Friends Of Vanderbilt’s Libraries

In April, the Belcourt Theatre was packed with 332 Friends of Vanderbilt Libraries to watch Marshall Chapman, Matraca Berg, Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle perform “Stories & Songs.” If you missed the event, more on the amazing night may be found in the May 20 New York Times article by… Read More

Please check out what is happening in the libraries and fine arts gallery in Summer_2019.  … Read More

Please check out the list of working groups and events happening in the libraries in April2019… Read More

“An Evening of Stories and Songs with Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, Marshall Chapman and Matraca Berg,” a fundraiser for Vanderbilt’s Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, will take place at the Belcourt Theatre on April 11. Show time is 7:30 p.m. The hour-long performance will be followed by a book and CD… Read More

March 13, 3:00-4:00 pm Special Collections Reading Room Join Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and Professor of American Studies at Vanderbilt University Cecelia Tichi as she takes us through the many “do’s” and “don’ts” of Mrs. William Astor’s rules of manners in her… Read More

Mayor Barry attends the Opportunity Now Youth Celebration at Nashville Fairgrounds Vanderbilt’s Opportunity Now interns are shown working in the library’s Special Collections, l-r: Tanderious Williams, Hermela Demas and McKenna Mimms. Three high school interns worked in Special Collections this summer as part of  … Read More