Pop-Up Shakespeare -- Monday, April 25, 10am-2pm, Langson Library Lobby
Join us as we celebrate 400 years of William Shakespeare’s legacy!
Literature & Rare books
Shakespeare First Folio Fridays
The UCI Libraries invite you to New Swan Shakespeare Festival: FIRST FOLIO FRIDAYS
Not your ordinary Leprechaun!
Soon the celebration of St. Patrick’s day will be here and the color green will enliven our pancakes, beverages, and – down in San Diego especially, our eggs. And while the hue of the Emerald Isle lends a festive note to the day, historically some of the visual symbols associated with the modern day feast have differed. For instance, did you know that the Leprechaun hasn’t always worn a green jacket replete with golden clasps and buckles? According to Fairy and folk tales of Ireland, edited by W.B. Yeats, the Leprechaun wears red!
A Scandalous Love Affair
In light of Valentine’s Day, UC Irvine’s Special Collections & Archives would like to highlight a noteworthy love affair from our British Naval History Collection. This love affair was between the famed Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton.
First Edition of Twelve Years A Slave, the Book
Congratulations to everyone associated with the film 12 Years A Slave. This outstanding film is based on the book by Solomon Northup, which was first published in 1853 -- the year that Northup became a free man. The book was written in three months, and was published by Derby and Miller of Auburn, New York. Northup's book sold over 30,000 copies in the first three years. The full and descriptive account of his experiences as a slave was used by numerous historians researching and writing about slavery.
Detective novelist Kenneth Millar (aka Ross Macdonald) born this day in 1915
The Kenneth Millar Papers (MS-L001) are located in Special Collections and Archives. This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Kenneth Millar. It includes manuscripts for novels, poems, short stories, and other works; manuscripts of political and environmental writings; reviews; screenplays; a typescript of Millar's doctoral dissertation; correspondence; family photographs; and other personal material.
The Processing Room: Entry One
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes in Special Collections? Well, follow me into the Processing Room for a peak at our collections as we preserve, organize, and describe them for researchers – I mean, really, who doesn’t love a backstage pass?
Allen Ginsberg Reads "Howl" for the First Time, October 7, 1955
Fifty-eight years ago today, on October 7, 1955, Allen Ginsberg read his landmark poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery at 3119 Fillmore Street in San Francisco. Other poets who read that night were Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen. Kenneth Rexroth was there to introduce the poets.
Jumbo & Colt: the current exhibit in Special Collections & Archives
Jumbo & Colt: The Printing World of Jane Grabhorn is the current exhibit in the Special Collections and Archives lobby on the fifth floor of Langson Library. The exhibit runs from January 7 - March 22, 2013.
The “Controlled Schizophrenia” of Donald Heiney and Macdonald Harris -- papers now available
In the early 1950’s Macdonald Harris began his career as a fiction writer selling short stories to national magazines while Donald Heiney was beginning his academic career as faculty at the University of Utah. In the mid 1960s Donald Heiney became one of the pioneer faculty of UC Irvine, while Macdonald Harris turned to writing novels.