Past Library Exhibit

You will find exhibits on this and the second floor along with interactive touch screens where you can learn more about the objects on display and others in our collections. This interactive contains an overview of the exhibits in the Library. View Online Exhibit… Read More

“Making Strides” illustrates women’s efforts in the Nashville Community to promote equal rights and to gain access to education, family planning, and employment. These rare materials from the Vanderbilt Libraries Special Collections tell an important story of the struggle for equality that continues to be fought in the U.S. and… Read More

Since the early days of news reporting, artists have worked alongside correspondents, often risking their lives to report the news. Photographers took the place of illustrators as printing processes evolved and today it is difficult to imagine news coverage without visual images. Because of the efforts of these men and… Read More

From the first of April until the end of August 2007, Special Collections and University Archives will feature a Civil War exhibit entitled, “Gone But Not Forgotten: Civil War Materials in Special Collections. This exhibit will feature materials from the Mary Margaret and John L. Farringer, Jr.; Harris D. Riley,… Read More

The IMPACT Symposium project began as a Library Dean’s Fellow project in the 2014­2015 school year. The Deans Fellow Program provides students the ability to complete an in­ depth project of a particular focus. With the help of an assigned mentor, these projects aim to produce a final product that… Read More

Alexander Heard was born in 1917 in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from the University of North Carolina and received a PhD. from Columbia University before going on to a career in education, public affairs and research. He served in the Navy during WWII, was a vice consul at the… Read More

The new exhibit “Fletcher Brockman’s Missionary Life in Asia” is on display in the round atrium and by the entrance of the Reference Room of the Divinity Library. Fletcher Sims Brockman was born in Virginia in 1867. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1891 and started his career with the… Read More