Exhibits

Paintings of wild flowers made by Mary V. Walcott in 1925.

The book, North American Wild Flowers, printed by the Smithsonian Institution in 1925, contains paintings made by Mary Vaux Walcott. These paintings are life-size and are housed in Rare Books in a 5-volume folio.

Earth Day is April 22.

Earth Day is April 22, 2008. An exhibit was created to feature books and DVD’s in the ZSR Library collection.

For Black History Month, one part of the exhibit holds books from the library collection on the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement.

For Black History Month, the exhibit focuses on literature about the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement and the 1960 Sit-ins in Winston-Salem. During these Sit-ins, 12 students from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State were arrested. A historical marker in downtown Winston-Salem marks the location of the event.

Cristina Yu put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008

Cristina Yu and I put together an exhibit for the Year of the Rat which begins on Feb 7, 2008

LeVar Burton, actor and activist, will give a presentation at Wait Chapel on Wake Forest University January 21, 2008. Burton is well known for his role as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 series Roots. He also acted a prominent role in Star Trek-The Next Generation and the PBS series, Reading Rainbow. Burton will give a presentation entitled: “On Common Ground”.

The forerunner of todays comic books and graphic novels, the dime novel explored themes of adventure. During the Civil War, Dime Novels were perhaps the most popular form of reading for soldiers on both sides. The ZSR Library has an extensive Dime Novel collection in the Microtext Department that is well worth exploring.

Frank Lloyd Wright designed many of the most innovative and beautiful structures in America. His techniques and design were groundbreaking. His idea of incorporating the design into the environment was a new idea, is still used widely.

Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian, physician, and Nobel Laureate is the topic of this exhibit. He was a man who simply gave his entire life to the service of others. In recent years, Schweitzer has been somewhat forgotten for the exemplary human being he was, and this exhibit focuses on his life and service.

From June-August, 2007, the exhibit cases were filled with a variety of art from Asolare Fine Arts Foundation. This group, centered near Salisbury, NC, supports local artists of all kinds. We were privileged to have paintings, sculpture, prints and drawings on view this summer. Painting by Daniel Whitmer

Paintings by Daniel Whitmer, NCSA graduate and Asolare Fellow, were placed on display in Aguust 2007.

The 1st Dr. Elizabeth Phillips Award for the Best Essay in Women’s and Gender Studies prompted an exhibit.

Dr. Phillips, Emeritus Professor of English, was one of the first female professors, and the first female department head at Wake Forest. Phillips is a noted author and poet. She taught at Wake Forest from 1957-1989. The Department of Women’s and Gender Studies is offering the first award in honor of Dr. Phillips this year.