Resist: Organizing and Activism for All
March marks Women’s History Month as well as the more recent youth movement around gun control and school violence. Many of the voices that have emerged from this movement, including … Read more
Exhibits
Everything You Treasure: A Student’s Perspective
Today’s post is written by library student ambassador, Sol Lewites. Sol spent some time exploring the exhibition you can currently find occupying levels 1-2 of the library, “Everything You Treasure: … Read more
Meeting Christ in Faith and Art: Exhibition Introduction
From January 22 – May 4, 2018, visit level 3 of the William H. Hannon Library to see our Spring 2018 Exhibition, “Meeting Christ in Faith and Art.” This exhibition … Read more
Everything You Treasure: For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are a continuing and direct threat to all that we collectively and individually treasure. They impact us in ways ranging from humanitarian, environmental and economic to medical, generational and spiritual. … Read more
Indigenous Peoples Day in Los Angeles County
On October 9th, Los Angeles recognized its first Indigenous Peoples Day. This date is usually designated as Columbus Day, a holiday dedicated to a man historically credited with the “discovery” … Read more
A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma
This week, we are exploring another “mystery” from our Fall 2107 Archives and Special Collections exhibition, Tales of Mystery and Imagination: a riddle! This one comes from a 1880 issue … Read more
A Mystery in the Archives: William Wordsworth’s Hair
Did you know that we own a pendant with a lock of William Wordsworth’s hair? Research into the origins of this pendant led us to an unexpected connection to another … Read more
Emblems of the Veridicus Christianus
This week, we are taking a look at the first Jesuit emblem book, Veridicus Christianus (Antwerp, 1606), currently on display in our Archives and Special Collections gallery. This volume emphasizes the … Read more
Curator Alison Hobbs Introduces Our Fall Exhibition
Each week during the Fall semester, Alison Hobbs, our graduate student intern from last year and curator of the current exhibition, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, will offer us her … Read more
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The William H. Hannon Library’s Fall 2017 Archives and Special Collections’ exhibition, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, opens today in the Terrance L. Mahan, S.J. Gallery. The exhibition traces the history of … Read more
Eric Dever: Light, Energy and Matter
This exhibition is no longer on display at the William H. Hannon Library – this post is maintained for historical purposes. The William H. Hannon Library, and Master of Arts … Read more