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Person paging through a notebook set on a table piled with archival materials — José Beduya/Provided Irina Troconis, assistant professor of Latin American studies, pores over a selection of handwritten Venezuelan migrant testimonies, part of the TodoSomos archive, in the Reading Room of Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Cornell University Library

Symposium launches archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies

4/14/2025 Cornell Chronicle

On April 18, this collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium at the A. D. White House.

Old-looking books of different heights and colors standing in a row — Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Cornell University Library Books by early Black writers will be featured in the library exhibit, “Black Print: African American Writing, 1773-1910."

Literatures in English

Black print history, community featured in exhibit

9/13/2024 Cornell Chronicle

The exhibit reveals how newspapers served as a powerful vehicle for literature, culture and community-building.

Digital humanities

The Digital CoLab: Elevating skills, building community

5/22/2024 Cornell University Library

Following one simple formula: “People over projects," the Digital CoLab on the 7th floor of Olin Library stimulates innovation in research and teaching while building connections among scholars across campus.

Historic black and white image: a person sitting at a desk, writing — Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Cornell University Library Vladimir Nabokov taught Russian literature at Cornell, where he had an office in Goldwin Smith Hall.

Arts Unplugged

Events celebrate Nabokov as butterfly scientist

2/29/2024 Cornell Chronicle

On March 15 the College of Arts & Sciences took over the Mann Library for the semester's Arts Unplugged, "Nabokov, Naturally," celebrating esteemed Cornell faculty member, Vladimir Nabokov as writer and "butterfly man."

Two people sit on the ground; one types on a laptop, the other holds a compact disc — Cyrus Moussavi/Provided Thomas Feng, left, a Ph.D. candidate in performance practice, and Hanna Kebbede, the niece of Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru who established the foundation that holds Emahoy’s archive, go through newly discovered cassette recordings by Emahoy at the courtyard of the Debre Genet Ethiopian Orthodox church in Jerusalem. The cassettes, along with manuscripts and recording equipment, were found in Emahoy’s room after her death.

Music

Music student helps expand Ethiopian nun’s musical legacy_image

7/11/2023 Cornell Chronicle

Thomas Feng, a doctoral student in performance practice, is identifying and cataloging the piano music of the late Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru, a composer with a cult following.

A red bordered rectangle made of felt with red hearts on it and a blank-faced brown-skinned woman with one pearl earring and long gray hair — Riche Richardson "Love Always: Timeless Toni Morrison" (2021)

Creative works

Art and community: Africana Library exhibits quilts

4/17/2023 Cornell Chronicle

“Precious Scraps” showcases quilters and fabric artists from across the country, as well as from Cornell -- including Africana Prof. Riché Richardson.

Cornell Library

Student-librarian partnership makes history

5/3/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The inaugural RAD Public History Fellows have been digging deep into library archives and bringing their discoveries to light in creative ways – from social media posts to displays of artifacts and tours of library exhibits.

Eight people arranged in a circle; an artistic black and white photo — Cornell Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Library Jessica Tanzer's photo of dancers from The Box, an all-genders queer nightclub in San Francisco.

LGBTQ celebration

Talks mark exhibits, campus LGBTQ milestones

4/22/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The “Radical Desire” symposium April 27 to 28 brings pioneering lesbian feminist scholars, publishers, and photographers to speak at Cornell.

Black and white photo (1984) of a eight people — Honey Lee Cottrell Cropped photo of On Our Backs staff at 19th and Castro Streets, San Francisco (left to right): Susie Bright, Lisa Palac, Greta Christina, Nan Kinney, Robin Simmons, Lulu Belliveau, Debi Sundahl, and Marcy Sheiner, 1990.

Cornell Library

Exhibition features pioneering erotic magazine

2/10/2022 Cornell Chronicle

The first decade of On Our Backs, the women-run erotic magazine (1984-2006) is highlighted by “Radical Desire: Making On Our Backs Magazine” in the Carl A. Kroch Library,

Several people stand near a well — Credit: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Provided An image of a Philippine farm, from Gerow Brill’s papers, one of the collections to be digitized by the library.

Cornell Library

Library boosts new digitization projects

12/16/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Four projects have been selected for Cornell Library’s annual Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences, which boosts the collaboration of scholars and library specialists to transform physical materials into lasting online resources for teaching and research.

old photos of a woman and young boy — Stephan Loewentheil Photograph Collection, #8043. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library A photo of a young boy and a woman from the Loewentheil Collection

Student research

Library immersions deepen student research

11/17/2021 Cornell Chronicle

A doctoral student researching Black life in the U.S. after the abolition of slavery, Victoria Baugh was fascinated by the hundreds of studio portraits in the Loewentheil Collection of African-American Photography at Cornell University Library.

Students walking in front of Goldwin Smith Hall, with trees showing Autumn colors

Advising

Library marks advising milestone

10/19/2021 Cornell Chronicle

Librarians have been vital to the A&S advising seminars program, which pairs students with faculty advisors in the college and connects them with campus resources essential to their well-being and academic success.