Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library membership provides our Friends with the opportunity to contribute to the life of the Library and the College.

The Library benefits from annual membership dues and endowment income that:

• Employs undergraduate and graduate interns in Special Collections
• Purchases new materials to build our collections
• Conserves sensitive bindings and fragile books
• Improves services to students and faculty using the Bryn Mawr Library today
  

 

Calendar of Events

Double Take: Selected Views from the Photography Collection at Bryn Mawr College 1860s-Present
September 27, 2011 through December 22, 2011

Rare Book Room. Open Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-4:30 p.m.

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“The Body in the Library: Collecting Photographs on a College Campus”
Peter Barberie, Brodsky Curator of Photographs at the Alfred Stieglitz Center of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

September 27, 2011, 4:30 p.m.

Carpenter Library, Room 21

 

"The Healing Image Project: Photographic Collaborations with Elizabeth Barnwell", October 6 - December 22. 2011
Floor 2, Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Special Collections Suite.
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Monday – Friday, and 12:00 – 4:30 pm Saturdays.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bryn Mawr College will open a new exhibition, The Healing Image Project: Photographic Collaborations with Elizabeth Barnwell, on Thursday, October 6^th.   

"The Healing Image Project: Photographic Collaborations with Elizabeth Barnwell"

The program marking the opening of this exhibition will feature Barnwell and two breast cancer survivors she worked with on the project, Lori Seviola and Mary Leisses.  Darlyne Bailey, Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, will moderate the discussion. The program will be Thursday, October 6^th at 5:00 pm in Carpenter Library 21. 

 

"Beyond the Text: Illustrations in Eighteenth-Century French Novels”, curated by Claire Wanquet, graduate student in French and Francophone Studies. 
April 18 - May 31.
Floor 2, Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Special Collections Suite
This exhibition draws from Bryn Mawr’s collection of eighteenth century French novels to examine how illustrations influenced the readers’ understanding and interpretation of the text.  Included in the exhibition are works by Voltaire, Rousseau, Restif de la Bretonne, and Lesage.  
Open regular library hours.

 

Bryn Mawr College Lanterns
Floor 3, main staircase landing
Open regular library hours

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For additional information: 610-526-6576