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 Reading Week Study Snack Breaks
 

  Dates/Times : Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

                          Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

                          Thursday, December 3, 2009, 2:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

 
  Location: Bridwell Library Benefactors Room
 
  No RSVP required.
 

It’s that time of year again, and the Bridwell Library staff members think you deserve a break!  We’ll provide the refreshments, and the Bridwell reference librarians will be on hand in case you have research questions. 

"Forged in Fire: The Jefferson Collection at the Library of Congress"
Lecture by Mr. Mark Dimunation, Chief of Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

 
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2009
Time: Reception at 6:30pm and Lecture at 7:00pm

Location: Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall, 5808 Bishop BLVD

Room: Great Hall

R.S.V.P. information coming soon.

Parking: Free parking for this event is available in Meadows Garage.
 

Description: The nucleus of the Library of Congress was forged in fire.  In 1815 Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson's personal library - then the largest private book collection available in North America - to replace the congressional library destroyed when the British burned the U.S. Capitol the previous year.  Jefferson’s collection would serve as the core of the Library of Congress for the next thirty-five years, until catastrophic fire again struck the Capitol on Christmas Eve 1851, destroying two-thirds of Thomas Jefferson’s original collection. Reconstructing this landmark collection provides fresh insights into the mind of Thomas Jefferson, the world of the Enlightenment, and the nature of collecting in the eighteenth century.

Sponsored by: Bridwell Library, DeGolyer Library, Friends of the SMU Libraries/Colophon, and Book Club of Texas