Please join us on Tuesday, October 24th from 2pm-3pm for a virtual presentation on USF Libraries’ involvement in The African American Burial Ground and Remembering Project. The African American Burial Ground and Remembering Project is a multicampus research study bringing together local …Continue Reading
Category: LIB Events
Alice in Retrospect, How Stories Shape our Lives
In collaboration with USF St. Pete’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library’s “Alice in Wonderland Exhibition Extravaganza”, USF faculty member, Lindsay Persohn will be giving a talk Wednesday, September 13 at 6:00pm entitled Alice in Retrospect, How Stories Shape our Lives, on the ways …Continue Reading
USF Libraries will be hosting a booth at EcoFest on Saturday, April 22nd, celebrating Earth Day 2023! This community event is hosted by Learning Gate Community School and the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI). It celebrates the many businesses, organizations, and …Continue Reading
The History of Hollinswood Ranch: A Glimpse of Florida History From 20,000 Acres
USF Libraries special collections presents…Join Florida Studies graduate student Marilyn Polson as she shares her ongoing research project to document the history of Hollinswood Ranch in Citrus County. Founded in the 1940s as a cattle ranch by Dixie Hollins, Pinellas County educator and …Continue Reading
Listen to History: Governor LeRoy Collins and his Pivotal Speech on Race, 1960
Join the USF Libraries on Thursday, July 14th at 2PM for a virtual event on Microsoft Teams and Listen to History, featuring Governor LeRoy Collins and his Pivotal Speech on Race in 1960. A conversation will be led by Special Collections curator Andy Huse, …Continue Reading
EcoFest 2022
Special Collections will be at EcoFest celebrating Earth Day 2022! This community event celebrates the many businesses, organizations, and individuals in the Tampa Bay area dedicated to the principles of sustainability, ecology, equity, and economy. Come see us to grab some USF …Continue Reading
The Dalí Museum’s Coffee with a Curator Hosts Andy Huse
The Picasso that Wasn’t: “Bust of a Woman”the picasso that wasn’t: “bust of a woman” Join The Dalí Museum for an installment of Coffee with a Curator, in conjunction with the Picasso and the Allure of the South exhibition, where Tampa Special Collections’ Andy Huse will explore The Picasso …Continue Reading
NEW DATE! Preserving LGBTQ+ History
A conversation about LGBTQ+ archives and why they're importantSpecial Collections is hosting a very special conversation, originally scheduled for #WomensHistoryMonth, with Edie Daly (She/Her/Hers), local lesbian activist and community organizer, and S. L. Crawley, PhD (They/Them/Theirs), Associate Professor in the USF Department of Sociology. Monday, April 18th 6PM, virtual via …Continue Reading
2022 Books Save Lives Award
You are invited to the annual Books Save Lives Award reception celebrating Julia Drake, 2022 award winner and author of The Last True Poets of The Sea. Thursday, February 10th at 1:30 p.m. Hosted virtually through Microsoft Teams. Join the event at bit.ly/3FImLjM. Dr. Joan Kaywell established …Continue Reading
ICYMI: Dyslexia and the Journalist: Battling a Silent Disability
The USF Libraries hosted speaker Dr. Tony Silvia, Professor Emeritus in the department of Journalism & Digital Communications at the USF St. Petersburg campus, to discuss his book Dyslexia and the Journalist: Battling a Silent Disability. Dr. Silvia was introduced by Camielle …Continue Reading