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Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month with Special CollectionsOn View
This exhibition contains a selection of materials from the University of Delaware Library’s Special Collections related to LGBTQ+ history in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Ranging from candid photographs to activist publications, these artifacts highlight a variety of LGBTQ+ people and experiences, from the UD campus and beaches of Delaware to the metropolitan hubs of Philadelphia and New York City.
The Stakes Are Too High: Voting, Civic Engagement and Political ParticipationOn View
In The Stakes Are Too High: Voting, Civic Engagement and Political Participation, visitors will gain insight into how and why they need to stay civically engaged in between election days. Through government documents, informational pamphlets, flyers, campaign buttons, scrapbooks and other historical materials, the exhibition explores the topics of voter education, voter participation, voter registration and civic engagement.
MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of ExtractionOn View
The Amazon is on the brink of collapsing, and with it, Indigenous cultures and lands are at risk of disappearing. Over the past 20 years, the Harakbut Indigenous community from the Madre de Dios region in the Peruvian Amazon has been devastated by an illegal gold mining boom. In MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction, visitors can become part of the solution by learning about the Harakbut culture through the works of the Etochime Artist Collective. The collective’s artworks speak to Indigenous worldviews and the disastrous impact the extractive industries have had on their land and people.
Sculptural Copper Saved from the SmelterOn View
Sight, Sound and Motion: The Dimensions of SculptureOn View
In Sight, Sound and Motion: The Dimensions of Sculpture, visitors will explore the breadth and variety of the University’s sculpture collection alongside paintings, photographs and works on paper that speak to the art form of sculpture. Among the materials on view are sculptures that move and create sound as well as works by well-known sculptors, including Jeff Koons, Harry Bertoia, Selma Hortense Burke, Hayward L. Oubre Jr., George Grey Barnard and William Zorach.
The Rail-Splitter Surprise: Abraham Lincoln and the Presidential Election of 1860On View
In The Rail-Splitter Surprise: Abraham Lincoln and the Presidential Election of 1860, visitors will discover how Lincoln emerged as a viable presidential candidate to lead the nation during a period of divisiveness that would result in the Civil War. Materials on view include editorial cartoons, contemporary political speeches, campaign literature, and portraiture of Lincoln from the 1860 election season.