affording Discretion and Avoiding Disparity" -- by Chief Magistrate Judge Steven Gold ‘77 P’09

Book sale

Screening of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

Kallir Exhibit

Spring 2012

WESEMINAR: American Treasures from the Dietrich Collection

Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. and repeated again at 11:00 a.m.

Richard Dietrich III ’92 (Dietrich American Foundation) and Director of Special Collections Suzy Taraba ’77 MALS ’10 discussed the superb rare books and manuscripts collected by Richard’s father, the late Richard Dietrich II ’60, one of the great Americana collectors of his generation.  These materials are on long-term deposit in Wesleyan’s Special Collections & Archives.  Several highlights of the Dietrich Collection will be shown, including a George Washington letter, the diary of a Loyalist woman from Pennsylvania in the 1780s, a Civil War soldier’s diary, a whaling ship’s logbook, the first edition of Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the New World, and other items.  

Presenters: Suzy Taraba ’77 MALS ’10, director of Special Collections and Archives; Richard Dietrich III ’92
Davison Rare Book Room, Special Collections & Archives, 1st Floor, Olin Memorial Library

ANNUAL MEETING and TALK by Professor of Economics, Richard Adelstein

      Thursday, April 26, 2012 -- Develin Room (2nd floor Olin Library)

Woodhouse/Sysco Professor of Economics Richard Adelstein talked both about his new book, The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1865-1914, and the writing of it.  The Rise of Planning explores the transformation undergone by business in the U.S. over the half-century following the Civil War -- from small sole proprietorships and partnerships to massive corporations possessing many of the same constitutional rights as living men and women.  Approaching this story through historical, philosophical, legal and economic lenses, Professor Adelstein presents an original, three-pronged theory of the rise of business firms leading up to the Supreme Court's controversial 2010 Citizens United decision. The talk was preceded by a brief Friends of the Wesleyan Library Annual Meeting.

Fall 2011

Spring 2011

 Constitution Day Lecture -- Spirited Debate: God talk on the campaign trail – and beyond by Jane Eisner ‘77 P’06’12

Jane Eisner has been editor of the Forward since June 2008 and prior to that held executive editorial and news positions at The Philadelphia Inquirer for 25 years, including City Hall bureau chief, London correspondent, and features editor.  She has also served as vice president for national programs and initiatives at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.  A 1977 cum laude graduate of Wesleyan, Ms. Eisner was the first woman to edit the college newspaper, The Argus, served as an alumni-elected trustee from 1983-86, and received the McConaughy Award in 2007 for contributions to journalism and public life.  She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism.

Adaptation Series Screening: Breakfast at Tiffany's --Wednesday, September 28, 2011  

The film was Preceded by a talk by Sam Wasson '03, Visiting Instructor in Film Studies and author of Fifth Avenue, 5 a.m.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.

The Adaptation Series is a collaboration with the Center for Film Studies exploring the translation of literary text to the screen.

Annual Book Sale
Thank you to all who shopped at the book sale on Saturday, October 15 and to the many volunteers who made it possible!  We raised $3000 for the library. 


Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice and Survival
a lecture by Dr. Matthew Warshauer, in conjunction with the Friends of the Wesleyan Library Annual Meeting

Suzy Taraba presented a WESeminar on the Pinnacles of Poetry: Highlights from Wesleyan's Collectionsr is in conjunction with the exhibition  Building Wesleyan's Poetry Collections: Frank Kirkwood Hallock (1882) and Caroline Clark Barney (1895) which was on view in Olin Library. 

Constitution Day Event
"Constitutional Decision Making at the Forefront of Technology: How Courts Decide Cases Where There is Little Guidance"
Talk by the Honorable Mark R. Kravitz,  '72, P '00, United States District Judge

2010 Book Sale
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, donors, and shoppers, the book sale raised over $4000 for the library!

Food for Thought: Artists' Books and Environmental Issues
A WESeminar talk by Suzy Taraba
The artist's book is an ideal medium for social critique. The book's marriage of text and image offers an artist the opportunity to explore a topic or advance an extended argument along with the emotional, visceral, and sometimes playful impact of imagery. Using examples from Wesleyan's superb collection of artists' books, Suzy Taraba, Head of Special Collections and University Archivist, talked about book artists' responses to issues of climate change, the environment, and the commodification of food in conjunction with the exhibition Food for Thought (Olin Library), which highlighted Special Collections & Archives resources for the study of food as a social, political, and historical phenomenon.

Members Event: Book Conservation Lab Open House --
Friends of the Wesleyan Library members and guests were invited to an open house at Olin Library's Book Conservation Lab (ground floor of Olin Library) on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 from 12:00-1:00 p.m.  The occasion was the launching of the Friends Adopt A Book program.  During the open house Michaelle Biddle, Collections Conservator and Head of Preservation Services, demonstrated some of the techniques used to preserve the Wesleyan collection. 

Open House at Olin Library's Book Conservation Lab

William Manchester: Portrait of a Writer
On Thursday February 5, 2009, Wesleyan University Library celebrated the life of the noted author and historian William Manchester. 

"Of All The People In All The World"  -- Satellite installation in Olin Memorial Library Lobby of the main exhibit in Zilkha Gallery.
For photographs, see "Rice Used to Represent Human Statistics."

Events in honor of the 400th Birthday of John Milton
 Events included an Open House showcasing rare editions of Paradise Lost in Wesleyan's Special Collections and Archives and conversations with John Basinger on his Milton Memorization Project
    

The Connecticut Premiere of “Indies Under Fire: The Battle for the American Bookstore”