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Special Collections and Archives April 1-May 31, 2013 A PRESS OF ONE'S OWN October 14-December 13, 2013 Ann Rosener: Occasional Works Past Exhibitions: March 5-26, 2013 Women's History Month: February 7-28, 2013 Poetry of the Underground - Poesie des untergrunds Reception: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 4:00-5:30 pm Legacies and Generation: From Harald Kreutzberg to the Grimball Family October 17-December 12, 2012 The Hand Bookbinders of California Reception: Wednesday, October 17, 3:30-5:00 pm August 1- October 5, 2012 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Leaf books repurpose incomplete or defective copies of books by inserting a leaffrom the original work into a new book. The resulting book is generally a fine press limited edition with additional scholarly commentary and information. This exhibition features a number of examples from Special Collections in the F. W. Olin Library with leaves ranging in date from the fourteenth to the twenty-first centuries. Included is a 1420 specimen from Korea, which predates printing in Europe by several decades, as well as two "matched" leaves that compare Samuel Johnson's celebrated Dictionary of the English Language (1755) with the first American dictionary (Noah Webster, 1828). March 28-May 11, 2012 The Angel Leaves the House: Curated by students from the Mills College Book Art Program, Rob Borges, Chloe Brubaker, Kat Howard, Mirabelle Jones, Margaret Seelie, and Alexandra Shepperd with Kathleen Walkup, Professor of Book Art, Mills College and Mark Samuels Lasner, Senior Research Fellow, University of Delaware Library. January 6-March 16, 2012 "A Liberal Art: Twentieth Century Works from College Presses" October 3-November 18, 2011 Underground Publishing in Communist Poland, September 19-28, 2011 Women's Studio Workshop Artists' Books: March 8-May 28, 2010 "A Fish Pierced the Moon: Books and ephemera from the collection of Professor Carlota Caulfield (Mills College Spanish and Spanish American Studies Program). Poets and artists J. M. Calleja, Xavier Canals, Carme Riera, and Gustavo Vega are featured. January-February 2010 New Acquisitions in Special Collections November 9-December 9, 2009 "Looking Bookward: Exhibition Opening and Panel Discussion with Julie Chen, Lara Durback, Ruth McGurk, Matt Runkle, and Dorothy Yule. Sunday, November 15, 2009 October 1-23, 2009 Book and Manuscripts from the Albert M. Bender Collection of Mills College: Summer 2009
"A is for Alphabet Books: A to Z" March 16-May 22, 2009 "The Book Art of Edward Gorey" Reception & talk by Malcolm Whyte "Far & Wide: October 27-December 12, 2008 "Robins: a Ten-Year Celebration of This exhibition features over 40 calligraphic books. The Robins, working with six members at a time, have created a joint collection of artists' books. The group's name refers to their method of passing each book, round-robin style, from hand to hand to completion. August 25-October 3, 2008 "Books Under Fire" This exhibition gives an overview of challenged and banned books. First editions of James Joyce's Ulysses and Allen Ginsberg's Howl are featured along with some of the most challenged books of the 21st century. Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is September 27-October 4, 2008. March 16-May 31, 2008 "Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Mills College: Using the Past to Inform Campus Planning and Design" This exhibition features archival photographs and original artwork from the book Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Mills College published in 2008 by the Mills College Center for the Book and funded in part by a grant from the Getty Foundation. January 22-March 7, 2008 There will be a talk by Alisa Golden entitled, "Where Do {Artist} Books Fit In?" on Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 2 p.m. in the Heller Rare Book Room, F. W. Olin Library. A reception will follow. August 22-December 14, 2007 Highlights from the F.W. Olin Library's Darius Milhaud Collection in commemoration of the composer's 115th birthday. Work from some of Milhaud's students is also featured. April 16-July 13, 2007 February 1–March 16, 2007 March 28–May 30, 2005 Spring 2004 Sounding Joe Catalano. Celebrating the acquisition of an archive. Fall 2003 Albrecht Dürer. Prints from the Mills College Art Museum. (October 2003, in the Heller Rare Book Room.) Spring/Summer 2003 Winter/Spring 2003 2002 Extraordinary Books: The integration of structure and content in modern artists’ books.
The Mills College Special Collections Department mounts exhibitions that change three to five times during the course of the year. Frequently, there are special events such as receptions, guests, and lectures associated with exhibitions. Exhibitions feature books, archives, and other materials from Special Collections, as well as materials borrowed from other institutions, on occasion. The main cases are located outside the entrance to the Heller Rare Book Room. There is additional exhibition space in the Heller Rare Book Room.
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