In this exhibition you will see a small sample of rare and special books on religion, published from the thirteenth to the nineteenth centuries that the Newberry collected over the last two decades. In 1991, Newberry Trustee Sister Ann Ida Gannon, president Emerita of Mundelein College, arranged for the transfer of Mundelein’s rare book collection to the Newberry.
July 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 to Saturday, July 6, 2013
Saturday, July 6, 2013
9:30 am
The Genealogy and Local History staff will introduce novices to the basics of research at an informal orientation. After the session, you are welcome to begin your research. A reference librarian will be available to provide suggestions and assistance. Reservations not required.
Friday, July 19, 2013 to Saturday, July 20, 2013
NCAIS Graduate Student Conference
The Consortium offers graduate students from NCAIS member institutions an opportunity to present papers in any academic field relating to American Indian Studies at the Graduate Student Conference. We encourage the submission of proposals for papers that examine a wide variety of subjects relating to American Indian and Indigenous history and culture broadly conceived.
Thursday, July 25, 2013 to Sunday, July 28, 2013
12 pm - 8 pm Thursday and Friday; 10 am - 6 pm Saturday and Sunday
Join us for Chicago’s favorite used book binge and browse more than 120,000 used books in more than 70 categories, most priced at $2.00 and under. Take home cookbooks, paperback mysteries and romances, histories, biographies, travel books, collectibles, and much more. This is a Chicago event not to be missed. Admission is free and all proceeds support the Newberry!
Saturday, July 27, 2013
1 pm - 4:30 pm
We will commemorate Chicago’s long history as a hub of free speech with an afternoon of public debate, soapbox speeches, heckling, and music at this year’s Bughouse Square Debates. Bring your loudest heckling voice, mount the open soapbox, and keep free speech alive and well. Take it to the park this summer, on Saturday, July 27, 2013.